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Newspaper
La Marque Times
Location
La Marque, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
2
The Queen of Peace School plans air conditioning for the 1971 72 year. Registration for grades K through 6 is August 11 and 12 from 10 am to 3 pm. A-L register Aug 11, M-Z Aug 12 at 1228 Cedar Drive. Bring all forms. spaces remain in grades 2 5. Also notes nationwide rental and housing price trends from 1970.
A brainteaser set lists 20 questions with terse solutions. Correct items include 12 coins totaling 66 cents as a nickel and a half-dollar, 13 sheep left, 14 result 70, 16 each man wins two, 16 impossibility about 34 B.C., 17 two apples, 18 sister as beggar’s sister, 19 none Noah took two of each species, 20 no widow exists if man alive.
The Stutzman family opens a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in La Marque at 112 Highway 3, following six years of success in Texas City. Ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Monday August 9 with Greater Texas City La Marque Chamber of Commerce participation. Open daily 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Lock fee and towel charges apply to school program.
Nancy Jane Ferguson of Bettendorf Iowa named Shriners Burns Institute Patient of the Year 1765. Ramon Harris of 6801 Anderson was found crouched beneath a Galveston counter. An APB for Debbie Wilson of LaMarque was canceled after she was located in Galveston. The hospital seeks JCAH accreditation to review its plant and care quality. Mind grows by what it feeds on.
Registration starts noon with M through Z students registering 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Fees are $3 for boys and $2.75 for girls plus a $1.25 activity fee covering assemblies, handbook, activity card, workbook costs, and other items.
Robert W. Hayman Jr. recalls a stray phone call about a found high school ring on July 18 after his Houston Chronicle paper route. He hadn’t lost the ring, but the caller didn’t leave a name. The La Marque Times seeks a photo of the finder and loser if a second call occurs.
A Sydney Rotary gathering heard Sir Walter Scott outline six global challenges from peace to hunger and illiteracy. Key figures included George Means of Evanston, Richard Evans, Sir Edmund Hillary, and Dr Norman Vincent Peale. Texas and Houston showcased at the 1972 convention with Ben Barnes and Len Tower among speakers.
The School of Public Health in Houston received 25000 for researching early symptoms of violence among youth. Galveston Red Cross gets 31216 for mobile communications facilities. Performing Arts Enterprises of Galveston receives 7000 for a children’s dramatic art program. The First Repertory Company of San Antonio gets 10000 for a similar project. Texas Urban Development Commission is awarded 21800 to publish selected reports from Moody Foundation funded research. KUHT Houston earns 15000 to underwrite summer re broadcast of Sesame Street.
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