150 Attend Fair at Baytown Sheltered Workshop
About 150 people attended an Opportunity Fair at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baytown. Trainees demonstrated crafts and sold items including candy jars, dish towels, bird feeders, planters, candles, and cookbooks, totaling $340 in sales to fund workshop programs.
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Baytown
Westminister Presbyterian Church
B. W.thomas
Thomas
Westminster Church
Baytown - la Porte
Opportunity
T. 8. Farmer
Westminster
Church and Society Commission
Parkway
H. F. Hartman
Rhode Island Senate to Hire Coed Page in Split Tradition
Republicans in the Rhode Island Senate break the all male page custom by choosing a college coed for one of three wage page posts. The move marks a shift in party staffing and gender norms within the chamber in Providence.
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Senate
Rhode Island
Providence, RI
Gulf Plant Chief in Houston Retires After Long Service
J R DuBose, 76, retires as Gulf Oil Corp Houston marketing plant supervisor after 36 years with the company. A native of Uvalde, he joined Gulf in 1930, rose from terminal assistant superintendent in 1934 to superintendent in 1946, then area services superintendent in 1963 before becoming plant supervisor in 1985.
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Houston
J. R. du
Gulf Bose
Gulf Service
Oil Corp
Uvalde
DuBose Terminal
Gulf At
Galena Park
Man Who Shot Whitman Is Promoted In Austin
Ramiro Martinez, the Austin police officer who shot and killed Texas tower sniper Charles Whitman, has been promoted to detective sergeant. Martinez, father of twin girls, climbed the University of Texas tower last Aug. 1 and ended a terror reign that claimed multiple lives. Police Chief Bob Miles announced the promotion.
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Austin
Tex
Ramiro Martinez
Texas Tower
Charles Whitman
Martinez
University of Texas
Whitman
Bob Miles
Batman family prank calls haunt Kansas City names
In Kansas City four Batman families report ongoing harassment from prank callers since last March after a TV program debuted. Chestina Batman notes the only benefit is people remembering their name.
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Kansas City
Chestina Batman
Dredge Rehearing Sought Over Oyster Beds Damage
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission faced Eckhardt charges that a dredge permit review was ignored. He warned dredging near live oyster beds in Galveston and Trinity bays risks destroying the Texas oyster fishery within four years. He offered to drop a lawsuit if a new hearing based on expert testimony is ordered. Ninety-two percent of the country’s narcotic addicts use heroin.
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Houston
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Galveston
Trinity Bays
Bob Eckhardt
Houton
Texas
Eckhardt
Will Odom
Commission
Shell
Old State Game and Fish Commission
Todd
San Leon
Hanna‘s Reef
Smith Point
Boli Var
Washington
Whatever Happened to the WACs
The Women’s Army Corps marks 25 years since World War II. Declining from 100000 to 20000 members, WACs face misperceptions and mockery. Officers urge bigger volunteer force, not conscription, with Col. Liz Hoisington defending current volunteer model and pride in the service.
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Col. Hoisington
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