More Aid Due For Colleges From National Science Foundation
Sul Ross State College expects NSF approval for three projects within 30 days. The plan includes teaching visual aid usage to teachers, addressing Spanish speaking students accent issues, and a summer workshop for high school science and math teachers. President Wildenthal spoke after a Washington meeting on NSF funding shifts favoring smaller colleges.
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National Science Foundation
Sul Ross State College
Bryan Wildenthal
Wildenthal
Washington, D. C
NSF
Drs Wildenthal
Salt cellars Marked Rank at Medieval Tables
In medieval England the salt cellar defined dining rank with high guests above it and lesser guests below. King Canute's laws allowed that a social climber could be pelted from their place by bones at the discretion of the company.
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England
Canute
Freitag Completes Eight Weeks of Infantry Training
Clyde C. Freitag 24 son of Mrs Octava Freitag Marathon is due to finish eight weeks of advanced infantry training at Fort Polk Louisiana July 26 He trains in squad tactics guerrilla methods and will fire the M 14 rifle and M 60 machinegun Freitag came into the Army last March and finished basic training at Fort Polk A former Marathon High School student he worked for J C Well Service in Wickett before enlisting.
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Army Prteclyde
C. Freitag
Octava Freitag
Marathon
U. S. Army Training Center
Freitag
Army
Fort Polke
Marathon High School
J. C. Well Service
Wickett
Martinez selects Army schooling for enlistment
Oscar Martinez enlisted in the U S Army on June 10 choosing the Automotive Maintenance School. He will train at Fort Polk, take a 14 day leave, then report to Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland for further schooling. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Louis Martinez Jr of Marfa and a 1963 Marfa High School graduate.
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Oscar Martinez
U.S. Army
U. S. Army
Oscar
Fort Polk
U. S. Army Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maryland
Ancient fish found frozen under Antarctica ice shelf
National Geographic Magazine reports fish preserved for about 1,100 years found in the Ross Ice Shelf Antarctica. The specimens remain in remarkable preservation, offering rare insights into past marine life.
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Antarctica
Ross Ice Shelf
National Geographic Magazine
Georgia Dallman Improves Ranch Pasture with Grasses
Mrs. Georgia Dallman, a Big Bend Soil Conservation District cooperator, slowed root growth on her ranch last summer and seeded blue panicgrass and Johnson grass. This spring she over-seeded with green sprangletop and reports good results with assistance from Soil Conservation Service technicians and financial help from the County Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization office.
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Georgia Dallman
Dallman
Soil Conservation Service
County Agricultural, Conservation and Stabilization Office
Hearing Aid Specialist to Visit Alpine and Marfa
Mr. Pete Boody, factory trained Hearing Aid Technician of the El Paso Hearing Aid Center, will visit Alpine at the Holland Hotel on July 10 from 9:00 to 12:00 and Marfa at the Paisano Hotel on July 9 from 9:00 to 11:00. He offers free hearing tests using an Audivox testing audiometer and can advise on suitable hearing aids from his stock of transistorized models. Call TET-4411 in Alpine or PA9aa11 in Marfa for a free appointment.
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Pete Boody
el Paso
Mr. Boody
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