THD Works For Safer Highways
Texas Highway Department leads safety push with research backed designs. Lane width, paved shoulders, and wider bridges reduce crash risk while breakaway signs and guardrails protect drivers. But 12,000 miles of older highways need reconstruction by 1990, funded by steady federal and state money.
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Austin
Texas Highway Department
Highway Department
Texas
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&m University
Center For Highway Research
University of Texas
Federal Highway Administration
Texas High
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Congress
Woodpecker Behind Mysterious Holes in English Cottage
In Foulsham England Henry Reed reported holes in his wall. Investigating officers dismissed vandalism and a bird enthusiast identified the culprit as a woodpecker seeking insect larvae in the wall.
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Foulsham
England
Henry Reed
Norfolk
Nail Sculptor of Rome creates art from nails
Amble Sonaglia studios in Rome shows his nail artistry. He crafts Madonnas angels and wall pieces from nails. He uses two century old nails for a new project titled Flight Into Egypt. The work was presented to Pope Paul VI.
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Amble Sonaglia
Rome
Way of the Cross
Sonaglia
Egypt
Paul VI
Produce Dealers Caught in Squeeze
Texas produce wholesalers face rising costs from farm to 60 day price ceiling on agricultural goods squeezing them out of business. Dallas dealers say many products have reached or are days from that limit.
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Associated Press
Texas Produce
Dallas
Walton
Texas
Panhandle — Plains
Nic Catalani
B. Catalani
San Antonio
Tomato shortages hit Dallas groceries amid price freeze
Produce buyers in San Antonio forecast shortages as price ceilings squeeze profits. Dallas wholesalers halt tomato purchases and close doors. Combs Co stops tomatoes amid rising costs. Officials warn shortages may spread, while some predict partial relief with upcoming harvests.
Briscoe says mobile field office to tour Texas in July
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced a new mobile field office will travel Texas highways beginning in July. The unit will visit county seats for at least one day per year, with Briscoe or top staff aboard when possible to hear public concerns and explain state matters.
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Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Mobile Field Office
Texas
County and District Clerks Association
Corpus Christi
Bedouins Force Real Action In QBVII Filming
On location near the Dead Sea the Bedouin cast clashed with director Tom Gries over lamb supply for a wedding feast scene in QBVII. Filming in Jericho follows London shoots for this ABC Television movie based on Leon Uris novel starring Ben Gazzara and Lee Remick.
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Hal McClure
Jericho
Jordan
Hollywood
Tom Gries
Jerusalem
Gries
Leon Uris
Dead Sea
London
ABC Television
Uris
Britain
Ben Gazzara
Lee Remick
Leslie Caron
Anthony Hopkins
John Gielgud
Anthony Quayle
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Eee
Rucker OK Tire Store
By Steve Eames
Geraint
Tunis
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Hooper Produce Co
East Texas
California
Southwest Brokerage Co
J. C. Bombs Co
Combs Co
Mike Walton
Texas Department of Agriculture
Neill Rodrick
Southwest Brokerage
Johannesburg
South Africa
Port Elizabeth
Die Oosterlig
New Law Courts
Sade
E Friend
Saan
Rember
BankAmericard
Governor's Office
Edith Evans
Jack Hawkins
Will Penny
Douglas Cramer
Blue Dead Sea
Persian Gulf
Los Angeles
Purchase
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola
Villyards
Pharma
Gaipson
Charles & Judy Carter
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