California Water Plan Dam Nears Completion
San Luis Dam, first unit of the California Water Plan, nears completion in the Sierra foothills. The $1.75 billion project aims to deliver northern water to southern California, irrigate 650000 acres, and feed the 444 mile aqueduct toward Los Angeles.
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Reeve Hennion
Los Banos
Calif
UPD
San Luis
California
California Water Plan
San Luis Dam
Oroville
Sierra Nevada Range
Feather River
Sacramento
Oroville ‘Dam
Sacramento River
Bar‘ten
Coast Range
California Aqueduct
Tehachapi Mountains
Los Angeles
Lalone
Kentucky
Virginia
Gas Companies Plan Merger Between Southern Union and Western Gas
Dallas based Southern Union Gas Co and El Paso's Western Gas Service Co announce a merger plan pending regulatory and stockholder approval. Southern Union would survive, creating a new junior preferred stock issue for Western Gas stockholders, yielding 90 cents per share, with a four year horizon noted.
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Dallas
Southern Union Gas Co
Western Gas Service Co
el Paso
Southern Union & Gas
James C. Reid
Southern Union
Helen H. Tucker
Western Gas Co
Southern Union Gas
Vee Gas
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Educators Begin Two-Week Occupational Training Workshop at Tech
Texas Tech hosts a two week workshop for junior high occupational training teachers funded by a 25800 grant from the Texas Education Agency. Dr Ann Buntin heads the program with 40 teachers attending from Texas schools. Consultants include Dr Francis A Cizon Dr Edwin Gross Dr Glenn Hawkes and Dr Bernice Moore. First week covers backgrounds and needs of disadvantaged students and second week develops instructional methods and materials for counseling potential dropouts. Findings will be summarized by David Weiner and Willie Mac Cary.
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Texas Tech
Texas Education Agency
Ann Buntin
Tech
Texas
Francis A. Cizon
Loyola University
School of Social Work
Edwin Gross
University of Missouri
Glenn Hawkes
University of California
Bernice Moore
Hogg Foundation For Mental Health
University of Texas
Bunti
Buntin
David Weiner
University of Texas Department of Sociology
Willie Mac Cary
Crockett
Fort Worth Gets Federal Match for Southwest Hillis Park
Fort Worth obtains 14,867 dollars in 50-50 federal matching funds to acquire 17.8 acres for Southwest Hillis park. State Parks Commission Chair Will Odom announced the funds from the land and water conservation program. The project totals 29,734 dollars with Fort Worth contributing half for park development including picnic facilities playground equipment and a ball diamond.
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Austin (Ap
Fort Worth
Hillis Park
Will Odom
State Parkg and
Miestald Commission
Fuiay
Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund
Goodbody & Co Opens Lubbock Office With Open House
New York based Goodbody & Co opened its Lubbock office at 1100 Citizens Tower with public viewing from 10 am to 3 pm. Lubbock manager James Bradley led the event joined by Mayor W D Rogers Jr and chamber of commerce reps who awarded honorary citizenship and gifts. Notables from New York include James Hetherington TI and Joseph B Binford. regional managers from Dallas Houston Austin and Fort Worth attended.
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Goodbody & Co
Lubbock
Citizens Tower
14Th Street
Avenue
James Bradley
Municipal
New York
Dallas
W. D. Rogers Jr
Chamber of Commerce
James A. Hetherington
Joseph B. Binford
Hugh Dunlap
Goodbody
Southwest
Paul Bass
Bill Strange
Harry Webb
Houston
Ted Franklin
Arlington
Fred Widman
Fort Worth
Ned McDaniel
Austin
Bombings Hit Anson County Education Officials Homes
Bombs exploded at three residences belonging to Anson County Board of Education officials and at the Pee Dee Oil Co in Wadesboro. No injuries reported. Gov. Moore ordered the State FBI to assist investigations. The board plans to integrate 11th and 12th graders at Bowman High School, drawing NAACP opposition.
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Wadesboro
N.C
Anson County
Anson County Board of Education
Pee Dee Oil Co
James A. Hardison Jr
Board of Education
Raleigh
Dan Moore
State Bureau of Investigation
Anson
Bowman High
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S. Office of Education
Office of Education
Wildermuth
Stegall
Martin
Oil Company
Kosygin Makes Five Hour Refueling Stop in Gander
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin arrives in Gander at 2 30 p m for a five hour refueling halt during a night flight from Havana to Paris.
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Kobygin
Gander
Mld
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Hanvana
Paris
Connally Announces Two Reappointments
Gov. John Connally announced two agency reappointments on Friday. H. D. Stewart of Big Spring was given another term as president on the Board of Barber Examiners, expiring in May 1963. Virgil Versaggi of Brownsville was reappointed to the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission for a term ending March 1969.
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John F. Kennedy
March
Aic Nerva
Rome
Femberton
Western Australia
Viste Biehwanns
Open House
North Carolina
Bill Wildermuth
Glen Martin
Ansonville
Morven
Bill Stegall
Charlotte
Exenen
Nora
Bob R. Hunter
Connally
U. V. Blake Record Center
Goodnight Hospital, Inc
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Highland
Medical Clinic
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