Documentary on adobe making and candelilla wax art
Folklorist Joe Graham at Sul Ross State University documents adobe brick making and the candelilla wax industry in the Southwest. He recalls childhood work near the Rio Grande with Mexican laborers and notes the crafts rely on long tradition and regional climate.
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Mexico
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Joe Graham
Rio Grande River
Brewster County
Joe Stanley Graham
Dead Horse Canyon
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Texas
Sul Ross
State of
Carmen Rico Vajardo
Black Gap
Rio Grande
Fort Worth
Mesopotamia
Asia Minor
Boquillas
Jim Casner
Casner Candelilla Co
Wrighley’s Chewing Gum Co
TCU to present dramatic opera The Consul
Texas Christian University mounts Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul February 25 and 26 in Fort Worth. The drama portrays Magda Sorel’s struggles against faceless bureaucracy as she seeks a visa for her husband in an Iron Curtain country. John Sorel is played by John Novey. Fritz Berens conducts. Doug Cummins directs. Tickets are $2 adults $1 students.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Texas Christian University
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TCU
Nina Erminger
Menotti
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John Sorel
John Novey
Fort Worth
Michael R. Winesanker
TCU Music Department
Winesanker
Nixon Inauguration as 37th U S President in 1969
Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States on January 20 1969 marking the start of his first term. The ceremony in Washington D C featured a delegation and national celebration.
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Nixon
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Lee Marvin
Janes Stewart
Oral Roberts
ABC News
CBS News
Robert Ryan
Henry Fonda
Richard M. Nixon
United States
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