Air Force tests spray to cut fires at Edwards AFB
Edwards Air Force Base Calif AP reports the Air Force tests a foliage spray that helps contain forest fires and acts as a fertilizer for trees and brush. Developed by Food Machinery Corp San Jose the red-hued spray is made of nitrates and iron particles and consumes oxygen to slow fires while serving as a fertilizer base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Air Force, Base
Calif
Air Force
Food Machinery Corp. of
San Jose
First Gun Fire at Fort Sumter Linked to Ruffin and Doubleday
World Almanac recalls Edmund Ruffin, 75, firing the first shot at Fort Sumter on April 2, 1861. It notes Abner Doubleday fired the defense shot, became a Civil War general, and allegedly originated baseball in 1839.
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Ft. Sumter
S.C
Edmund Ruffin
The
World Almanac
Abner Doubleday
Doubleday
Parents Seek Whereabouts Of Daughter Deborah McDuffie
The parents of Deborah Jean McDuffie, 16, ask for help locating her. She was last seen Sunday night wearing blue jeans and a blue long-sleeved blouse, and she may be with Dana Ann Jordan, 14. Deborah is about 5 feet 3 inches, 125 pounds with brown eyes and hair. Dana is 5 feet 3 inches, 105 pounds with long brownish blond hair. Call 426-2482 in Highlands or the police with information.
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Deborah Jean McDuffie
Venn Road
D. E. McDuffie
Deborah Jean
Dana Ann Jordan
The
McDuffies
Highlands
Saturday Park Work Transforms Baytown Site
By noon Saturday a 1%-acre tract donated to the City of Baytown by Humble Oil and Refining Co will be transformed into Busch Terrace Neighborhood Park by about 600 volunteers from Humble and Enjay. Work begins 7 30 a.m. and aims to finish by noon with concrete footings laid and supervision from J T Enderli Jimmy Stewart and Terry Dopson overseeing from the refinery maintenance department and Baytown Parks and Recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Humble Oi and Refining Co
Busch Terrace
Humble
Enjay
J.T. Enderli
Jimmy Stewart
Terry Dopson
Mother Of 2 Baytonians Dies At 86
Mrs Lena Geistman 86 of Baytown died Thursday in Baytown hospital. She is survived by two daughters, a sister in Houston, ten grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Hoelscher Funeral Home Rosebud and 11 a.m. at Church of Visitation Westphalia. Burial in Cyclone. Grandsons pallbearers.
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Lena Geistman
Baytown
Baytown Hospital
Avenues
Geistman
Busch Terrace
Westphalia
Texas
Rirhartad
Eugene Kley‘pas
L. A. Reaves
M. Rachel
Houston
Hoelscher Funeral Home
Rosebud
Church of Visitation ‘Catholic Church
Shoreacres Fights New Four Lane Highway Plan
Shoreacres residents oppose a four lane road proposed along West Shoreacres Boulevard and adjacent areas. They fear increased truck traffic and industrial access from Bayport, while property owners argue only a two lane route could be built if needed. County officials cite assurances from scientists that weed killers used nearby are safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Black
Sun Houston Bureau
Houston
Zews Action Committee
Harris County Commis
West
Shoreacres
Bayport
Chapman
Alldredge
the Sun
Resu Fl
Tald
Robert McGowan
National Health Cell
Bayshore Motors Leader Attends Lincoln Mercury Dealers Meet
John Seligman president of Bayshore Motors Inc attended a Lincoln Mercury Dealers Association meeting in New York with Houston area dealers to review advertising for 1972 models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Seligman
Bayshore Motors, Inc
Houston Area
Lincoln-Mercury Dealer Association
New York
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