New London disaster memory taught by museum tour
Seventh graders tour the New London Museum to learn about the 1937 explosion that killed 296 people. Teachers and relatives share personal ties as the museum preserves faces, photos, and a chalkboard replica from the classroom.
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New London
Jerry Vinson
New London Museum
Texas
Kilgore
Dustie Guinn
Tom Howard Guinn
John Davidson
Guinn
Guvin
Vinson
Jodi Lee
Malorie Herron
New London School
Photos Sherpa Finds Fun in DC Photography Exhibit
Sherpa has photographed since 1971 and started DC photography classes three years ago. Elliott aims to learn new techniques and seek professional feedback. She hopes talking with experts will rub off on her and says the Harvard event is her largest to date, adding she enjoys being a small fry there.
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Sherpa
Elliott
Harvard
Dextre gains eyes and tools on space station
NASA astronauts on the shuttle Endeavour completed a third spacewalk to assemble Dextre the 12 foot robot. Linnehan and Behnken added a tool belt and two cameras acting as eyes while preparing Dextre for broader station maintenance tasks.
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Houston
Space Station
Shuttle Endeavour
Dextre
St. Patrick’s Day
Michael Foreman
Canadian Space Agency
Linnehan
Father and son burn victims stay in critical condition
A father Ramon Velasquez and his son Ramon Velasquez Jr. remain in critical condition at a Lubbock hospital after a West Odessa fire on West McCoy Street. They were airlifted from Medical Center Hospital with second and third degree burns. The Ector County Sheriff’s Office said responders were called after 7 p.m. Saturday to a structure fire or possible explosion. the cause is not yet known though believed accidental.
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West Odessa
Lubbock
Ramon Velasquez
Ramon Velasquez Jr
Medical Center Hospital
Lubbock’s
University Medical Center
Ector County
Gary Duesler
West McCoy Street
West McCoy Street. According To A News Release, the Sheriff's Office
Duesler
Agency recommends license for radioactive disposal site
Waste Control Specialists announces that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality executive director has recommended a license to dispose of byproduct material including uranium and thorium mill tailings. The facility would store 3776 canisters from Fernald Ohio and serve uranium miners in Texas and New Mexico.
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Dallas Waste Control Specialists
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
WCS
Fernald
Ohio
Texas
New Mexico
Rodney A. Baltzer
TCEQ
Andrews
Andrews County
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