Fossil Treasure in Reeves County Spurts Paleontology Interest
Just Musin by Alton Hughes Reeves abounds in fossils in Reeves County. The author recalls shark teeth and elephant like mammoths found near Screw Bean Draw and Salt Creek, with notes on early digs, University of Texas interest, and calls for a professional survey of the region’s paleontological life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
Saragosa
Screw Bean Draw
Orla
University of Texas
U.S. 285
Screw Bean Bridge
Billingsley Draw
Balmorhea-Toyah
Bill Smith
Eldon Dennis
Salt Creek
Dennis
U.S. Geological Survey
Pecos River
North America
Asia
Siberia
E.K. Taylor
Russell Grizzard
Delaware Creek
Screw Bean Creek
Screw Bean and
Editorials Our revolution against cancer across American history
An ACS piece traces cancer views from colonial days to modern times, citing Benjamin Rush, Dr. Byrd, and early cures, quack remedies, and tobacco debates. It notes 83,800 projected lung cancer deaths in a bicentennial year and estimates 80 percent could be prevented by eliminating smoking, urging continued Counterblaste to tobacco.
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America
Benjamin Rush
Philadelphia
Washington
Rush
American Cancer Society
Benjamin F. Byrd Jr
Boston
Mary Johnson
Virginia House of Burgesses
Byrd
Walter Raleigh
Virginia
Spain
New World
James I
ACS
Texas Supreme Court narrows public figure libel rule
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a private individual may sue for libel against a publisher or broadcaster if the defaming statement was false and the publisher knew or should have known of its falsity. The decision concludes a public official is not automatically a public figure, sending the Foster case back for full trial under new standards.
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Austin
del Mar Hills
Foster
The
Times
San Antonio
Texas Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
District Court
This Day in History July 16 1976 Highlights and Birthdays
On July 16 various historical events are noted from 1945 first atomic bomb test to 1790 DC establishment. Notables include Nicholas II execution in 1918 and John Glenn’s 1957 transcontinental flight. Birthdays feature Ginger Rogers and Barbara Stanwyck. a Bicentennial note recalls a British flotilla at St. George's Island 200 years ago.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
District of Columbia
U.S
Russia
Nicholas II
Leopold I
Belgium
Baudouin
Maj
John Glenn
California
New York
Adlai Stevenson
London
Washington
Makarios
Cyprus
United Nations
India
Indira Gandhi
Moscow
Taiwan
Richard Nixon
China
Soviet Union
Ginger Rogers
Barbara Stanwyck
St. George’s Island
Potomac River
Carter Sways Toward Senate Leadership Drama and Kissinger Ties
Jimmy Carter weighs the Senate leadership race between Hubert Humphrey and Robert Byrd as a possible January reality, meeting Byrd and withholding talks with Humphrey. He praises Mansfield but notes potential shifts if Humphrey or Byrd win. Muskie and Hollings considered withdrawing to boost Humphrey, while Kissinger privately backs Carter over Reagan, with Carter’s foreign policy crafted by Brzezinski and Vance.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Senate
Hubert Humphrey
D.minn
Robert Byrd
D.w.va
Carter
Humphrey
Byrd
Bryd
Lyndon Johnson
Sen
Mike Mansfield
D.mont
Johnson
Mansfield
Ed Muskie
D-Me
Ernest Hollings
D.S.C
Muskie
Kissinger
Ronald Reagan
Henry Kissinger
Reagan
State Department
Fromer
Cyrus Vance
George Ball
Richard Gardner
Columbia University
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Vance
William Fulbright
D.ark
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Musin
By Alton Hughes
Reeves
Texas Press Association
manne _qatéa
By Roger Bollen
Jack Anderson
Arkansas
State of
Hernando de Soto
Louis Jolliet
Sieur de la Salle
Arkansas Post
Henri de Tont
France
United States
Louisiana Purchase
John Tower
D.C
Lloyd Bentsen Jr
Richard UC. White
Rayburn
el Paso
Odessa
Bob Krueger
Cannon
House
del Rio
New Braunfels
San Angelo
W.E
Pete’’ Snelson
Capital Building
Texas
Dick Slack
Pecos
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.L. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
E. 11Th St
Woodrow W. Bean
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