Cedar Christmas tree may soon be no more
A 30 foot cedar Christmas tree that has topped the Texas Capitol since 1939 may be bulldozed due to spread of coastal bermuda pastures and cattle rubbing the trees for resin. Howard Tiner of Buescher State Park and R T Lewis of the Texas Forest Service explain supply issues and practical limits. Delmarva Peninsula note rounds out this regional item.
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Austin
Tex
Bastrop County
Capitol
Howard Tiner
Buescher State Park
Smithville
Lost Pines
Bermuda
Tiner
R.T. Lewis
Texas Forest Service
House
Senate
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
State Board of Control
Texas Public Employer Association
John Connally
Dolph Briscoe
Lewis
Clifford Beaver
Board of Control
Briscoe
Oil and Gas Lease Transfers and Deed Notices
Courthouse records list numerous oil and gas lease transfers by Gulf Oil Sun Oil Texaco and Mobil to various individuals and banks plus land descriptions. Several leases show no land description while others specify sections and parcels in Reeves and Pecos areas with values ranging from 6 000 to 200 000 dollars. Also included are deeds of trust and a death law note from Illinois with legislative commentary.
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Gulf Oil Corp
T.C. Slack
Charles A. Wynne
Sun Oil Co
Roberta M. Reagan
H.A. Boaz
Cordelia Scherer
Billie Precht
Ruth Glanville
Julia LaCoume Baker
Sun Oil
Texas Wesleyan College
Carla M. West
F.W. Radetsky
H. Grady Chandler
Lizzie C. Loyd
Keith Camp
Emma Jane Chollar Berry
Augusta B. Hensch
Virginia E. Reed Et al
Continental Oil Co
Verhalen Nursery Co
H&gn
Atlantic Richfield Co
Banky
T&p
Olin Blanks
Shell Oil Co
Reeves Co
Texaco, Inc
Jesse O. Jones
T&p. Texaco, Inc
Andrew Bauer
T&p. Mobil Oil
Columbia Union Nat’l Bank
Columbia Union Nat'l Bank
PSL
T&p. Sun Oil Co
Emma Quillian
Texaco
R.R. Herrell
John E. Oates
Mobil Oil
Bessie V. Mitchell
Joe Billeiter, Jr
Rex Griffin
Jennie Gillespie Voelke
LNH Oil Co
Mareo Blake
J.C. Barnes
T&p. Getty Oil Co
Fred S. Brown
Texaco Inc
George R. Moore
William R. Moore
Ann Landers Readers Share Hyperactivity Stories
A collage of Dear Ann letters discusses hyperactive children and the role of love and guidance. A mother cites a university program that helped her son, while others caution against overmedicating and stress parental attention. The page also features a vanity query, a workplace anecdote, and a December TC U graduate.
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Ann
Our
State University Medical Center
Connecticut
Conn
Ned
Eleanor Weisberger
Dutton
Campaign trail outfits mirror Ford and Wallace in recent appearances
Handy campaigners grow as Ford and Wallace follow similar scripts in public events. The piece contrasts the two Governors and President Ford, asking which candidate shows better form for the months ahead.
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Ford
Wallace
Missing Betsy Ross bones found in Philadelphia grave
Excavators at Mount Moriah Cemetery uncovered a decayed coffin away from Betsy Ross s headstone. Dr. Allan Mann said the bones could be Ross or another person while noting soil acidity might have destroyed the original remains. Further testing could be needed to confirm identity.
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Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Allan Mann
Mann
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Elizabeth Griscom Ross
Ashburn Claypool
George
Washington
Ross
Mount Moriah
Renz Wins Bond in Balmorhea Deer Contest
Fort Stockton hunter Jim Renz won Balmorhea Chamber of Commerce deer contest with a 16-point, 160-pound buck killed west of Toyah. He received a $25 savings bond as prize, announced by Alton Parker, Balmorhea Chamber vice-president.
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Jim Renz
Fort Stockton
Balmorhea Chamber of Commerce
Alton Parker
Balmorhea Chamber
Renz
Toyah
Texans vote on energy bill split along party lines
Washington AP notes the Texas delegation's votes on a compromise energy bill passed 236-160. Democrats mostly opposed with Eckhardt and Jordan voting yes, while Brooks Burleson Casey de la Garza and others voted no. Teague abstained. Republicans Archer Collins Steelman voted no. The strange closing line references President Woodrow Wilson as a golfer, unrelated to the vote.
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Washington
Texas
House
Brooks
Burleson
Casey
de la Garza
Eckhardt
Gonzales
Hightower
Jordan
Kazen
Krueger
Mahon
Milford
Patman
Pickle
Poage
Roberts
Teague
White
Wilson
Wright
Young
Archer
Collins
Steelman
Memorial Day Flag Etiquette Change at Noon
On Memorial Day the Code of Etiquette prescribes lowering the United States flag to half staff until noon then raising it to the peak. The act honors fallen service members and follows longstanding ceremonial practice.
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United States
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Delmarva Peninsula
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Delaware, Maryland
Virginia
Courthouse Records
J. C. Pritchett
First Nat'l Bank
Manuel Gonzales
Raymundo Espado
Cecil J. Lee
Crews Adams
Security State Bank
Pecos Valley RR
Chun Shon Lee
Pecos Savings & Loan
Palo Verde
Charles E. Gann
Johnnie F. Payne Et al
Investors, Inc
East Airlawn Heights
Kemp Wisenhunt
First National Bank
Dallas
L.A. Weinacht
Margaret K. Manhard
W.H. Hougham
Walter A. Anderson
Ernesto Sabia Garcia, Jr
Marion E. Keely
Pecos Savings & Loan Assoc
Pecos
Glen J. Ellis
West Park
Pecos City
Charles M. Hollon
Mountainview
John F. Teague Et
Pecos Savings & Loan, Assoc
Chicago
Illinois
Association of
Synec Os
Daniel Walker
Frank Stuart
The
Univers
Chiesa
As Cciation
Iyi Shane
Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg
Glitter City
Moscow
Kremlin
St. Basil’s Cathedral
Ann Landers
S.W
Scott
John Robert Scott Jr
Texas Christian University
TCU
Dick Turner
Bond
Texans
Woodrow Wilson
Hopse On
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Santa
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