Coast Guard Tests Oil Slick Barrier in Gulf Waters
The Coast Guard tests a floating oil containment barrier in 600 barrels of soybean oil off Florida to curb spills. The 1000-foot device with a 27 inch submerged fin works in five‑foot seas and 20 mile per hour winds, with results to be disclosed soon. A prior test used off‑load oil from disabled tankers and was deemed successful.
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McMahan Chapel: Texas’ Oldest Protestant Church
Famed McMahan Chapel near San Augustine Texas celebrates its 38th anniversary citing its founding in 1833. Rev Littleton Fowler was its first pastor and rests beneath the pulpit with a grave marker behind. Devotees visit annually on the third Thursday in July along the King’s Highway.
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San Augustine
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Dallas Symphony Secures Ford Foundation Match Funds
Dallas Symphony Association president David A. Stretch reports the group has raised two million dollars to meet a Ford Foundation matching grant. The total 2.0326 million is in the association's trust fund at a Dallas bank.
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Oldest ruling house linked to Queen of Sheba
The article notes Haile Selassie as the 225th Solomonic ruler of Ethiopia tracing to the founder Queen of Sheba. It also mentions a curiosity about “Liquid Sunshine” in Dominica, a misty rainfall seen faintly by light, and recalls James Wild Bill Hickok’s 1876 death shot while poker in Deadwood, Dakota Territory.
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