Camping an Important Part Of Scouting
The South Plains Council highlights two Scout camps Post Texas and Tres Ritos New Mexico with dates June 10 30 and July 8 August 11 camping activities include swimming life saving archery and more Cost is 25 per boy with additional trips to Philmont Jamborees Idaho and Pennsylvania Cub Scouts have day camps June 2 July 14 August 4 and Lad and Dad weekend June 23 24 priced 175 day and 650 for the weekend. The council serves over 10000 boys with a 197004 yearly budget, relying on donations to cover the remainder.
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Tres Ritos
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United Fund
Community Chests
Memo From Mac Celebrates Century to Pass Penal Code
A March review notes Texas lawmakers completed a 100 year effort by passing a new penal code. Debates include nudity definitions and a plan to sterilize athletic equipment. The piece also covers Texas Tech funding, a presidential invitation, evolution textbooks as theory, and a profile of Rep. Frank Madla advocating educational opportunity and reform.
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Frank Madla
San Antonio
American Association of University Professors
American Political Science Association
Texas
Ending of each day comes as a surprise
The piece humorously notes the day ends early and late events unfold soon after. It mentions the 10 o'clock news and Mr. Sol dipping below the horizon, and observes how time and everyday life feel distorted as shops close early and purchases wait until tomorrow. It also hints at a gas shortage leading to limiters at service stations.
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Sol
Mystery Blob Hints At Alien Sighting Near Dallas Graveyard
Digest notes a rapidly growing mysterious blob found in Texas towns. An armed guard blocks a cemetery 75 miles NW of Dallas, said to hide a space man buried in 1897. Samples sent to scientists await identification amid public curiosity.
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Texas
Dallas
Voters face second primary and local events echoed
One year ago voters prepared for a second primary after May's first vote. A shotgun victim in Lubbock remained alive at Methodist Hospital. Milton Taulton's Autumn Forest sold to Brownfield State Bank. Mule drow Awards honored Mrs. Dickie Zimmerman Byron Rucker and Eli Garcia at the school luncheon. Five years ago Howard Henson Post 269 planned Memorial Day services. Brownfield's Summer Recreation Program set to start. A ciation director elected at the Texas Savings and Loan League convention in Austin.
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Dickie Zimmerman
Byron Rucker
Eli Garcia
Howard Henson
The
American Legion
Cotton Planting Underway With Replanting in Some Counties
Cotton planting progresses rapidly with stands generally good though replanting needed in Gaines and Terry counties due to hail and heavy rains. Weather data from the National Weather Service notes strong winds cooler temps and high evaporation. minimums near 40 at Mule Shoe Refuge and Hereford. Forecast through Friday shows generally fair skies with day temperatures in the 70s and 80s and nights in the 50s. soil temps in the 65 to 72 degree range at local sites.
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Gaines
Terry
National Weather Service
Earl Elrod
Muleshoe Wild Life Refuge
Hereford
Lockettville
Conservation Pays Off On Rangeland Says Beasley
Conservation improves range land as well as cropland. Robert Beasley shows how managed stocking with about 16 cows per section and leaving half the year’s growth on the land, plus brush control and rotation grazing, yields better grasses and forage. Range gains lower beef costs for consumers.
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Robert Beasley
Beasley
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Methodist Hospital
Milton Taulton
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Bob Metzger
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