Construction Okayed on WTSU Campus
West Texas State University regents approve library addition and a three story vocational building budgeted at about 700000. They also authorize bids for repairs and razing of old facilities, approve 1964 65 operating budget 4310154 75 and state legislative appropriation requests for 1965 66 and 1966 67. A new sewage disposal contract with Canyon and a Helium Research Center agreement are renewed.
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Canyon
West Texas State University
Board of Regents
Panhandler Plains Historical Museum
Helium Research Center
Amarillo
WTSU
James P. Cornette
Cornette
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Buffalo Courts
Terrill Recreation Hall
Clovis Solves Skull Mystery From Eastern New Mexico
Curry County sheriff said the skull found in Gary Shed's Ardmore possession came from a chiropractor's medical collection in Clovis. Shed, arrested on a vagrancy charge, claimed he bought the skull for a dollar from a boy. A 14 year old Texico resident reported finding the skull near the Clovis National Bank and selling it to Shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.M
Clovis
Curry County
Shed
Ardmore
Okla
Oklahoma
Jerry Dalton Kemp
Texico
Kemp
Clovis National Bank
Chiropractor
20/20 The Professional Eye Medication Ad
An bronzing new discovery promotes 20/20 The Professional Eye Medication a crystal clear fluid that starts immediately to relieve irritation from overwork fatigue glare and allergies. It claims to clear bloodshot eyes and offers eye care guidance for pets.
Beet Growers Map Strategy For Hearing
High Plains Sugar Beet Growers Association members travel to Washington with eight other states to map strategy for a House Agriculture Committee hearing on sugar beet quotas for new growing areas. Homer Garrison leads the group seeking extension of the Sugar Act or a new bill. hearing anticipated June 23 with delegates from Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Kansas Indiana Missouri Tennessee New Mexico and Dumas. A separate Columbus feature notes a glassed in structure at a downtown intersection for watching a rising 25 story office tower labeled Sidewalk Superintendents Chalet.
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Plainview
High Plains Sugar Beet Growers Association
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Homer Garrison
Hpsbga
Garrison
Billy Sylvester
Hale County Association
Harvey Milner
Swisher County
Kenneth Bean
Floyd County
Plainview Group
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Indiana
Missouri
Tennessee
New Mexico
Dumas
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Robbery Report Involving John Droke's House
City police stated items stolen from John Droke's home Friday night include a radio a clock and a suitcase.
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John Droke
Droke
REA Loans Granted In Texas and N M
Rural Electrification Administration issued two loans totaling 362000 to cooperatives in Dalhart Texas and Clayton New Mexico. Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative will build 81 miles of distribution lines serving 18 new customers plus a 12 mile tie line and 69 kilovolt transmission line with upgrades to 131 miles of existing line enabling 1760 customers across seven Texas and two Oklahoma counties. Southwestern Electric Cooperative Clayton New Mexico will finance 54 miles of distribution lines for 51 new customers plus a new 2500 kilovolt substation and nine miles of 69 kilovolt transmission line, expanding service to 940 more customers over 1342 miles in three counties in New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma.
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Washington State
Washington
Dalhart
Tex
Clayton, N. Mex
Agriculture Department
Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative, Inc
Rural Electrification Administration
USDA
Rita Blanca Cooperative
Texas
Oklahoma
Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc
Clayton
Clayton Cooperative
New Mexico
Liberal Student Wins Fellowship for Theology Study
Liberal, Kan resident Steven Boles earned the Elizabeth Niff Warren Fellowship from the IIff School of Theology in Denver. Boles, among 18 graduates with a Bachelor of Divinity, studied three years at the Methodist seminary and will pursue graduate work at the University of Colorado Boulder on a philosophy doctorate. He previously earned a BA from Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.
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Liberal
Kan
Steven Boles
Elizabeth Niff Warren
Iiff School of Theology
Denver
Colo
Boles
Niff
Methodist Seminary
Hiff
Southwestern College
Winfield
University of Colorado In
Boulder
Troutman Delivers First Dumas Wheat
Carl Troutman farm five miles west of Dumas sent the first 1964 wheat load to the Dumas Co-op. The 11 300 pound shipment tested at 58 pounds per bushel with 9.32 moisture. Combines cut dryland wheat from a 300 acre field. This continues Troutman’s streak as the first to bring Moore County wheat for two consecutive years. Last year the first load arrived on June 5.
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DUMAS
Carl Troutman
Dumas Co-op
Troutman
Moore County
Allen Academy invites fall term enrollments for boys
Allen Academy a preparatory school and junior college for boys is now accepting applications for the Fall term. Parents and prospective students are invited to visit the Academy and learn about the independent boarding school with small classes ROTC leadership and counseling. Classes run from seventh grade through high school and junior college. Call or write the Director of Admissions for details.
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Allen Academy
Truck Crash Kills Driver as 41 Injured in New Mexico
In Cuba New Mexico a gravel truck collided with a chartered bus carrying 39 girls and two women counselors on a Methodist mission education trip. The dump truck driver Buddy Hendricks 22 from Mountainair was killed. The bus driver Frank Crow 46 of Salina Kan said they were lucky. Many passengers suffered broken bones but no critical injuries. Three women were cut free from the bus by highway crews. The bus traveled from Albuquerque toward Farmington.
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Cuba
N. M
Buddy Hendricks
Mountainair
Farmington
Albuquerque
New Mexico
la Ventana
Frank Crow
Salina
Kane
State Highway Department
9 & D Construction Co
Road Department
Everett Stohr
Lester R. Barricklow
Ashland
Kan
Tailor Shop Uses Witty Sign Over Front Door
Louisville shop displays a cheeky notice reading Clothes Pressed While You Hide, prompting spectators to smile at the playful advertising quip from Quick Press.
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Quick Press
Louisville, Ky
Eight New Mexico Students Receive National Defense Education Act Fellowships
Washington AP reports eight New Mexico college students won NDEA graduate fellowships for 1964 65 to aid graduate study for college teaching. Winners include Frederic Bahr Albuquerque Souther California philosophy David Dallas Clayton Kansas botany John Griffith Albuquerque Oregon English Terry Matthews Maxwell Colorado State University genetics Richard Propes Portales Florida mathematics Aloysius Quebbemann Las Vegas Oklahoma State biochemistry Alfred Smith Melrose Texas Tech physics Jimmy Widner Melrose North Dakota State agronomy.
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Washington
New Mexico
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
Frederic Bahr
Albuquerque
Souther California
David Dallas
Clayton
Kansas
John Griffith
Oregon
Terry Matthews
Maxwell
Colorado State University
Richard Propes
Portales
Florida
Aloysius Quebbemann
Las Vegas
Oklahoma State
Alfred Smith
Melrose
Texas Tech
Jimmy Widner
North Dakota State
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Board of Regents of
Texas State Teachers Colleges
Tess Me
Farm and Ranch
Louise Bertrand
Texas A&m University
Production Credit Associations of Texas
Lin Warthan
Corsicana
Bertrand
Looking
C. E. Bertrand
America
Seagram’s
Bryan
Telephone
L A
Aero Service Corp
Westclox Electrics
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