Blind Cat Cecil Learns Face Washing At Home
A Lubbock couple train their blind cat Cecil to wash his face using paw rubbing. Cecil relies on long whiskers and acute hearing to navigate, memorizes furniture layout, and responds to sounds like a newspaper fly. The 2 year old cat was born blind with eyelids sewn shut.
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Tom Johnson
Avalanche-Journal
Air Force
James S. Oliver
Emory St
Cecil Cecil
Cecil
Olivers
Mrs. Oliver
Oliver
Indiana
Purdue University
Ceci
Cee
Texas High Court Rules Late Death Benefit Claim Invalid
The Texas Supreme Court held that an attorney's failure to file a death benefits claim is not good cause for lateness. Mrs. Lowell Wermske, widow of Phillips Pipeline engineer killed June 22 1954, failed to file by deadline and later sued. The district court and Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals rulings were affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Wermske
Amarillo
Insurance Association
NASA Official Seeks Personnel In Houston
Dr W Ison of NASA visits Houston to recruit scientists and engineers for the space agency. He promotes plans to fly around and land on the moon by 1970 and says NASA needs 2000 engineers and scientists. He emphasizes attracting at least 135 recruits.
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Houston
UPI
W. T. Ison
National Aeronautic and Space Administration
Olson
Space Agency
Veteran Shoots Estranged Wife in Domestic Dispute
A paralyzed World War I veteran, Jett McNeal, 31, was booked on murder charges after a confrontation over furniture division. Frances McNeal allegedly struck him with a perfume bottle. he retrieved a 28 caliber pistol from his chair and fired, hitting her and injuring him. Police say he then shot at his wife during the struggle. The coroner's name is pending.
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Los Angeles
Hus
Jett McNeal
Sud McNal
Frances
McNeal
McXeal
Sisters Reunited After 55 Years Australia Texas Newsroom
Two sisters once separated since 1906 were reunited in Muleshoe Texas this week. Frances Langdon 80 of New Orleans Louisiana and Florence Barley 82 of Muleshoe reconnected after Langdon’s son searched for family. Langdon is a Sunday editor of the Pittsburgh Press. Barley’s daughter is Mrs. Griffith.
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Frances Langdon
New Orleans
Lot
Florence Barley
Frank Griffith
Muleshoe
Langdon
Barley
Lott, Tos
Mississippi
Bailey
Texas
Unt
Tom
Pittsburgh, Pa
Wit Westmorland
Griffith
New Tech Term To Begin Monday At Texas Tech
Texas Tech will start the second term of the 1941 Summer Session with registration at 8:30 a.m. Monday. Dean Floyd Boze announced enrollment is expected to exceed 2,000 for the term, following strong preregistration. The first six weeks of the summer saw 127 enrollments, with registration running from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., no late period is planned, and Wednesday is the last day to alter a class schedule.
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Texas Tech
jDro
Floyd Boze
Admis ‘Ions
Tech
de Renner
Seistrar Dures
Academe
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Wanmsutta
Laura
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Wamsutta
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