Santa Fe Builds New Railway to York Canyon Mine
Kaiser Steel dedicates the York Canyon Coal Mine near Raton after 15 months of building a 37 mile Kaiser Santa Fe rail link costing 4 million dollars. The project includes 84 100 ton gondola cars and 11 new diesel locomotives to move 700 000 ton annual output with a 400 ton per hour capacity. Civil leaders including Governor Jack M Campbell attend the September 28 ceremony signaling regular Santa Fe service from French to Fontana.
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New Mexico
J. L. Ashby
Kaiser Steel Corporation
E. S. Marsh
Santa Fe Railway
Kaiser
York Canyon
Jack M. Campbell
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Raton
Santa Fe
Kaiser Steel
French
Chicago
Marsh
la Junta
Colorado
Ashby
Campbell
Albuquerque
Fontana
California
Maxwell
van Bremmer Canyon
Castle Rock
York and
Road Canyons
Vermejo Canyon
Colfax
Dawson
Guy James Construction Company
Oklahoma City
James Company
Veterans of Foreign Wars Clifton Post 8553 Meets Twice Monthly
The Robert E. Binford Post 8553 of Clifton Texas holds meetings on the first and third Thursdays each month on Riverside Drive in Clifton Texas.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars OF the
U.S.A
Robert E. Binford
Clifton
Texas
Riverside Dr
Karem Shrine Enlivens Fair Parade Then Rail Line Progress
The project advanced from August 30 1965 with most railroad work complete by November 19 and final 500 feet finishing May 5 1966. Large scale earthwork included 1 590 800 cubic yards of earth and 395 000 cubic yards of rock excavated. 23 bridges were built the longest 280 feet. 8 637 tons of rail laid 114 800 crossties used and 108 157 cubic yards ballast placed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
Highway Week Contests Open With $100 Bonds as Top Prize
Texas Good Roads Association based in Austin sponsors Highway Week September 18 to 24 with new prizes for radio and TV commentaries and a continued newspaper trade journal contest. Entries mailed by October. winners to be announced later. First prizes include $100 Savings bonds and bronze plaques for top three. Judges include Harold C. Green of Water Valley and Ray H. Horton of Houston with regional officials in Texas.
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Texas Good Roads Association
Austin
Harold C. Green
Water Valley
County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
Ray H. Horton
Houston
East Texas Chamber of
New Baby Vicki Lynn Born in Waco Hillcrest Hospital
Mr and Mrs Arthur Pederson and Mrs and Mrs W C Lymank visited Waco last Sunday to see their new granddaughter Vicki Lynn Pederson born the day before at Hillcrest Hospital to Milton Pederson and his wife. Arthur and Milton are brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Pederson
W. C. Lymank
Waco
Vicki Lynn
Hillcrest Hospital
Milton Pederson
Pierson Family Visited Killeen With Relatives
Mr and Mrs Jean Pierson and daughters Sandra and Joan visited in Killeen last Sunday with Mrs Piersons brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs James Hughes Jr and with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Jim White and children Paul Allan and Ellen Anne Miss Sandra Pierson currently is commuting to and from her work in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Pierson
Sandra
Joan
Killeen
Commerce and Officials Discuss Texas Municipal League Radio Role
Mayor W. W McAllister of San Antonio presides over a Texas Municipal League gathering with Radio-TV Division figures Roy Bacus of WBAP Fort Worth Marshall Formby former Texas Highway Commission chair and John Kreiger of KVET Austin in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
W. W McAllister
San Antonio
Texas Municipal League
Roy Bacus
WBAP
Fort Worth
Marshall Formby
Plainview
Texas Highway Commission
John Kreiger
KVET
Austin
Return Trip From Bradford Brings Mrs Selewach To Clifton
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Maass and Ernest Hennig of Waco returned to Bradford New York recently with Mrs Paul Selewach who came to Clifton for funeral services for her mother Emma Ender. The party toured several attractions including the Glass House restaurant on the Will Rogers Turnpike Vinita Oklahoma Niagara Falls Taylor Winery Glenn Curtiss Museum Hammondsport Corning Glass Center and Harris Hill near Elmira. They traveled home through the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and the Great Smoky Mountains and described the trip as wonderful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Maass
Ernest Hennig
Waco
Bradford
New York
Paul Selewach
Clifton
Emma Ender
Harris Hill
Elmira
Scratch pads 30c pound at the Clifton Record.
Scratch pads priced at 30 cents a pound are listed in the Clifton Record with a brief notice. The fragment notes a sale item and the publication name, but no detailed dates or quantities are provided.
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Clifton
Ite
Bosque County Bond Sales Reach $5292 in August
William B. Bertelsen of Crawfills Gap leads Bosque County Savings Bonds Committee noting August sales totaled $5,292. Through eight months in 1966, county sales reached $96,768, about 60 percent of the $160,000 annual goal. Texas August Series E and H sales totaled $12,803,089, up eight percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Bertelsen
Crawfills Gap
Bosque County
Texas
Texas Savings Bond
Treasury Department
Bertelsen
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Karem Shrine
ENCO
Bob Baldridge
Central Texas
National Building Centers
S.aved
Clifton, Texas
Zimmerman Radiator & Body Shop
North Highway 6
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Great Smoky Mountains
Wm. Ee
The
Chuck Wagon
U.S.D.A
Farmer Jones
Carnation Milk
Shurfresh
Oleo
Breck Shampoo Reg
Shurfine
Minute Maid
Morton
Maxwell House Coffee
Duncan Hines
American Beauty
Reimay
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