Operation Motorcide Planned by DPS
DPS Colonel Wilson E. Speir forecasts 58 Texas deaths from July 4 holiday traffic over 102 hours. The plan mobilizes DPS, local police, and media in Operation Motorcide with data releases, increased patrols, and focus on speeding and drunk driving to reduce fatalities.
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Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
DPS
Speir
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Tors
Motorcide
Automated checkout systems expand in supermarkets
Food marketing experts say stores are increasingly using automated coding and scanning to speed checkout and cut labor costs. The trend follows a growing senior citizen market seeking smaller package sizes as the over-65 population exceeds 20 million in the U S. The discussion notes price shifts and wage impacts alongside consumer benefits.
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United States
Tony
LMHS Journalism Students Win Awards At Trinity U
La Marque High School journalism students earned awards at the Journalism Institute co sponsored by Trinity University San Antonio and Taylor Publishing. Reggie Poole received a trophy for photography. Regina List earned medals for writing and for Trinity Daily work. Other participants included Mari Jo Nevins Byrle Arnold Elinor Wyatt and sponsors notes. The six year attendance shows the program aims to teach modern newsroom techniques with day courses workshops and activities for over five hundred students.
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la Marque
Journalism Institute
Trinity University of San Antonio
Taylor Publishing Company of
Dallas
Reggie Poole
la Marque High
John Corbitt
Beer-Picayune
Beeville
Regina List
John C. Narcis Jr
Trinity
Chet Hunt
Robert E. Lee High School
San Antonio
Trinity Daily
Mari Jo Nevins
Cougar ‘73
Byrle Arnold
Cougar Claws
Elinor Wyatt
Women Marines Earn United States Title at Parris Island
Eileen Urbanek of Hitchcock and Glenda Meeker of Clinton Iowa completed basic training at Parris Island and graduated May 8 as United States Woman Marines They then began 15 weeks of electronics training at Twentynine Palms California with future postings depending on various factors The article notes their backgrounds hobbies and local ties and invites others to join as Woman Marines with contact details for SSGT Price Galveston.
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Eileen Urbanek
Glenda Meeker
Hitchcock
Eileen
Jerome C. Urbanek
Schiro
Glenda
Clinton
Iowa
Marine Corps
Parris Island
South Carolina
United States Woman
Twentynine Palms
California
Hitchcock High
Galveston Jr. College
SSGT
Galveston
TSU Offers Limited Scholarships for Technology Majors
Dean Robert L. Prater of the Texas Southern University School of Technology announces a limited number of scholarships for students majoring in technology, with priority to those pursuing the Architectural and Building Construction Technology Curriculum. Scholarships cover the bachelor’s programs in Industrial Education and Industrial Technology. application details are at the Dean's office.
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Robert L. Prater
Texas Southern University School of Technology
School of Technology
Birth of John Thomas Jr at Galveston County Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs J T Barber of 1312 Rhodora welcome their second child a son John Thomas Jr born June 16 at Galveston County Memorial Hospital weighing 7 lbs 18 oz Grandparents are John Barber of Denton and L T Winters of La Marque Great grandparents include L T Winters Sr of La Marque George Lee Volk Hitchcock C LaBode Orange and Joe O Connell Alvin Kimber Lee age 6 greeted the baby at home Father teaches chemistry and biology for La Marque Independent School District
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J.T. Barber
Rhodora
John Thomas Jr
Galveston County Memorial Hospital
John Barber
Denton
L,t, Winters
la Marque
Orange
Joe O’connell
Alvin
Kimber Lee
la Marque Independent School District
Lori Ann Is 2nd Child For Dupla Family
Mr and Mrs Victor Dupla Jr of La Marque announce the birth of their second child a daughter Lori Ann born June 23 at St Marys Infirmary in Galveston. The baby weighed 8 lbs 8 oz. Great grandparents are Betsy Enge and Sophia Sniezek. A brother Michael Louis, age 13 months, also in the family. Father works for the United States Post Office in Galveston.
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Victor Dupla Jr
la Marque
Lori Ann
St. Mary’s Infirmary
Galveston
J. Acosta
el Paso
V.J. Dupla Sr
Betsy Enge
Texas City
Sophia Sniezek
Youngstown
Ohio
Michael Louis
United States Post Office
Fort Worth Hosts Grand Lodge Session For Prince Hall Bodies
Delegates and visitors gather in Fort Worth for the Grand Lodge session of Prince Hall groups including Texas Jurisdiction Master Masons and Eastern Star affiliates. R G White presides as deputy grand master with numerous senior grand matrons and other dignitaries in attendance. Special events include St John Day, a Sunday prayer breakfast, a third annual awards banquet at Green Oaks Inn, and a joint installation at the Rotunda Masonic Mosque.
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Grand Lodge
Prince Hall
Texas
Order of Eastern Star
Heroines of
Jericho
Galveston County
Fort Worth
Rotunda Masonic Mosque
R. G. White
Clara Gates
R, M, Hicks
Inez Taylor
Emma Johnson
E. M
English
Hatti Allen
Willie L, Bell
Jerelee Owens
Eugene Smith
H, C. Garner
Robert Joseph
N. Wyatt
Charles Lively
L. Lewis
Sadie Mae
Leona Thompson
E, L. Gates
T. C. Linsco
First Child for Ponders Born in Richardson
Mr and Mrs Maryin Ponder of Richardson Texas announce the birth of their first child a son Christopher Kevin born June 1 at Richardson General Hospital weighing 8 pounds 15 ounces. The father is pastor of Richardson Seventh Day Adventist Church and will become youth pastor at Union College Lincoln Nebraska in August.
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Maryin Ponder
Richardson
Texas
Christopher Kevin
Richardson General Hospital
B.W. Ponder
la Marque
Lawrence Henshaw
Kansas City
Missouri
Richardson Seventh Day Adventist Church
Union College
Lincoln
Nebraska
illaspias Welcome Ist Child Mandi Kay
Illaspias welcomes its first child Mandi Kay in a joyful birth notice. Family and friends celebrate the arrival with warm wishes and blessings. The announcement marks a new chapter for the couple and their relatives.
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Illaspias
Mandi Kay
Gillaspia Birth Announcement For Mandi Kay
Mr and Mrs Paul David Gillaspia of La Marque announce the birth of their first child a daughter Mandi Kay born June 11 at Galveston County Memorial Hospital weighing 6 pounds 5 1 2 ounces. The mother is former Vicki Sue Monych.
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Paul David Gillaspia
Dalian
la Marque
Mandi Kay
Galveston County Memorial Hospital
S. E. Monych
Glenn C. Gillaspia
Jack H. Robison
Hitch- Mr
Harry Monych
Frank Eggers
Galveston
Vicki Sue Monych
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Ponders
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