State Reading Conference Opens at Sul Ross Aug 4
The 11th Annual Reading Conference will run August 4–9 at Sul Ross State College with a Big Bend National Park tour. Noted experts Dr. E W Dolch and Dr. Helen Huss will lead lectures on better reading skills at all levels. The program includes exhibits, eight consultants, a Shakespeare show, and barbeques at local lodges.
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Texas Association For the Improvement of Reading
Sul Ross State College
Sul Ross
Big Bend National Park
BE. W. Dolch
University of Ilinois
Helen Huss
University of Pennsylvania
McDonald Observatory Unveils New 36 Inch Telescope
A new 36 inch reflecting telescope goes into operation at McDonald Observatory on Mount Locke at 6828 feet. It will perform photo electric observations of starlight, the first of its kind worldwide, with optics by Yerkes Observatory and mounting by BolNer and Chivens in Pasadena. The project cost about 119000 and the full installation is valued at 2 million.
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Yerkes Observatory
University of California
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Martyn Krebs
Texas
Alpine engineer makes honor roll at UT for 1956-57 spring semester
Harry V. Fisher Jr. of Alpine earned cum laude on the University of Texas College of Engineering honor roll for the 1956-57 spring semester, per Dean W. R. Woolrich. Mr. and Mrs. George Koury of St. Petersburg Florida, former Alpine residents, visited friends here en route to Hollywood to visit their son Rex and family.
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Harry V. Fisher Jr
Alpine
University of Texas College of Engineering
W. R. Woolrich
George Koury
St. Petersburg, Fla
Hollywood
Calif
Rex
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