Caravans Book of the Month selection by Michener
Michener's first novel since Hawaii is the August Book of the Month pick. Ellen Jaspar, a Bryn Mawr graduate, disappears in Afghanistan and an attaché named Mark Miller is sent to find her. The tale blends Afghan nomads, tribal customs, and Michener's travel research from 1955.
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Janes Ne Mich
Mark Miller
Mark
Afghanistan
Middle East
Soviet Union
Indian Subcontinent
Nebuchadnezar
Mr. Michener
Ellen Jaspar
United States
Israel
Ellen
Dorset
No-Man's-Land
Michener
Bucks County
Pennsylvania
Swarthmore College
New York
South Pacific
Pacific
Toko-ri
Mills Will Attend Range Camp at Junction This July
The Big Bend Soil Conservation District sponsors Range Management Summer Range Camp at Junction on July 28 with participants from Mills Will and others. The board of supervisors C F Cox Jimmy Pate and George Mills approved the plan and a 40000 acre conservation plan for the J B Love Ranch. The next board meeting is August 12.
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Cany Uits
Exas
Range Management
Junction
Big Bend Soil Conservation District
Board of Supervisors
C. F. Cox
Jimmy Pate
George Mills
J. B. Love Ranch
Partners in Discovery Exhibit Highlights Machu Picchu Farms
The American Museum of Natural History in New York hosts a Partners in Discovery exhibit detailing exploration of Machu Picchu. The display covers cooperative research by the museum and the National Geographic Society and features terraced potato farming in the Inca city.
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Ecuador
Carlos Julio Arosemena
South America
National Geographic Society
Machu Picchu
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
Nevada's dryness and sparsity contrasted with Texas landmark
A brief note highlights Nevada as the driest least populated state while Texas features the San Jacinto Monument taller than the Washington Monument. It adds a quirky claim about a football player losing eight to ten pounds over a full four quarter game and ends with a plug for The Avalanthe quality printing.
Alpine to Register Private Water Wells Citywide
The City of Alpine announces a statewide public notice that all private water wells within the area must be registered. The measure aims to improve water management and ensure safe, regulated usage across communities.
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Alpine
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Mills
Pete
Santa Fe
Nevada
U. S
San Jacinto Monument
Texas
Washington Monument
City Limits
Tion
Dodge
Webb Bros
E. San Antonio
Marfa, Texas
Polara
Chrysler Motors Corporation
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