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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1973
Page
5
A Marin County California coastline area in Point Reyes National Seashore is celebrated as one of the world’s most beautiful beach stretches. The 70 000 acre park offers a scenic sea view, children’s play areas, and a tranquil landscape as photographed by John Arms.
Gilmer Texas, billed as the possum capital of the world, faces embarrassment as the town struggles to find any possums. The crisis comes as residents prepare for an upcoming event.
Report from Ray Greene notes possum scarcity with only two captured as San Antonio hosts the Texas Folklife Festival September 6 to 9. Locals joke about giant possums while Gilmer ladies prepare East Texas yams and hundreds of pies for sale amid a drought of hunting lore and odd museum plans.
An Associated Press writer recalls a hospital stay filled with automated buttons and nurse-led procedures. The piece mixes humor about patient control with blunt observations on procedures, gowns, and the disruption of normal life, ending mid-scene as the narrator is escorted down the hall.
Review of William and Mary by Henri and Barbara van der Zee notes William III's mixed legacy and role in English constitutional monarchy. Separate item reports University of Rochester Eastman School of Music forming a National Center for the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, led by Dr. Robert Freeman, with the Wind Ensemble's 1953 origins. The page also includes a satirical hospital anecdote and a Venice pigeons eviction plan update.
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