Alcoas First Quarter Income Rises on Strong Demand
Alcoa reported 1972 first quarter net income of 19.79 million dollars or 88 cents a share, up 12.3 percent from a year ago. Sales and operating revenues rose 15.1 percent to 417.47 million, while shipments reached 385 thousand tons and primary production was 347 thousand tons. At the annual meeting chairman John D. Harper cited growing demand and price increases, noting continued market strength and cost reductions from the prior 18 months.
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Pittsburgh
Alcoa
John D. Harper
Contract Let For Road Work In Bryan District
The Texas Highway Commission awarded a contract for 5.6 miles of U.S. Highway 79 in Milam County from Gause to the Brazos River. E. W. Hable and Sons, Inc. of Corsicana won the bid for grading structures railroad overpass stabilized subgrade flexible base hot mix asphalt pavement and curb and gutter at 1 559 200 65. Delton A. Kittrell of Hearne will manage the project with an estimated 285 working days.
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Austin
Bryan
Texas Highway Commission
Joe G. Hanover
Brazos
Grimes
Leon
Milam
E. W. Hable and Sons, Inc
Corsicana
Gause
Brazos River
Delton A. Kittrell of
Hearne
Highway Department
Top Grads Active In School Clubs
Yee High School announces its top graduates Kathy Kubes and Kathy Fox. Kubes is valedictorian with four years in National Honor Society senior band science fair regional winner 1971 and awards from the Aeronautics Institute. Fox salutatorian with four years in senior and swing bands, perfect attendance trophies, and roles in yearbook and student clubs.
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Yee High School
Kathy Kubes
Yee
Amercian Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Kathy
American Heritage Club
Future Teachers Club
A&m University
Kathy Fox
National Honor Society
Theo Telg Appointed and County Bids Opened at Court Meeting
Commissioners named Theo Telg of Milano as constable for Pet. 3 and opened bids for a two ton truck for Pet. 4. A Board of Equalization meeting was set for 9 a.m. June 5 at the Court House. Ideal Motor Co. of Thorndale submitted the low bid of 4757.79 for the truck.
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Board For Equalization
Theo Telg
Milano
Ideal Motor Co
Thorndale
Five Area Students Win TJC Honors
Five Temple Junior College students from the Cameron area received awards at the 46th assembly. Russell Chupik of Rogers was named to Who's Who in American Junior Colleges. Rodger Weems of Heidenheimer earned Who's Who and Outstanding Man on campus by the Temple Optimist Club, plus speech awards in Men's Oratory and second place for speech.
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Temple
Cameron Area
Russell Chupik
Rogers
Rodger Weems
Heidenheimer
Temple Optimist Club
James Springer
Jackie Lynn Allen
Cameron
Robert Brasher
Chupik
Rogers High School
Johnny Chupik
Phi Theta Kappa
Weems
Barton Weems
TJC
Church of Christ
F K. Springer
Springer
Allen
Yee High School
Brasher
YHS
B. J. Brasher
Cotton Moving To New Finishes and Double Knits
S Frank Moore of Cotton Incorporated forecasts a durable press shirt by Father's Day next year made of about 60 percent cotton with a vapor phase finish. He notes ongoing work, with technical service teams visiting top mills and current fabric trials underway.
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Atlanta
S. Frank Moore
Cotton Incorporated Research and Technical Services Center
Raleigh
N.C
Cotton Incorporated
America
Moore
American Cotton Shippers’ Association
Shippers
Technical Services Department
You Don’t Say Present Tense in Reported Speech
Editor notes fix tense in quotes and proper use of will and is. The examples show shifting to present or future in reported speech for statements about ongoing conditions and future actions.
Six Flags Over Texas unveils a new look for 1972
Arlington Texas visitors will find a total makeover at Six Flags Over Texas with a $25,000 fountain at entrance, a new petting lagoon with Imperial koi, the Rugged Buggy ride for kids, a giant fourteen foot tall Texas map, expanded Dolphin Show, and new productions in Southern Palace Music Hall and Puppet Theatre. The park’s winter redesign by Ted Friesen features updated facades, colorful rides and new host costumes.
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Southern Palace Music Hall
Sid
Marty Krofft
SIX Flags
Ted Friesen
Friesen
USA
Caboose
Big Bend
Texas
Mrs. Barnes Named MHB Director
Mrs. Betty Barnes is named director of the Mary Hardin-Baylor College Alumni and Ex-Students Association. She will begin June 15 and replaces interim director Gayle Crain. Barnes, a Houston resident and Mary Hardin-Baylor graduate, has PR and church staff experience and has taught in Indiana and Texas.
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Bobby E. Parker
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
G. E. Keith
Alumni and
Betty Barnes
Barnes
Houston
Gayle Crain
Parker
Keith
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Southwestern Seminary
Indiana
Texas
May Tornado Season Warns Texas Readers
Texas faces frequent tornadoes with May as a peak month and Beulah’s 1967 strike in memory. Texas records show 1907 tornadoes 1950 70, with Lubbock’s 1970 disaster causing 26 deaths 500 injuries and $135 million in damage. Guidance urges stay alert, seek shelter, avoid mobile homes, and lie in depressions or low spots if possible.
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Texas
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Austin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Environmental Data Service
Beulah
Lubbock
Texas A&m University
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Harper
the Buckholts State Bank
Buckholts
State Bank No. 190
Federal Reserve District No. 11
U.S. Treasury
U.S
United States
Internal Revenue Service
Jewel Burtis
Richard C. Crowe
Edna Fuchs
Leo Fuchs
Glenda Ruzicka
Board of Equalization
County News
Copr
Adria Allen
Culpepper Hardware & Furniture
Arlington
SIX Flags Over
Besi
New Gulf
Wayne Reese
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Carol D. Zeigler
Texas Highway Department
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