Library Visit to Texas Water Quality Board Meeting
Audrey Maeser notes the Texas Water Quality Board meeting in Austin last Friday. Jerry L. Brownlee led the session with calm authority while Hugh Yantse Joe Teller and Robin Lloyd prepared the agenda and presentation. Subjects ranged from small feed lots in Mouton Texas to a large Houston Light and Power project, with equal attention to citizens and major firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Maeser
Sterling Municipal Library
Texas Water Quality 1
Austin
Jerry’ S L. Brownlee
Mouton
Texas
Houston Light and Power
Hugh Yantse
Joe Teller
Robin Lloyd
Democracy in Action at Pollution Board Meeting
Report on a city board meeting where representatives questioned officials about pollution, with decisions to shelve cases lacking sufficient data. The author notes the day’s excitement, pride in Texas handling pollution, and the library expanding ecology literature including notable titles by Commoner and Shelford.
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Texas
Barry Commoner
John Perry
George R. Stewart
North America
Victor Ernest Shelford
Weekly Best Sellers at Sterling Municipal Library
The New York Times weekly list includes titles available at Sterling Municipal Library. Reserve by calling 427 7331. Notable books include Love Story The Crystal Cave Great Lion of God God is an Englishman The Child From the Sea Grudge The Secret Woman Rich Man Poor Man The French Lieutenant's Woman Calico Palace The Sensuous Woman Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex Inside the Third Reich Zelda Future Shock Body Language Ball Four The Wall Street Jungle New Sexual Politics Papillon and more.
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New York Times
Sterling Municipal Library
Segal
Stewart
Caldwell
God
Delderfield
Holt
Shaw
Fowles Calico Palace
Bristow
Reuben
The
Third Reich
Speer Zelda
Milford Future Shock
Fast Ball
Bouton & Shecter
Wall Street Jungle
Millett Papillon
Charriere
Sinatra Plays Tramp In Dirty Dingus Magee
Frank Sinatra stars in MGM western comedy Dirty Dingus Magee as a sly con man famed for unkempt look and $69.95 wardrobe. He credits the role, and working with George Kennedy and Anne Jackson, as a chance to display versatility beyond clean cut heroes. He notes actors often fear playing heavies, seeking sympathetic parts instead.
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Sinatra
Tramp
Dingus Magee
Frank Sinatra
MGM
Brunson Theater
Dirty Dingus Magee
George Kennedy
Anne Jackson
Ring Round the Bathtub Preview at Alley Theatre
The Alley Theatre previews its world premiere comedy Ring Round the Bathtub with showings at 7 30 p m on Sunday and Tuesday. Tickets range from 1 90 to 3 90 with midweek and student discounts offered. A champagne opening is planned for December 4 alongside a lobby exhibit by Barbara Coleman in partnership with Lantern Lane Gallery and the Washington D C Gallery of Art.
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the Alley Theatre
the Alley
Barbara Coleman
Houston
Lantern Lane Gallery
Washington, D. C
Gallery of Art
Alley
Julia Child Demonstrates Roast Leg of Lamb on Channel 8
Julia Child will demonstrate roasting and carving a leg of lamb at 7 p.m. Wednesday on Channel 8. On The French Chef series she shows how to choose a lamb and how long to cook it. The method promises an easy roast and easy carving with simple steps.
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Julia Child
Channel 8
San Angelo Symphony Announces Hemphill-Wells Award
The San Angelo Symphony led by Charles Blackman will stage its Hemphill Wells Sorantin Award competition on February 20 and 21 in San Angelo. Now in its 12th year, the event is open to young instrumentalists under 26 and vocalists under 30 who are natives, students, or residents of Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Arkansas or Louisiana.
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San Angelo
Charles Blackman
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Baytonian Cast as Chauffeur in Brewster McCloud
Garrett W Seales a Baytown Carver High School 1938 graduate from Baytown is chosen from about 160 to play a policeman and later the chauffeur to Emmy winner William Windom in Brewster McCloud. The scene will air on Dialing for Dollars Monday morning. Seales grew up in Washington County and Baytown, attended Texas Southern University, and works as a bartender in the Astrodome Sky Box. His mother Amanda Leno recalls his childhood pranks and hymns as a blues twist. Tickets for the Astrodome premiere are available locally.
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Martha Ann Hemphill
Richard Altman
Garrett W. Seales
Brewster McCloud
Astrodome
William Windom
Garrett
Sky Box
Jim Bailey
Donald Brunson
Christmas exhibits and concerts grace Houston in December
The Garden Club of Houston hosts The World of Christmas at the Museum of Fine Arts from December 2 to 31 featuring trees reflecting foreign traditions. Channel 8 airs The Pursuit of Happiness at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, and Rice University hosts live music with violinist Fredell Lack and organist Marilou Kratzenstein at 8 p.m. December 4 in Memorial Chapel.
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Garden Club of Houston
Museum of Fine Arts
Houston
Fredell Lack
Marilou Kratzenstein
Rice University Chamber Orchestra
Rice
Klaus-Lumisthart Kratzenstein
Rice Univesity
Martlou
Hamman
New Children's Magazine To Supplement Sesame Street
The Children's Television Workshop announces a new kids magazine with over two million initial circulation. It will accompany the television lessons of Sesame Street with games puzzles posters and features. Mail subscriptions are $2 to Box 1234 Dept 7D Ansonia Station New York 10023.
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Children's Television Workshop
Dept
Ansonia Station
New York
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