Cicada Killer Wasps Hazard Yet Helpful In Texas Fields
Texas researchers explain cicada killer wasps widely seen in yards. Males only bluff, while females can sting. they hunt cicadas and deposit offspring in ground burrows. Advice includes insecticidal dust at burrow entrances and avoiding nest plugging. The piece also notes a Texas extension field day on August 6 with CEU credits and lunch.
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Ag News
Terry Co
Texas Tech
Terry County
Michael E. Merchant
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas
Century of change spans Frances McClure's 101 years
Funeral services were held for Frances McClure, who lived 101 years from August 1895 to July 1997. The column reflects on vast U.S. transformations across politics, technology, society, and culture during her lifetime, noting milestones from the Model T to Mars exploration and landmark Supreme Court rulings.
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Frances McClure
Tennessee
Associated Press
Chronicle of America
Klondike
Utah
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
U.S
Ellis Island
Casey Jones
Mississippi
Galveston
McClure
Cy Young
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Odessa
Amelia Earhart
South Pacific
Lakehurst
N.J
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
Farm Security Administration
Andrews
John Glenn
Earth
Supreme Court
Ole Miss
Marilyn Monroe
Kennedy
Telestar
Charles Manson
Disney World
Florida
High Court
Rocket mail trial marks 61st Texas history vent
Talk of Texas recounts Keith Rumbel a 16 year old McAllen senior who created rocket mail stamps and first day covers to fund the American Legion. A 1936 Rio Grande test saw rockets reach Reynosa and even cross to Texas, while Mexican rockets also hit their destinations. The piece surveys public university naming and a 1998 Texas Historical Atlas online project with maps and color images.
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Jack Maguire
Texas
Mexico
Keith Rumbel
McAllen
Rumbel
American Legion Post
Keith
American Legion
United States
Young Rumbel
Rio
WTCC Back to School Campaign Seeks Supplies
Dear Editor Roy Wooten urges community support for WTCC to ready abused and neglected children for the upcoming school year. With the drive halfway done and less than half of needed supplies collected, shoppers at United, Thriftway, and Wal-Mart are asked to drop items in store boxes or donate funds to provide clothing, gym attire, pencils, paper, notebooks, and organizers for each child.
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WTCC
United
Thriftway
Wal-Mart
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Steven N. Bradshaw
Cea-Ag
Sey
James Roberts
Andrews County News
Brownfield
Talk of
Sul Ross University At
Alpine
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Texas A&m
Texas Historical Sites Atlas
Texas Historicals
Commis
Sion
Roy Wooten
Queen & King
Brasher's Furniture
Lubbock Road
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