City Awards Pact On Radio Equipment
The city will buy $9,585.50 of Motorola radio gear in Houston after the council approved four mobile radios for $3,846.50 and six portable studios for $5,739. Purchasing Agent Don Cooke notes about a five percent cost rise since 1972. One late bid was returned unopened. Motorola was the sole bid opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motorola
Houston
Don Cooke
Fritz Lanham
Matherne’s, Inc
Industrial Fire Equipment Co
Did You Know Shrimp Swim Backwards Across Tails
A garbled note mentions shrimp swimming backwards using fan-shaped tails and references global borders, a single round the world flight, and lightning fires in the United States with figures around 97 000 to 125 000 and 10 000 in 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Wiley Post
Chile
Ecuador
United States
Winnie Mae
Fragmentary note on mercury hydrology and dilution
Brief OCR fragment notes dissolving mercury in water and references hydrologists and trace concentrations, indicating a discussion of mercury behavior in water at very low parts per ten million levels. No clear event or person identified.
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CNS
Opyre Pew
Bangladesh
Bay Plazas
Cinetron Corporation
Santa
Barry Maho
Moniday
Crn
Sra
Marshall Thompson and
George
the Dove
Abie Mit
Raquel Welch
Metrocolor
Panavision
William Greaves
Petersen/Chartmen
Gheeee Bay Plaza
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Picture
Ata A
APY
Burton
Is‘bluebeard
Alexander Salkino
Bluebeard
Iso
Mana Usi
Heatherton
Qinerama Releasing Technicolors
Stam Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Buster Keaton
Charley Chase
Louie Bishop
A. L. Rieck
The
Goodfellows
Alice Fay Parker
Baytown Sun
Wooster Volunteer Firemen
Wooster Emergency Corps
Bishop
Rieck
TLE Ae Ta
Urs Huang
Bill Mitchell
CPE Yles
AIA
Baes
Roseland Park
Marine Construction Co
Kemah
Jim Hutchison
Piling, Inc
Fred Hofheimz
San Jacinto
Clark A. Curtiss
F. R. Curtiss
Crosby
Vance Air Force Base
Okla
USAF
Crosby High
University of Texas
Bible Answers
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth
God
Carpenter
Jesus Christ
Christ
N. Pruett
Baytown
Texas
Keith Sharp
Church OF Chris
Emu
Market Street
N. Alexander DR
Girol
Tostadas
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