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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1971
Page
8
Outdoors columnist Vern o recalls the first bluegill catches and the lasting lure of perch in Texas waters. He notes perch abundance due to impoundments, their relation to bass, nests, year round biting, and the joy of catching them on light gear. He mentions Ketona Lake’s record redear and common cooking methods.
Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin and Galveston report the discovery of new properties of human blood that could profoundly influence the diagnosis of several disease conditions. The finding emerges amid broader medical study across campuses.
The Permian General Hospital board met Tuesday night discussing wages and prices but took no action. They approved a vacuum cleaner purchase and a Dec 23 Christmas party, and authorized a UT Austin meeting with University officials. Bills of 28982.69 were approved with operating expenses 82806.86 and net profit 1654.47. Attendees included Roach Six Ogden Sparks Fisher Solomon Burkett Bennett and others. Separate UT Galveston research reported blood elasticity linked to heart and arterial diseases.
Texas hunters report poor shooting as weather delays push birds south toward the Red River. Northeast areas see scattered ducks and calm conditions, while Murphree Wildlife Area yields fair first-day results from 164 hunters who took 700 ducks. A Rockport club logs 172 ducks in the first week amid a complex point system governing bag limits and transport rules.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officers surprised a group of marijuana smugglers whose four wheel drive vehicle was stuck in the Rio Grande mud. The smugglers fled leaving 228 kilograms of marijuana behind. GMOs George W. Vickers and J. C. Moore alerted federal narcotics agents after locating the cache about 32 miles up river from Presidio near Ruidoso Road.
A one day aviation safety clinic will be held at the airport Tuesday Dec 14 starting at 7 p.m. Ray C Raney from the Lubbock General Aviation District office and Gerald McCaskill of Andrews sponsor the event. It will cover area navigation at 7 p.m. winter operations Q and A at 7 30 p.m. and a vertigo chair demonstration at 8 30 p.m. The clinic is free and all are invited. For more information call McCaskill at 33440.
The 37th South western Sun Carnival runs Dec 17 to Jan 1 in El Paso with a Dec 17 18 basketball tournament a Dec 18 21 football classic and a Jan 1 parade. Details and box for schedule requests. Fiesta de las Lumi narias occurs Dec 18 21 in San Antonio with lights along the river walk and Las Posadas on Dec 19.
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