Two Rural Schools Set Opening Dates in DeWitt County
Meyersville and Weathoff rural schools in DeWitt County will start the new term August 26, with in service training August 24 and 25. Meyersville expects 105 pupils under Principal Leslie Flessner. Weathoff projects 103 pupils under Principal Mrs Irene Hahn. Enrollment matches last year. Meyersville school board includes Floyd Dohrman.
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DeWitt County
Meyersville
Weathoff
W. F. Hancock
Leslie Flessner
Westhoff School
Irene Hahn
Floyd Dohrman
Bentsen urges NASA MSC to expand environmental research
U S Senate hopeful Lloyd Bentsen calls for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center to broaden its environmental control research. He argues MSC’s expansion would use its talent to tackle Earth pollution while not hindering the space program. He cites MSC as a national asset and cites letters to Anderson and Miller as backing.
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Houston
Lloyd Bentsen
U.S. Senate
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Spacecraft Center
U.S
Clinton P Anderson
Senate Committee On
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
George Miller
House Committee On Science and Astronautics
MSC
Bentsen
Bishop Flores to Visit Our Lady of Guadalupe
Auxiliary Bishop Patrick Fernandez Flores of San Antonio will visit Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Sunday. He will celebrate Mass at 7 am and 10 am, with multiple concelebrants and an honor guard from the Knights of Columbus. He will also visit the Burns Hospital at 8 pm Saturday.
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Patrick Fernandez Flores
Archdiocese of
San Antonio
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic
Flores
Bishop Flores
Eustace A. Hermes
Our Lady of Victory Church
Victoria
Francis Smerke
OCC
Sts. Peter and Paul
Meyersville
Ceremon
Ies
Francis Kunz
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mateo Perez
Alfred Ybarra
Knights of Columbus
Incarnate Word and
Blessed Sacrament
Burns Hospital
Destruction Wrought by Celia Sparks Across Gulf Coast
Eyewitness account recounts Celia's ferocious winds from Rockport to Corpus Christi. Homes wrecked, trees toppled, lines down, and towns like Taft and Linton heavily damaged as salvage efforts begin.
Yorktown Schools Outline Enrollment and Curriculum Additions
Yorktown Schools expect 885 students at opening Aug 24, led by Supt J D Boone. In-service days Aug 17–21 precede new vocational courses in distributive education office education and general mechanics taught by Albright Harrison Gefert. New staff include vocational counselor Albright speech therapist Stearns and special ed instructor Monroe.
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Yorktown
J. D. Boone
Boone
Doyle Albright
Dean Harrison
Leslie Geffert
Albright
Robert Stearns
Justine Monroe
Lloyd Smith
Johnny Lewis
Mae Kubala
Yorktown Man Ends Training at Keesler AFB
Yorktown Tex. Airman First Class Alvin M. Sturm has graduated from the radar repair training at Keesler AFB Miss. He is now qualified to operate and repair air traffic control radar equipment and will be assigned to Vance AFB Ohio with an Air Force Communications Service unit. He is a 1965 graduate of Yorktown High School.
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Biloxi
Miss
Alvin M. Sturm
Herman J. Sturm
Rt. 2
Yorktown
Tex
Keesler Afb
U.S. Air Force
Sturm
Vance Afb
Ohio
Air Force Communications Service
USAF
Airman
Yorktown High School
Peaker Signs Warner Bros Role in The All American Boy
Hollywood UPI reports F J Peaker the singer actress who debuted in Hello Dolly signed with Warner Bros for the female lead in The All American Boy. The move marks her transition from stage to screen in a likely headlining film.
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Hollywood
UPI
F. J. Peaker
Warner Pros
Bush urges free market gas pricing in House resolution
Washington congressman George Bush leads a Sense of Congress motion calling the nation to prefer free market pricing for natural gas. The measure urges Federal Power Commission to lift Texas price ceilings and speed price-setting rulings to attract new exploration. Over 15 lawmakers co sponsor the resolution amid a national gas shortage and price uncertainty.
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Washington
George Bush
House
United States
Bush
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Midland
Texas
Congress
Shortage of Ice Hits Corpus Christi Coast Area
Ice supply remains scarce across Corpus Christi Aransas Pass Taft and nearby towns after Hurricane Celia. Koenig's Drive In reports constant calls offering high prices for their remaining ice while deliveries fail to meet demand. Local ice is trucked daily from Victoria as Cuero's factory has closed.
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Corpus Christi
Aransas Pass
Taft
Mary Koenig
Koenig
Cuero Guards Return From Corpus Christi Anti Loot Duty
Cuero's National Guard unit Company C of the 1st Bn 141st Infantry 36th Separate Infantry Brigade was expected back today after several days in Corpus Christi performing anti looting duty. The Cuero DeWitt County Civil Defense director Dewey notes additional aid to Hurricane Celia victims including repair crews and generators sent to Robstown Ingleside and Yorktown.
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Cuero
National Guard
Corpus Christi
141St Infantry
36Th Separate Infantry Brigade
Corpus
Gonzales
DeWat County Electric Co-op
Hurricanes Die? Story of Men and Women Rebuilding
Hurricane Celia's havoc shows not machines but people as the central force. Telecommunication workers from Texas and Oklahoma rushed to Corpus Christi to restore service, braving floods and danger. By midweek, damage to the phone grid was pegged above eight million dollars with more than 550 workers on the ground and hundreds more en route.
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Irené Pearson
Corpus Chris
Kingsville
Texas A&i
Abilene
Corpus Christi
Stanley Hill
T. O. Gravitt
Southwestern Bell
San Antonio
Gravill
Texas
Oklaho
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John M. Johnson
Space Research
Moon
Earth
Celia
Gulf
Rockport
Refugio
Corpus Sunday
Linton
Portland
Cella
Robert Meischen
Edward Hahn
Eric Mueller
Leland Ahrens
Wilfred Lamprecht
Richard Boehm Jr
Harold Gohmert
Marcellus Weischwill
Singer
Mathis
Corpus Charisti
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