Highlands Girl Wins Pony Prize at Ford's Opening
Ruthie Marie Edwards, 12, daughter of Marvin and Mrs Edwards of Highlands, won first place at Courtesy Ford's grand opening celebration with Smokey the Shetland pony, saddle, and bridle. Other winners included Alon Gallander Jr and 2300 Taft residents taking a poodle, plus $400 tires for fourth, a $500 Ford certificate for fifth, and multiple $250 certificates and $50 service vouchers awarded to residents from Houston to Channelview.
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Ruthie
Marie Edwards
Marvin Edwards
Avenue C
Highlands
Ford
Smokey
Alon Gallander Jr
Taft
Sunset Drive
Milton Lyons
Live Oak
Thomas £. Mezzell
E. Fayle
Earl
Modern Explorers Batter Prepared Than Columbus
ST. LOUIS AP NASA cartographers in the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center recount how Apollo astronauts benefited from improved lunar mapping. From Ptolemy to Ranger and Lunar Orbiter missions, charts evolved into precise, photo mosaics guiding landing sites and revealing the moon’s surface. The piece notes naming customs, the IAU’s role, and future Mars mapping ambitions.
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ST. Louis
Christopher Columbus
Bartolo‘neo
Columbus
East Indies
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Aeronautical Chart and Information Center
Air Force Agency
Eagle
Moon
Jearth
Mens
Robert W. Carder
NASA
ACIC
Bob
Carder
Flagstaff
Ariz
Galileo
Julius Schmidt
John H. Glenn Jr
Ranger
Surveyor
Earth
Gerard Kuiper
Yerkes Observatory
International Astronomical Union
Virgil I
Gus" Grissom
Edward H. White
Lunar
Mars
Bartolomeo
Lakeside Garden Club elects officers for 1970 71 year
Lakeside Garden Club announces officers for 1970 71 with Esther Clark as president Steve Sumpter as vice president W C Vernon secretary and H W Maker treasurer Fifteen members attend with one guest Mrs Motly O James Next meeting to be at Mrs Wayne Dearman 221 Lakeside Drive Themes include botanical names and dianthus presentation OR Old River Terrace Garden Club names officers for coming year and plans flower show for April 15 at 523 Crockett Street Theme Texas Past Present Future General chair Anne Brady Schedule chair WW A Andel and others listed Farewell tea planned for Mrs Friddell moving
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Muril Hart
Lakeside Garden Club
Esther Clark
Steve Sumpter
W. C. Vernon
H. W. Maker
J. 8. Williams
Tom Sumpter
Williams
Jack Taylor
Motly O. James
Wayne Dearman
Lakeside Drive
Tot Sumpter
Sumpter
Lloyd Robertson
Sheldon Road
U.S
Orient
Serenaders
Texas Womans University
Brenda
Old River Terrace
Old River Terrace Garden Club
Dick Woods
H. T. Slems
Billy Hamblen
W. D. Tharp
W. D. Harmon
Anne Brady
Angus Jones
Crockett’ St
Texas
Ishow
WW. A. Andel
D. W. Harmon
H. T. Siems
Noma Davies
Gail Harmon
Friddell
Garden Club
Did You Know Facts About Washington and Aruba
A note on George Washington as a hunting enthusiast with 140 horses in his stable. The Aruba tradition notes a distinctive dividivi tree whose branches point southwest due to constant trade winds cooling the Caribbean island.
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George Washington
Aruba
Netherllands Antilles
Caribbean
Israeli Air Force Secrets Play as Training Tightens
New York AP report notes Israel's flight school is extremely selective with a small graduating class. NBC’s Bob Rogers recounts the difficulty of entry and training, comparing Israel’s IAF to Egypt’s and suggesting experts view the IAF as potentially the world’s top combat air force.
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New York
Mecca
NBC
Bob Rogers
IAF
Rogers
Pentagon
TAF
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Newsome
Houston
Ruthie Marie Edwards
David O. McKay
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Joseph Fielding Smith
Smith
Bay Plaza
Crosby
Sears
Kiki Cutter
Germany
Moore’s Shoe ‘Store
Loafers
Israel
Egypt
Tire Sale
KSAVE
Montha
Sia Wal Vderssampatiene
Lee
Spectrum
Vergular
Pee Ty
Mike
Newry
Cmatell
Orginal
Parcheart
Dee -Lee
Ash Thaw Sears Convenient Credit Plans
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Pes Insu
Reid
Texas Ave
Baytown
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