Astronaut Homes Seek Privacy in Houston Area
Houston builders describe how five of the original seven NASA astronauts chose private, security-minded designs for their houses near the space center. Privacy features included windowless fronts and enclosed gardens, with families coordinating with Marsters and architects as wives visited Timber Cove and El Lago estates.
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Houston
UPI
America
Frank Marsters
John Glenn
Scott Carpenter
Walter Schirra
Virgil Grissom
Donald Slayton
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston Homebuilders Assn
Iley Field
Grissoms
Schirras
iLane
Schirra
Galveston Bay
Space Center
Rene Carpenter
Marlati
Timber Cove
Technipolo Oe
Panhandle South Plains Fair Board Sets Labor Charges
The Panhandle South Plains Fair Association board voted to levy labor charges for services by association employees when facilities are used by the public. They also agreed to pursue a contract granting exclusive rights for Spanish dances to one person if a regular schedule can be arranged. Meeting at 3 30 p m with Homer Hunt presiding.
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Panhandle South Plains Fair Association Board of Directors
A. B. Davis
Davis
Homer Hunt
Association
Charles Maedgen Jr
M. B. Hillburn Jr
Joe Baldridge
Ben Hutchinson
Parker Prouty
Jack Payne
ISTH and Texas Ave Highlight Local Business Hub
A compact city feature touts ISTH and Texas Avenue as the best place for daily commerce and steady foot traffic. The piece emphasizes accessible services, diverse shops, and a busy street scene attracting shoppers and local firms.
Romance Begins in Puccini's La Boheme at Wayland
Wayland Baptist College Opera Guild stages La Boheme in Gates Hall on the Wayland campus in Plainview at 8 p m today and Saturday. Duane Harris of Joplin Missouri portrays the poet Rudolfo and Sharon Watson of Gray Oklahoma sings Mimi in the four Bohemians tale.
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Rudolfo
Puccini
Gray
Okla
Mimi
Wayland
Record of Handshake World-Record Claim and NLRB Appointment
Saskatoon resident Guy Rutter claims a world handshake record with 10 500 passes in about 9 percent hours. In Washington President Kennedy names John H. Fanning to a new five year term on the National Labor Relations Board, succeeding a member who served since 1957. The current record stands at 10 291 handshakes in 10 hours 10 minutes.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Guy Rutter
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
John H. Fanning
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Pawtucket
Hasford
Stafford
England
Healey
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Uctonder
Slayton
Gordon Cooper
Taylor Lake
Clear Lake
Glenns
Lang
Marsters
Cooper
el Lago Estates
T acKyarry
Alan Shepard
Hermann Park
Rice University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fair Board
Israel
Miller-Howard Office Supply Co
Isth
Texas Ave
Nias
Magnavox
Contemporary
Model
Ousehold Hi Supply Company
Pat Po
Lubbock
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