Spacemobile visits Mexia as NASA educator showcases space work
The spacemobile tour by Thomas J. Hill visits Mexia High School auditorium with demonstrations on aeronautics rocketry satellites and Apollo program plans. Former Mexia officer Carroll Adams becomes a College Station patrolman as local fishing reports note brickyard pond success. Groesbeck breaks ground for Clark Bros. Felt Company plant with 75 initial jobs and future expansion plans.
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Mexia
Thomas J. Hill
NASA
Space
Hill
Wilbur Withrow
Carroll Adams
College Station
Clark Bros. Felt Company
Groesbeck
Census trends show urban decline and suburban growth ahead
Washington AP The 1970 Census depicts central city decay and suburban sprawl as affluence shifts housing demand outward. Population fell in many cities while suburban areas boomed, farming declined, and megapolis corridors formed from Boston to Washington as coastal regions flourished.
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Washington
Cennsus Bureau
Chicago
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Atlantic Ocean
Mayor Quits Post After State Order
In Commerce Texas Mayor W J Bell and two city commissioners Joe F Cox and Jesse J Hawthorne resigned after a court injunction barred payment of salaries to state employees who hold elective public office The officials are East Texas State College faculty and cited November pay non receipt as their reason Bell heads the journalism department Hawthorne heads physical education Cox belongs to history faculty The injunction targeted five Texas A M faculty members and may require repayments for salaries already paid.
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Commerce, Tex
W. J. Bell
State Comptroller
Bell
Joe F. Cox
Jesse J. Hawthorne
East Texas State College
Comptroller
Kenneth I. Kimbro
Dist
Herman Jones
Austin
Kimbro
Jones
Texas A&m
Commerce City
Hawthorne
Cox
Ethiopia Recognizes Beijing as Sole Chinese Government
ADDIS ABABA AP The Ethiopian government announced it recognizes the Communist Chinese regime as the sole legal government of all Chinese people.
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Addis Ababa
Girl Shot By Hunter Showing Improvement
Karyn Preatwich a six year old girl from North Fork Idaho shot by a hunter over three weeks ago is reported in fair condition today at the University of Utah medical center.
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Salt Lake City
Karyn Preat~wich
North Fork
Idaho
University of Utah Medical Center
U S Hospital Hit By Rocket in South Vietnam
An enemy rocket struck the Chu Lai U S medical station wounding or killing staff. a Phnom Penh U S Embassy bomb caused property damage but no injuries. Viet Cong announced cease fires for Christmas New Year and Tet. allied suspicions of similar pauses.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
U. S
Vietnam
Chu Lai
U. S. Americal
da Nang
U. S. Command
Mexia Police Quell Couple's Squabble
A man and wife quarreled in a local tavern Monday night. Police charged both with disorderly conduct and jailed them briefly before release after paying fines. The couple had been drinking. Officer Allen Caldwell sustained a hand injury when a door was slammed on it during the disturbance call.
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James Ball
Ball
Allen Caldwell
McKinney Street
Limestone to Hire Part Time Deputy and More County Actions
Limestone County Commissioners authorize Sheriff Connor Spivey to hire a part time deputy at 140 dollars a month funded from the automobile allowance. The court also approves R J Briggs bond for Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 and transfers 290 dollars from the secretarial fund to the County Agent MH Brown Jr budget for a tape recorder. Demolition actions include initiating condemnation proceedings against Dee Thornton and Thelma Muller Rand on Dan Dove road near Tehuacana. Attendees include commissioners Elbert Barnes Elijah Black and Herman Adams.
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Limestone County
Commissioners Court
Connor Spivey
Sheriff’s Department
R.J. Briggs
Kosge
Justice of the Peace
MH. Brown, Jr
Dee Thornton
Thelma Muller Rand
Dan Dove Road
Tehuacana
Elbert Barnes
Groesbeck
Elijah Black
Herman Adams
Thamion
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Doyle Miller
Jan Street
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Kings Quarters Inn
Rockford
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Duane Geiger
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Johnny, Rhodes
Gastonia
North Carolina
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clifford Teer
Waco
VFW
Teer
Muhammad Ali
Oscar Bonavena
Pearl Harbor
Cassius
Houston and
Fort Worth
William Burney
Carey Hobbs
Terry Hobbs
J. Frank Keeton
Bradley
Clark Bros
Houston
Texas Steel .Company
Groesbech Industrial Foundation
Clark Bros. Felt
Highway 14
Southern Pacific Railroad
Groesbeck Chamber of Commerce
Groesbeck Industrial Foundation
Gregory
United States
C.E. Gregory
Terry
Santa
Perry Brothers
Daily News
Ethiopia
Hunter
U.S. Hospital
Chhun.Chhuon
U. S. Marine Guard
Limestone
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