Executives Attend National Airport Meeting in Tucson
Airport Manager Ed Colby and wife travel to Tucson as he chairs a committee at the American Association of Airport Executives annual meeting. The piece lists numerous airport staff later visiting Dallas Denver Houston and other cities for related duties and flights.
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Tucson
Mary Lou Fairbairn
Avalanche-Journal
Ed Colby
Ariz
American Association of Airport Executives
Lubbock Municipal Airport
Harald C. Bender
Chicago
The
Texas Co
Panhandle
Grove Webster
Purdue Aeronautics Corporation
Purdue University Airport
Lafayette
Ind
Webster
Einsteine
CAA
Bender
Oklahoma City
Mer
Clent Breedlove
Lubbock
New Home Farmer Earns Second Place in Conservation Contest
Kay K. Moore of New Home was named second place in a statewide soil conservation contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He will receive a savings bond as the award. Moore chairs the Lynn County Soil Conservation District board of supervisors and served as vice president last year.
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Tahora
Kay K. Moore
Veterans of Foreign Wars
N. T. Conner
VFW
J. F. McKelvey
Texas Department
Moore
Lynn County Soil Conservation District
Parks resigns to head Greenville utilities department
IA F Parks an engineer in Lubbock’s electrical department resigns to become director of Utilities for the City of Greenville. Parks and his family will move soon. he has served since 1949 after coming from Seymour. A Navy veteran and Texas Tech graduate, he is 34 and highly regarded by City Manager Steve Matthews.
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Argus F. Parks
Lubbock
Greenville
Steve Matthews
Parks
32Nd St
Seymour
American Institute of Electrial Engineers
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Throckmorton High School
Texas Tech
Texas A&m
Oklahoma City
Matthews
British Sewer Cleaner Nears Bicycle Goal
BRIDGENORTH England April 16 1956 A sewer cleaner Albert Peace has gathered parts to build a bicycle and asks for help to push a derelict frame through a sewer grid so he can finish it. The item also mentions military and local civic news including Navy ships and local residents' updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgenorth
England
Albert Peace
Soil Conservation Supervisors Meet Names Winners
The State Association of Soil Conservation Supervisors awarded first place to Wood Coleman of Wellington, recognizing top performance in a recent competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Association of Soil Conservation Supervisors
Wood Cole
Wellington
Parenthood in a Free Nation session at Brownfield High
The third in a series of PTA city council meetings on Parenthood in a Free Nation will be held Monday at Brownfield High School. Dr. Robert Hoey, director of counseling and guidance, will outline Democratic Values and Goals. Twenty two adults are enrolled. the previous course was Understanding of Self and Others led by J. B. Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Parenthood
Parent-Teachers Association City Council
Brownfield High School
Robert Hoey
J. B. Curtis
Radar soil survey aids farmers locating irrigation water
A demonstration south of Lubbock showcased a Reflect-O-Graph radar device by M. C. Donaldson to locate underground water and depths. With over 50 ag representatives present, the unit aims to map formations, offering drought relief without drilling if no water is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
M. C. Donaldson
del Rio
Reflect-O-Graph Corporation
South Plains Agricultural
Bob Rasmussen
W. G. Hugly
Corpus Christi
South Plains
Texas City Disaster Anniversary Largely Unmarked
No ceremonies were held to mark the eighth anniversary of the 1947 Texas City disaster which killed over 500 people and injured about 2,000. The explosion of the SS Grandcamp and a second ship sparked fires across refineries and oil facilities causing about 200 million dollars in damage.
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Texas City
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Squeaky) Rhodes
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Johnson-Connelley Pontiac, Inc
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