Cyclotron project linked to high school students and plutonium concerns
A science magazine report describes a high school cyclotron project involving senior Larry Washington and students such as Sohn, Bey, and David with teacher Eq Williams. The device allegedly produced lithium carbonate rotons and helium, with area firms and government departments funding equipment valued at an unspecified total, raising safety and proliferation worries.
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Larry Washington
Eq Williams
Kehivo
Washington
Bey
David
Mater ‘Han
White House Pen Pal Letters From JFK Era
Sisters Karen and Peggy Milek, ages 9 and 11, in Denver receive three notes from Ralph Dungan, JFK special assistant, on White House stationery. The letters acknowledge the girls' admiration and mention the President's gratitude. Parents are Republicans, science teacher involved, discussing physics topics and a large accelerator seen as useful for courses.
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Denver
Colo
Karen
Peggy Milek
White House
Ralph ‘Dungan
Kennedy
Dungan
Father Honors Son To The Last
Water town Mass AP report recalls David Upham Thompson who for 43 years raised a flag for his son Army Cpl Joseph Thompson who died in the Argonne offensive in France in October 1918. Thompson died at 94 and his son Robert will continue the tribute only temporarily as the home and flag site are to be sold.
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Watertown
Mass
David Upham Thompson
Army
Joseph Thompson
Argonnen
France
David Thompson
Robert
Statewide Group United to Fight Texas Loan Sharks
A statewide committee of law enforcement officers and antiusury figures forms after a Will Wilson conference to combat loan sharks. The group aims to inform the public, urge a special legislative session, and draft a small loan regulatory bill named The Attorney General's Enforcement Committee Act.
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Austin
Will Wilson
Better Business Bureau
Texas Committee
Wilson
Tom Beavley
Lohn
Burgess to Miss 10 Days With Finger Dislocation
Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Smoky Burgess will be sidelined for a week to 10 days due to a dislocated finger on his right hand. Team doctors ruled out a fracture after he was struck by a foul tip in Philadelphia game action.
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Pittsburgh
Smoky Burgess
Pittsburgh Pirates
Joseph Finegold
Albert Furgeson
Burgess
Philadelphia
Doctor Gifts 26.6 Acres To Camp Tahuaya
Dr. Jesse G. Jenkins, camp doctor, donates twenty six point six acres east of Lake Boyd Callan to Camp Tahuaya. The land adds five more sites for a total of 16 Troop Camp sites and increases acreage to 143.1 acres. Camp history notes 1932 origins with 72 acre gift from Joe Zack Miller Jr and early water resources and rehabilitation through 1954 to 1955.
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Tahuaya
Jesse G. Jenkins
Texas
Jenkins
Camp
Scouts
Lake Boyd Callan
Tahwiaya
Camp Tahuaya
Joe Zack Miller, Jr
Kansas City
Lampasas
Mexia Couple Wins Honors From Their College Children
Dr and Mrs Lewis Woodward of Mexia celebrate two children recent graduates. Dre Woodward, chief officer at Mexia State School, works for Conoco in Glen Creek Wyoming after Texas A&M College. Lewis C Woodward Jr earns business and petroleum engineering degrees, to work in Wyoming then Denver. Mary Ann Woodward earns BA in journalism and Spanish from UNM and writes for the Dallas Morning News Society section.
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Lewis
Wood
Mexia
Dre Woodward
Carser
Conoco Oil Company
Glen Creek
Wyoming
Texas A&n. College
Lewis C. Woodward Jr
Conoco
Denver, Colo
San “Angelo
Woodward
Mary Ann Woodward
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Society
Dallas Morning News
Eye
Stickney execution set for October 27
The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has reset the execution of Howard Stickney for Oct 27. Stickney was convicted of the slaying of Mrs Clifford Barnes. Triplet brothers George Gary and Grover Hamilton of Del Rio joined the Air Force.
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Stickney
Austin —i
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Howard Stickney
Clifford Barnes
AIR Force
del Rio
George
Gary
Grover Hamilton
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