Iron bedstead grown inside Lubbock elm draws crowd
In Lubbock an elm tree grew around an iron bedstead, later cut down but the headboard and footboard remained embedded in the trunk. E K Hufstedler says he’ll display the oddity at the Panhandle South Plains Fair as a local curiosity and notes elders speculate the bed’s age at least 50 years.
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Burl Belew
E. K. Hufstedler
Lubbock
Ave. F
Ave. H
Mae
E. K. Hufstedler Son
Ae Atom. Ave
Hufstedler
Panhandle South Plains Fair
West Texas State Builds Library and Science Buildings
West Texas State University regents approved a 4.818 million contract for a new library and science complex. The three story science building covers about 110000 square feet and the two story library also around 110000 square feet with space planned for a third floor and basement. Earthwork could start next week with occupancy expected late next year at the corner of 4th Avenue and 26th Street on university land formerly housing President Cornette.
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Canyon
West Texas State University Regents
Regents
4Th Avenue
26Th Street
Hime
James P. Cornette
Slaton Commissioner Resting After Sunday Attack
Max Arrants, 58, long time Lubbock County commissioner for Precinct 2, remained on satisfactory condition at Brownwood Community Hospital after a coronary occlusion early Sunday. He had been in office since 1967. Arrants and his grandchildren were on a fishing trip in South Texas. The nursing supervisor said he rested comfortably late Wednesday.
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Max Arrants
Slaton
Lubbock County
Brownwood Community Hospital
Arrants
South Texas
Parasitic Wasps Egg Divides Into Male or Female Offspring
A single egg from a parasitic wasp can develop into either 24 males or 16 females, showing a fixed sex ratio pattern in its development.
Kissinger Arrives in Tokyo Amid Japan US Tensions
Henry Kissinger lands in Tokyo to meet top officials and business leaders, amid political upheaval as Prime Minister Sato is expected to resign. Talks with Fukuda Tanaka Ohira and other ministers aim to ease U S Japan tensions while Japan seeks to shape policy on imports and technology.
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Nixon
Henry A. Kisssinger
Japan-U.s. Economic Council
Kissinger
Eisshu Sato
Takeo Fukuda
Kakuei Tanake
Takeo
Masayoshi Ohira
Washington
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Seaino
Tor
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