Balmorhea Area Social Notes Highlight Local Travel and Visits
Ella Mae Winterrowd recovers at home in Pecos after a week in Pecos hospital. Amelia Carrillo attends her son Juan’s Master’s graduation at New Mexico University in White Sands. Holmes of Littlefield visit L A O Rear family in Balmorhea. Vincent Duncan Darrell Thompson clan enjoy Balmorhea Lake outing. Wilma Finley to Nutrilite meeting in Fort Davis. Gladys Schmucker returns from Georgia and Dallas trip. Cindy Turnbough plans three week Europe journey via Dallas and Washington. Butch Poe and family visit Pruitt and Poe relatives for about two weeks.
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Ella Mae Winterrowd
Pecos
Edith Winterrowd
Amelia Carrillo
White Sands N.M
Juan
N.M. University
White Sands
Balmorhea Fishing Report Highlights Weekend Catches
Azella and Gary Guslin of Wink caught six bass totaling 19 pounds including a 4 1/2 pounder and three 3 pounders. Eddie Lee Franklin of Pecos added four bass on minnow, Velma Booker of Monahans landed three channel cats on minows, and Balmorhea Lake Resort seeks weekend help. A London note reports a rare silver minim coin found at Guildhall Museum, excavated at Chichester, dating to pre Roman invasion era.
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Azella
Gary Guslin
Wink
Guslins
Eddie Lee Franklin
Pecos
Velma Booker
Monahans
Min
London
Guildhall Museum
Chichester
Drought Strains Brazil as Northeastern Peasants Flee Hunger
In Brazil the decade worst drought tests resilience from the Northeast. Peasants walk to cities, abandon land, and face scarce food as Sudene runs emergency posts paying under 50 cents a day. Government promises 10,000 tons monthly while critics say roads and dams miss root causes.
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Francisco Silva
Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Sudene
France
Germany
Amazon Basin
Massey Returns To London Stage After 32 Years
Actor Raymond Massey marks his first London stage appearance in 32 years saying it will be his last due to lacking stamina. He criticizes modern theater for sex and vulgarity while praising TV work and recalling past roles, including Dr Gillespie and his new play Never Sang for My Father.
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Associated Press
London (Ap
Raymond Massey
London
Massey
Duke of York
Robert Anderson
America
Gillespie
Snowmobiles Replace Alaskan Dog Sleds
In Barrow Alaska snowmobiles replace dog teams as the main utility and leisure vehicle. Eskimos say machines broaden mobility reduce isolation and improve sanitation while workers and families use them for travel to schools groceries and trips across the Arctic landscape.
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Jules Loh
Point Barrow
Alaska
Bob Poole
Little Diomede
Rock Island
Bering Strait
Polar Bear
Seward Peninsu
Hopson
Barrow
Bill Leavitt
Arctic
Cape Halkett
Robert Atwood
Anchorage
Texarkana Considers Cash Bounty to Curb Rats
Texarkana officials may offer cash rewards for rats found within city limits as part of a rat control drive. Community Services Director William Westbrook describes steps including garbage removal, a new poison targeting Norway rats, and a plan to pay for living captures within a year.
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Texarkana
Tex
Community Services
William Westbrook
Hamlin
Norway
Westbrook
Texas
Arkansas
Fort Washington
Chemical Company
Pied Piper
Today in History highlights from June 8 events
The June 8 page lists key historical moments including the death of the prophet Mohammed in 632 and Tennessee's 1861 secession. It notes Theodore Roosevelt mediating in 1905, Bryan’s 1915 protest, 1942 Sydney submarine shelling, 1967 Israeli attack on a US ship, Eichmann's pursuit, Vietnam war shifts, Nixon Thieu talks, and a 1970 London Zoo price rise.
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Associated Press
Mohammed
Tennessee
Union
W. McGaffey
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Sydney
Australia
U.S. Navy
Sinai Peninsula
Argentina
Israel
Adolph Eichmann
United States
South Vietnam
Saigon
Nixon
Thieu
Island
Vietnam
Lone Star Drilling Advances in Ward and Winkler Counties
Lone Star Drilling Ahead Now reports ongoing drilling below 7 410 feet on a 10 350 foot Ellenburger objective at No 1 B J H Edwards Estate Ward County with gas and distillate flow from drillstem tests. Gulf Oil schedules offset wells in Winkler County including Keystone and No 213 Keystone completed March 23 flowing 715 barrels daily.
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Lone Star Producing Co
Ellenburger
B. J
PSL
Monahans
Lone Star
J. H. Edwards
Gulf Oil Corp
Keystone Cattle Co
Winkler County
Kermit
Keystone
Double TV ownership grows in Britain survey shows
In Britain more than 350000 homes own two televisions. By 1974 the number may reach a million. Three percent of buyers keep a color set alongside their old black and white TV.
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London
Britain
NASA Studies High Wind Trails From Jumbo Jets
NASA researchers at multiple centers study trailing vortices created by large aircraft weighing up to one million pounds. The danger to light planes comes from invisible, powerful vortices that linger about five minutes, prompting warnings to pilots to avoid the flight trails after a jumbo jet passes.
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Washington
NASA
Koala: A marsupial of Australia in eucalyptus trees
The koala is a slow moving defenseless marsupial native to Australia. It spends most of its life high in eucalyptus trees feeding mainly on leaves and buds. Its ash gray fur and bearlike appearance accompany its strong gripping claw feet suited for tree life.
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Australia
World Almanac
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Balmorhea
Vincent Duncan
Darrell Thompson
Balmorhea Lake
Pic
Nicing
Wilma Finley
Serita Mengevasser
Ft. Davis
Wilma
Nutrilight Product Co
Gladys Schmucker
Georgia
Dallas
Cindy Turnbough
Europe
Mrs. Butch Poe
Laramie, Wye
Mrs. Pruitt
Mrs. Poe
The
Balmorhea Lake Resort, Inc
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwod
Shirley MA
Sister Sara
Fiat
Church of Christ Vacation Bible School
Wesley Fillman
van Horn
Bob Cross
Fort Stockton
J.B. Hudson
Ford
BY Colin Harrow
Dr. Gillespie
Patte
Pomes Gan
Lloyd’s Barber Shop
Dyer & Sons
London Zoo
Dick Turner
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