Engineers Face Problems In The Brave New World
Texas Tech engineers boast of their role as modern good guys while facing the darker side of technology. The piece notes that despite vast achievements from Noah’s Ark to Apollo 17, the public blames engineers for negative outcomes and questions how much progress costs humanity. The article discusses the pressure on engineers amid rapid innovation and societal expectations.
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Perry Flippin
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Tech
Satan
Rascal
American Society For
ASEE
Pxonmace
Alaska
Tarry Yusene Adams
University Hospital Buene
Gerald James
Keeny
University
Monpital
Robert Dwayne Dryden
Iain Jancsen
Su Tlie
Texas Senators Recall Nominations Amid Hay Fever Debate
A Texas Senate committee reopened five gubernatorial appointments after a recall vote. The group, including Charles Wilson and Barbara Jordan, faced questions on emissions and air quality as critics pressed to reexamine potential health impacts.
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Austin
Senate
Charles Jaynes
Waco
E. W
Guber
Robinson
Amarillo
James
Blair
Charles Wilson
Lufkinj
A. R
Smelter
Schwartz
Galveston
Barbara
Jordan
Houston
Chet
Brooks
Pasadena
Wilson
Labbockite
el Paso
Preston Smith
Willie Ulich
Lubbock
Lubbock Tornado Becomes Real Laboratory for Engineers
Civil engineers at the 80th ASEE conference in Texas Tech explore the May 11 tornado events as a testing ground for reducing structural damage. Joseph E Minor notes reports of eerie happenings and a dresser carried more than 100 yards and struck a fence without breaking a mirror.
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Lubbock
American Society
Iweek
Texas Tech
Joseph E. Minor
Tech
Taylor L. Booth
University of Connecticut
Frederick Emmons Terman
Stanford University
American Society For Engineering Education
Milton Adams
Texas parks panel weighs land buys and futures
Officials discussed buying park sites as Sen Don Kennard urged action to fund state parks from cigarette tax receipts. The Parks and Wildlife Commission considered land condemnation for park expansion and a proposed trail system while addressing the role of graduates in a tech driven economy.
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Crawford Martin
Texas
Bridges
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Kennard
Parks and Wildlife Department
Thomas
Hereford Hospital Director Granted Medical Leave
Deaf Smith General Hospital announces acting administrator Ron Welty will replace T. E. Seigler during Seigler’s extended medical leave. Dr. Hugh McCrary cites Seigler’s chronic illness and need for rest after 20 years of service. decision taken at the hospital board meeting.
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Hereford
Deaf Smith General Hospital
Ron Welty
T. E. Seigler
Seigler
Hugh McCrary
McCrary
Vury
Phyllis Cornelius
Lone Star Insurance Agency
William Robertson Shot Dead in Oklahoma City Visitor Home
The body of 58 year old William Marvin Robertson was found in his daughter's kitchen in Seminole while visiting for about three months. A 22 caliber rifle lay nearby and Justice of the Peace W Cox ruled death by own action.
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William Marvin Robertson
Oklahoma City
Justice of the Peace
W. Cox
Robertson
Judge Assesses Two Punishments in Seminole Court
In Seminole Oklahoma Judge Denzil Bevers handed down sentences after guilty pleas on misdemeanor charges. Names include Horace IsyPe age 99 of Oklahoma City and Lonnie Tidwell of Deridder Louisiana. IsyPe got 30 days county jail and a $500 fine plus costs while Tidwell received six days and a five year term for theft by false pretext. Further actions involve D Wyatt of 50 Ely England pleading innocent on liquor law charges.
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Seminole
Oklo
Singleton
Denzil
Bevers
Maud
Okla
Eday
Southwood Baptist Church
Oklahoma City
Nakina Frantlin
Georgiana Edwards
Marcella Chesser
Jacksonville
Fla
Lela Pittsenbarger
Castro, Wyo
John Robertson
Ohio
IsyPe
17Th St
Lonnie O'Neal Tidwell
Deridder
Tidwell
William R. Shavers
40Th District Court
Ely
England
Oray
D. Wyatt
West Tower
Couple Killed In 1971 Collision Case Hinges On Police Pursuit
Gary Lynn Pirtle, 20, was sentenced to 90 days in jail after a jury found him guilty of negligent homicide in the death of Genita Jones Finley, 19, in a two car crash at 27th Street and Flint Avenue on May 23, 1971. The driver’s pursuit by police led to the fatal collision and Finley’s husband William Finney, 39, also died. A Supreme Court ruling foreclosed additional charges against Pirtle for double jeopardy.
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Gary Lynn Pirtle
29Th St
Genita Jones Finley
Finley
27Th Street
Flint Avenue
Pirtle
Lubbock
Floydad
William Clude
Finney
Dee Bevers County Court
Wagner Park
Flint
Alton Griffin
Supreme Court
Tulia votes to form home rule commission
In Tulia 228 residents vote for a 15 member commission to draft a city charter and pursue home rule after the population rose above 5 000. A 270 ballots total were cast with 34 against. Members named include Rod Hill Mrs Burrell Evans William L Daniel Vesta Orr and others.
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Tulia
Texas
Rod Hill
Burrell Evans
William’l. Daniel
Vesta Orr
C. W. Reeves
Gwyn Vaughn
Danny Lewis
Morris Webb
W. N. Harman Jr
A. Hayhurst
Ed Harris
Guy Young
Tommy Littlejohn
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Slarec
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Oven 30 Avenue
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Bob Burleson
Temple
Joe Fulton
Max Thomas
Dallas
Don Hases
Brazil
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Parks and Wildlife
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Mustang Island
Hancock Manufacturies
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Ang Aire
Richard Tacaralla
Gunday
Stark
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Tabbock
Oneopattic
Gary Saas
Mandar
Hereford Hospital
W. M. Robertson
Horace Kenneth
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Curtis
Mathes
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Mullins TV Lab
Brailes
Brady
Marlin
South
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Marlin Chamber of Commerse
P.O. Box
Marlin, Tex
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Osee
Savings & Loan Association
Home Office
Avenue
Equal Housing Lender
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