Demaret to Head Drive On Blindness
Jimmy Demaret, three times Masters Champion and Houston golf figure, named sight saving chairman for the Texas Society for the Prevention of Blindness. He urged education, detection and research to prevent blindness, noting 1900 Texans will go blind this year and cataracts are the leading cause. He cited surgery as the only known cure with over 95 percent success.
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Houston
Jimmy Demaret
Texas Society For the Prevention of
Jack B. O'Neill
Texas Organization
Demaret
Gymnastics Class Set At Lee College Gymnasium
Registration for the second semester gymnastics class at Lee College continues until July 21 in the LC gym. The six week session costs 15 dollars and runs Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. Bruce Rowsh will instruct.
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Lee College
Bruce Rowsh
New Bridge Test At UT Signals Safe, Europe Taught
Engineering students at the University of Texas tested a one sixth scale model of a new cantilevered precast bridge over the Intracoastal Canal near Corpus Christi. The design spans piers 200 feet apart and would support dense truck traffic without failure.
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Austin
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Intracoastal Canal
Corpus Christi
United States
University of Texas
Europe
Dog Found in Craigmont On Shirley Street
A female boxer dog wearing a flea collar was found on Shirley Street in Craigmont Tuesday night. For information contact the finder at 424-1158.
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Shirley Street
Craigmont
Call
Rough Riders Helped Take San Juan Hill in Spanish American War
The World Almanac notes the Rough Riders a volunteer mix of ranchers cowboys Indians and students gained fame in the Spanish American War. They went to Cuba without horses yet helped capture San Juan Hill forcing the Spanish fleet to sea where it was defeated.
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World Almanac
Cuba
San Juan Hill
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