Cowboys circle old friends at Wichita Ranch Roundup
In Wichita Falls the Texas Ranch Roundup brought cowboys cowgirls and ranch hands together at the Wichita County Mounted Patrol arena for a weekend of friendly competition and reunion. Spade and King Ranch leaders praised participation as ties strengthen among kin and charity efforts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Wichita County
Bob Northcutt
Renderbrook Spade Ranch
Northcutt
Spade
Bill McClelland
Spade Ranch
Tio Kleberg
King Ranch
Kleberg
Dorothy Spikes
Benjamin
Texas
Moorhouse Ranch
Water official warns of contamination threat near Deaf Smith site
A High Plains water official rejects DOE assurances and cautions that nuclear waste storage near Deaf Smith County could risk radiation leakage. A. Wayne Wyatt of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District notes ongoing soil and water studies and potential funding cuts in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DOE
Hereford
Wyatt
Deaf Smith County
Vega
Texas Water Development Board
Texas Water Commission
Deaf Smith Commissioners Court
Senate
Deaf Smith
LCRA approves energy efficiency and load management plan
LCRA directs a one year pilot offering commercial rebates of 125 per kilowatt saved for upgrading to energy efficient lighting across its 41 county area. The authority also approves remote switching on home AC units and water heaters to cut use during peak demand with homeowner consent and cooperative participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Lower
Colorado River Authority
LCRA
Pioneer El Paso immigration official broke color barriers
Sam B. Calvert, born in 1905, became the first Black INS immigration man in El Paso on August 24, 1940. Over 31 years he advanced despite segregation, earning NAACP recognition for pioneering work and highlighting progress in local race relations. Calvert moved to El Paso in 1912, recalling past discrimination yet noting improved treatment and a career built from early as a porter to federal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Sam B. Calvert
Calvert
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
INS
G.J. McBee
Border Patrol
South
Sigs
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Elsie the Cow
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Joe C Thompson
Albert Einstein
Davy Crockett
Sam Rayburn
Ehr. Greene
George Blessie
PANAS
Trina
Texas Plains
A. Frank X. Tolbert
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C. Coronado
D. Craig Breedlove
Opeuuoio
Suimsny
Kirk Dooley
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