Park Dedication Plans Await Word From Eisenhower
Plans for the Big Bend National Park dedication hinge on word from President Eisenhower. The event drew front page Texas coverage with front page stories and photos nationwide. Officials and civic leaders across Texas plus national figures exchanged calls, and a post dedication barbecue was held by Southwestern Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ark
Eisenhower
Eisenhow
Park Basin
Paul Forchheimer
Big Bend National Park
Frank D. Quinn
Austin
Texas State Park Board
McKay
Allan Shiers
Don Hunsaker
San Angelo
General’ Tel Phone Co
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Gene Hendryx
Alpine Chamber’ of Commerce
U. S. T. Rutherford
Wash
Hugh White
Alpine
Texas
C. W. Meadows Sr
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Jose Muguerza
Monterrey
Good Neighbor Commission
George W. Miller
Lon Garrison
National Park Service
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Miller
Asia
Per- Texas
Bill Bates
Dallas
Carl Rusk
Midland
Jack Morris
Pecos
Doctors Praise Dr Joel Wright Policy on Polio Vaccine
Doctors at a regional post graduate meeting in Pecos praised Dr Joel Wright of Alpine for a policy to administer Salt polio vaccine through the family doctor. First and second graders receive blanks for a written vaccine request, with the doctor of choice supplying the vaccine in his office to avoid school room vaccination and emotional trauma. W E Lockhart of Alpine attended the Pecos event. President Garfield's term ended with Chester A Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perman’ Basin
Texas Academy of General Practice
Pecos
Joel Wright
Alpine
Tonal Foundation
Wright
Alpine Avalanche
W. E. Lockhart
Big Bend Park hosts farewell for Minish transfers to Philadelphia
Big Bend National Park residents gathered April 23 to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Arthur Minish and family as Art prepares to oversee restoration at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. About 73 guests attended the barbecue and socializing with park staff and friends before the Minishes leave after five years in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Beckett
Arthur Minish
Park
Philadelphia
Minishes
Independence National Historic Park Project
Independence Hall
Big Bend
Jim Parks
Fort Stockton
Jim Featherstone
Emeral Martin
Mar
Fountain of the Great Lakes scene described for Chicago
The article notes a Fountain of the Great Lakes display in Chicago portraying five lakes with water pouring from shells into a basin. It also reports Secretary of Agriculture Benson stating there will be no cotton export subsidy for the 1954-55 marketing season ending July 31, 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Five Lakes
Scretary of Agriculture Benson
Progress on Pecos River Bridge Plans Advances
Del Rio reports good progress on plans for a new high water Pecos River vehicle bridge with bids expected this fall. Test holes show solid rock after 35 feet of silt and gravel. two massive piers about 250 feet high will flank the bridge. plans await approval from the Bureau of Public Roads which is nearing half the estimated cost of about 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos River
del Rio
M. B. Hodges
Divison
State Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Pecos
Bollworms and Pests Threaten Texas Crops in ’55
Insects causing major crop damage in Texas last year included the cotton bollworm also called corn earworm and tomato fruit worm, plus grasshoppers and boll weevils. Farmers urged to monitor fields for these pests throughout 1955.
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Texas
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Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Hoopers
Pete Hooper
Wright Hospital
Thomas Dunefan
Alice Lee
Boss) Miller
Laurie
Big Bend Park Lions Club
Marathon
Baby Richard
Alan Palmer
Avalanche
George Miller
Canasta Club
Vesta French
Stanley Fulcher
George Shelly
Perry Smith
Dave Sublett
Earl Steele
L. B.’Willeford
Peter Koch
Peter Koc
Uvalde
Travel
Casa Grande Club
Mark Herring
Dan Ritter
Lloyd Martin
Markellen Herring
Ann Clanton
Maggie McKenzie
KGNC
Hello
Dorsey B Hardeman
San Angel
Big Bend National Park Basin
Interior
Douglas McKay
J. E. Casner
Alpine City
Hunter
George
Washington, D. C
Marshall Kemp
Garrison
Shenandoah National Park
Youngstown
Norge
Lone Star Beer
Lone Star State
Cathedral Mountain
Lawrence Haley
George A. Brown
Sul Ross Lobos
New Mexico U
Kobernot
Brewster County
John Skinner
Brewster
and Presidio Counties
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