Daylight Saving Time Established by Railroads and Law
The article recounts the push by American railroads beginning in 1872 to standardize time. It notes the formation of rail time conventions and the 1883 Chicago vote to adopt four time zones. The 1918 Standard Time Act later federally sanctioned the zone system and daylight saving to conserve fuel and boost efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Railway
St. Louis
American Railway Association
Association of American Railroads
Chicago
Greenwich
Petit jurors report for criminal jury week May 7
Petit jurors summoned for criminal jury week in 143rd District Court are to report at 9 a.m. Monday May 7. The long list includes Genoveva Pando Socorra Rodriguez Helen Lynch Maria Rodriguez John H Robinson Baldemar Leal Jerry D Bass F.H. Ryan Jesus Reyes and many others.
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143Rd District Court
Genoveva Pando
Socorra Rodriguez
Helen Lynch
Maria Rodriguez
John H. Robinson
Baldemar Leal
Jerry D. Bass
F.H. Ryan
Jesus Reyes
Herman Alvarez
Jesusita Salcido
Rufino Bersosa
M.P. Withers
Jimmie Wright
Lonnie G, Harris
Ester L. Gabaldon
Melanie K. Parker
Maria T. Rodriguez
Isabel P. Hernandez
Donald E. Morton
Gergoria Garcia
Trine G, Castro
Reinaldo M. Rayos
Janice Braden
William D. Lynch
Daniel Fuentez
Gloria Ontiveros
Parke A. Pettitt
Paul Contreras
Juan Flores
Gregorio H. Lozano
Louise H. Adams
Mrs
Ray
Tornado warnings sweep area as warm winds surge
Warm winds brought near ninety degree heat across parts of Texas on Tuesday amid tornado warnings in surrounding areas. Cooler air spread into Northwest and North Central Texas as storms, including intense downpours and hail, were reported from Temple to Junction and near Idalou. Eight soldiers died and five injured in a Ft Hood helicopter crash as Mississippi and Arkansas weather-linked storms killed eight and injured nearly 50 statewide.
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Pecos River
Texas
Associated Press
National Weather Service
Temple
Palestine
Junction
Killeen
Galveston
Idalou
Lubbock
Cotulla
McAllen
del Rio
Amarillo
Dalhart
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Arkansas
Ft. Hood
Tex
Sumner
Miss
No decision yet on firing top aides in Watergate affair
Nixon aides say there has been no decision to dismiss top White House staff over Watergate. Spokesmen deny Rogers was tapped to lead a post scandal shakeup and deny any clemency offer to convicted conspirators.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
William P. Rogers
DeVan L. Shumway
Nixon Campaign Committee
Haiphong Harbor
New York Times
Post
Citizens
General Accounting Office
Jeb Stuart Magruder
the Post
Florida
Konrad L. Ziegler
Air Force One
Rogers
ABC News
State Department
Gerald Warren
James W. McCord Jr
Reeves Memorial Hospital adopts NCR posting machine
Reeves Memorial Hospital installs a $7 590 NCR posting machine to speed billing and general ledger work. The system will cut posting time, simplify bills, and improve coding for accounts payable and payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves Memorial Hospital
National Cash Register Co
Mobile blood donation unit to visit El Paso Thursday
Blood Services of El Paso brings a mobile unit to the Community Center at noon Thursday to collect donations for area hospitals including Reeves County Memorial. People ages 18 to 65 may donate a pint starting at noon with a nurse on site for tests and assistance. Hospitals Auxiliary will provide refreshments.
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Blood Services of
el Paso
Reeves County Memorial
Straw berries overturned on IL 20 near Pegas
A truck carrying fresh straw berries overturned in the eastbound lane of IL 20 two miles west of Pegas at 8 40 p m Tuesday. Driver Ricky Burt, from DeKalb, was taken to Reeves Cowty Memorial Hospital by Pecos Ambulance, treated, and released. DPS Patrolman Rusty Hill noted a right front tire blowout led to loss of control. highway crews assisted in clearing the road and directing traffic.
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IL 20
Pegas
Dekalb
DPS
Rusty Hill
Ricky Burt
Reeves Cowty Memorial Hospital
Pecos
State Highway Department
FDA to ban DES ear implant pellets in livestock
The FDA will announce a total ban on the livestock growth drug DES, replacing a Jan 1 animal feed ban. The move would raise annual meat costs by hundreds of millions, with an immediate pellet recall and allowance for animals already implanted to be slaughtered.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Reform pushes: Texas House okays marijuana bill
The House Criminal Justice Committee voted 12-5 to reduce first offense marijuana possession from a felony to a misdemeanor with up to six months in jail and a $1000 fine. A Senate subcommittee backed an even laxer measure, allowing possession up to four ounces with a maximum seven days in jail and a $200 fine.
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Robert Heard
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Senate Jurisprudence
House
Senate
Dolph Briscoe
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Philadelphia
Memphis
Denver
Fresno
Calif
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Bert Wisely
Sharon
Petit Jurors
Loyd Ellis
Miguel Sanchez
Doyle Lowrance
G.P. Luckett
Elvira Jaquez
Jose L. Leyva
Gloria Millan
James S. Slater
Ruby Fay Newton
Dan Ephran, Jr
Manuel O. Trujillo
Kenneth W. Stroud
Robert Thompson
Lon Bailey
Willie Carpenter
Sid M. Kyle
Roy Cravens
Oscar Dobyns
O.J. Green
Jerry Walter Irving
Garland
Robert Parks
Rosita Rayos
Eddie Fuentes, Jr
William Stergis
Malcolm Payne
Bernabe R. Garcia
R.L. Fabrugel
Jim Deakins
Eva Diaz
Alex Marquez
Charley W. Oates
J.T. Moore
A.B. Foster, Jr
Phil Troha
Joe Gallego
Howard Harris
Celestino Rayos, Jr
JR. Porter
J.E. O’callaghan
Sylvia Teller
Richard C. Slack
James Richmond
Harold R. Clayton
Vicki Dotson
Joe Lyles, Jr
T.A. Robison
Richard Wayne Gibson
Pedro Villalobos
Julio B. Salcido
Marsh
Jackson D
Moody
Flossie L
Tj, Wilson
Juanita Levario
Maria C
Jase
Elvin Reynolds
Derwood D
Lewis
Andren
Robert Dole
Bkan
Republican National Committee
Washington Post
Rapid City
S.D
Wounded Knee
Frank Clearwater
Hospital Board of Managers
N. Pecan
Teresa Gonzales
S. Ash St
Bailey Wheeless
Austin
Briscoe
House Committee
Robert Maloney
Dallas
Maloney
Jim Mattox
Mattox
Huntsville
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Ron Waters
Houston
Billy Williamson
D-Tyler
Waters
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