Weather warnings and tornado spotters in Texas
Texans learn to recognize tornado watch and warning signals as the National Weather Service monitors squall lines. Trained volunteer spotters scan skies, issue warnings for small areas, and residents should seek shelter on short notice. a 1970 Lubbock tornado cost a spotter life.
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National Weather Service
Texas
Lubbock
Insurance companies vital in storm cleanup operations
Insurance firms play a critical role in post storm recovery in Texas. Pre arranged catastrophe plans activate for heavy damage with adjusters and back up staff to speed claims. Homeowners should document expenses and keep records for taxes, while verifying coverage and avoiding unscrupulous contractors. Temporary repairs and living costs may be covered, with guidance from Better Business Bureau and disaster relief officials.
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Texas
Texas Insurance Information Center
Texas Insurance Advisory Association
Better Business Bureau
Cattle numbers slide after peak 1975 cycle
Dr. Ed Uvacek of Texas A&M warns 1975 marks the peak of the cattle cycle with numbers set to decline in 1976 and 1977. He cites reduced replacement heifers, lower calf crops, and 11.5 million cows slaughtered in 1975, while cattle on feed rise about 28 percent.
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Ed Uvacek
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
College Station
Avacek
Texas A&m University System
Noacek
Uvacek
U.S
Scout units endure since Birth of Boy Scouts in America
M W Kasmiroski of the Heart O Texas Council reports that about one of every hundred chartered Scout troops from Scouting's birth remains active. He notes 65 000 troops with 1.5 million boys and half a million adult volunteers, plus nearly 2 million Cub Scouts in 60 000 packs and 660 000 pack leaders, and 430 000 Exploring participants and volunteers.
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America
M. W. Kasmiroski
Scouting of the Heart O
Kasmiroski
The Tin Peddler and Local Social Notes
Part II The Tin Peddler by Mrs. Ted Evans recounts early itinerant peddlers using shanks mare and later horse drawn carts, noting independence, tough inns, and rough roads with jolting wheels. The column also lists local visitors, music acts, and a national Lively Families reunion in Gatlinburg Tenn.
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Ted Evans
Mike Benson
Turkey Valley
Chariton
N. Y
Maple Avenue
Tanket
William Holbrook
Birmingham
Lake Champlain
Holbrook
Waterloo
Fort Covington
New York
Maine
Bowdoin
Isaac Gimbel
Nathan Strauss
David May
Lutheran Brotherhood sales conference tops 165 attend
Hans Kalscheuer of Clifton, member of Lutheran Brotherhood's Walter Beglan Agency in Austin, attended a July 27 31 regional sales conference at Niagara Falls with about 165 district representatives after earning a top 1975 sales club spot. James Merrill of Lutheran Social Service of North Dakota spoke, with discussions on improved member services.
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Hans Kalscheuer
FIC
Sunset Ave
Clifton
Lutheran Brotherhood
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Canada
Kalscheuer
Fraternal Insurance Society
Walter Beglan
Austin
James Merrill
Lutheran Social Service of
North Dakota
Utheran Brotherhood
Forest Harvest Misconceptions and Natural Regrowth Facts
The text argues many think harvesting forests destroys them while a well managed forest yields one third more wood from the same area. It notes insects and diseases will kill enough wood annually to form a three foot wide by one inch thick ring around the earth at the equator.
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BSA
Maddux Western Ford
Arnold Winfield
Kansas
Hilda Seelig
Waco
E. J. Sonntag
Viola Schramm
Houston
Dick and
Walter Schramm
Othelia Christenson
Willie Mae Burchman
Dallas
Walter Dossman
Curt Lanham
Lisa Dawn
Country Supremes
Texas Panhandle
Lisa
Curt
New Mexico
Ronnie Zelmer
Robert Lewis
Richard Blake
Leonard Lively
National Association of Lively Families
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Levi
Ist
Levi and
Tem-Tex
Levi Jeans
Starflight
Fabric Sale
Interbank
Bankamericard
Dingo
Acme
Justin Boots
Cliften
Clifton, Texas
Ron Howard
SUN
MON
Bo Svenson
Robert Culp
Davidson Construction Co
D. W. Simons
HICO