Space ship to the moon hinges on funds and talent
Longview correspondent argues a real moon trip could be built by leveraging available talent money and facilities and compares it to wartime mobilization. He cites V-2s Palomar telescope and radar control as proof points and warns civilian funds are needed to advance rocketry.
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Moulton B. Taylor
Ins Longview
Wash
Moon
Earth
Mt. Palomar
Jine
Mars
Space
Texas Has Most Road Mileage In Highway Building Contracts
Washington reports state highway departments placed 568.091 million dollars in road work under contract in the first six months of 1948. Federal-aid projects covered 10,439 miles of road totaling 364.788 million dollars with a federal share of 185.723 million.
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Washington
Public Roads Administration
Pennsylvania
Texas
Skinner Family Reunion Set At Mackenzie State Park
The Skinner family plans its eleventh annual reunion at Mackenzie State Park with attendees from multiple towns. The list includes numerous Skinner relatives and spouses from Lubbock and nearby communities attending the gathering.
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Skinner
Mackenzie State Park
Roy Skinner
Otis Lee
Carbton
W. M. Morrow
Abilene
Bill Cameron
Saralyn
Kermit
van North
William
Spur
W. E. Ellis
Balls
M. R. Walton
John Wayne
Hiro
Milton Sandell
Frank Conrad
Jayton
A. H. Skinner
Benny
Sundown
Charlie Jordan
Eastland
D. Cates
Tokio
Tom Luckett
C. A. Winters
Ivanhoe
Frank Ewell
Lampkin
Claud Clayton
Woodriver
Lubbock
Frank Skinner
Mitton Bynum
Priscilla Ann
Amelia Alice
Macon Louise
Gene Perry
Ernest Skinner
J D. Skinner
Joe Skinner
Kenneth Brush
Ochis Bailey
Rickey
Ray Walton
Dennis
Charles Hindon
Sammy Skinner
Shooting Wipes Out Family In Texarkana
In Texarkana a family was killed in a shooting described as double murder and suicide. William Guillory, about 70, shot his wife M amie Edna 39 and their son William Decker 16 before shooting himself. Sheriff W E Davis cited domestic troubles and noted the son had recently escaped a Gatesville reform school for auto theft.
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Texarkana
W. E. Davis
Miller County
Ark
William Guillory
Mamie Edna
William Decker
Davis
Guillory
Gatesville
Tex
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Alex McDonald
Lorenzo
McDonald
Willie Kelso
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Wylies Brug Store
Wylies
Sterling Parrish
Pa. Pol. Adv
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J. D. Hinson Appliance Co
H Street
Becaus
Brownfield
J. B. Knight Compon
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Cope Butane Co
Rylie
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Lospace One
Lamesa Appliance Co
Littlefield Appliance Co
Alexander Oil Co
Singleton Appliance Co
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