Desolate Black Gap area of Big Bend Wildlife Study
Biologists at Texas Parks and Wildlife's Black Gap Wildlife Management Area note the vast 100000 acre Big Bend region along the Rio Grande. The study traces mule deer stocking from 1949 to 1966 and finds desert mule deer cannot endure heavy harvest like white tailed deer. The piece ends noting the desert bighorn sheep.
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Black Gap
Big Bend
Marathon
Tex
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Black Gap Wildlife Management
Rio Grande
West
Texas
Arizona
Minnesota Orchestra marks 70th birthday in New York
The Minnesota Orchestra celebrated its 70th anniversary March 9 with a Carnegie Hall concert. Founded as the Minneapolis Symphony in 1903, its conductors over the years included Emil Oberhoffer and Antal Dorati, and the group became regional in 1968 before adopting its current name. A gala anniversary ball is planned for June 16 in Minneapolis.
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New York
Minnesota Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
United States
Minneapolis Symphony
Emil Oberhoffer
Henri Vergrugghen
Eugene Ormandy
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Antal Dorati
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Minneapolis
Stockholm
National Symphony of Washington
Vasa
Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolph
Dorath
Konserthuset
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Dorati
Swedish Academy
Franz Liszt
Zoltan Kodaly
Unforgettable National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City
A feature on Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology celebrates its exterior beauty and interior collections. It highlights key exhibits, architecture, hours, admission, accessibility, and the museum’s role as a premier cultural destination.
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Mexico City
National Museum of Anthropology
Chapultepec Park
Reforma
Anthropology
Mexico
Quetzalcoatl
Tenochtitlan
Hochob
U.S
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Pamela Coe
Interior Department
Morton
Sylvan Theater
Indian Arts and Crafts Program
Bureau of Reclamation Arts
Chess Plus Coffee House Opens For Intellectuals In Dallas
Frank B. Mathews opens Chess Plus in Dallas at the start of the year, a coffee house for chess players and other games with 25 cent table rentals and $1 max, offering free chess lessons and kibitzing, coffee, and a pool table. The venue hosts weekly tournaments with a $3 entry and a 50 percent prize fund.
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Dallas
Frank B. Mathews
Chess Plus
Mathews
Chicago
San Francisco
Highways for Nickels and Dimes in Texas
The piece explains how federal and state gasoline taxes plus vehicle fees fund highways. It estimates about $1.80 per tank, $50 yearly per driver, and roughly $510 million annually for the State Highway Fund. The argument links tax revenue to growing transportation needs and highway construction and maintenance.
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Texas
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John Hart
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Douglas Edwards
Walter Cronkite
KBIM
Medical Center
Kmom-Tv
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Owen Marshall
Late News
Wide World of Entertainment
Kosa-Tv
Merv Griffin
Kmid-Tv
Peyton Place
Hallmark
GE Monogram
New School
Ruth Laredo
Alexander Schneider
Walter Trampler
Leslie Parnas
Giulini
Vienna
Carlo Maria Giulini
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch
State Opera
Munich
Barletta
la Scala
Milan
Europe
America
Chicago Symphony
Dusseldorf
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Walter Scheel
Rainer Barzel
Texas Good Roads Association
Vaughn
Austin
By Roger Bollen
Hunter
EWMAN
Ortacalas
Warner Bros
Warner Communications Company
Rens ST Ad
Juan EL Desalmato As
Rary del Arco
Juuancito Bravo
Peer Rit Ee
Huston
McDowall
Gardner
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