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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1969
Page
14
A Western hat linked to Wild Bill Hickok travels from a local western wear shop to Hollywood stars and back to Brownfield. The hat's odyssey begins 23 years ago when Hickok planned a Terry County rodeo appearance, involving a Mexican caretaker and a barber’s joke about a nearby barbership 40 miles away.
A.Sgt Eddie L Wilson reports for duty in Tan Son Nhut Vietnam as an aircraft equipment technician with the Pacific Air Forces. Capt James E Newark receives a regular commission and serves as a B52 commander in SAC at Griffiss AFB New York. Four area men win the Outstanding Unit Award with the 43rd Military Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB South Carolina. The feature also follows Allen Thomason Brownfield native turned Hollywood stuntman who wore a hat once owned by a Mexican actor during filming of The Stalking Moon. Reader's Digest promotes diet and metabolic balance in a February feature.
GM plans mid 1971 production of a 280 horsepower turbine with more powerful versions to follow, while Ford reports turbine powered parts trucks and a 20 percent rise in turbine engineering staff. Chrysler earlier tested turbines in 1963 65 and retains a research program. GM says turbines will supplement diesels and may power other equipment.
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