World Soaring Championships Open In Marfa This Weekend
The 12th World Soaring Championships begin in Marfa with practice from June 15 and competition June 20. Teams from 28 nations, including U S captain Richard Johnson and members George Moffat Jr and A J Smith, prepare as logistics and funding efforts mobilize locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
Marfa
United States
Fritz Kahl
U.S
A. J. Smith
Michigan
Richard Johnson
Dallas
George Moffat, Jr
Elizabeth
N.J
Wallace Scott
Odessa
Rudolph Alleman
Richmond
Washington
Smith
Soaring Society of America
Texas
Fort Davis
India
Ian Loughran
Vishwa Gupta
Krespla DN
America
George Moffat
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Reeves County Land Decision
The Texas Supreme Court refused to hear McDonald et al. suit, upholding the Reeves County district court ruling that awarded 160 acres to Charles Weinacht based on adverse possession after a decade of cultivation and use. The appellate and trial courts had previously sided with Weinacht.
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Texas Supreme Court
Reeves County
Charles Weinacht
M. McDonnald Jr
Weinacht
McDonnold
el Paso Court of Civil Appeals
McDonnald
Supreme Court
Adkins Awarded Lee Lytton Smith Scholarship
Sandra Adkins daughter of the late Bill and Mrs Hazel Adkins of 1321 South Eddy and UT Austin student has been awarded the Lee Lyt ton Smith Scholarship. She is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority.
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Sandra Adkins
Bill Adkins
Hazel Adkins
South Eddy
University of Texas At Austin
Lee Lytton Smith
Rural Areas Face Shifts as Census Reallocates Texas Power
AP Texas report warns census results could tilt legislature toward urban centers. Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Fort Worth gain seats while rural areas lose clout. 75 thousand voters per district may replace 64 thousand. Debates over redistricting and one man one vote echo through the session.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Texas’ News
Texas
Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Dallas-Fort Worth
Bus Matscner
Dallas
Fort Worth
House
Mutscher
Don Cavness
Rural Inter
Water Salvage Funds Approved for Pecos Basin and West Texas
The Public Works Administration report to Congress lists 1971 appropriations totaling 510000 for Pecos River Basin water salvage and cedars removal in Texas and New Mexico. It also approves 700000 for Corps of Engineers and 545000 for Bureau of Reclamation to study moving large water volumes from the lower Valley to far West Texas and New Mexico.
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Public Works Administration
House of Representatives
Richardc. White
Pecos River Basin
Texas
New Mexico
Pecos
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Grain Thieves Target Elevators Across Four States
Dist Atty. Morris Stagner warned of a ring of grain thieves operating in the Clovis and Portales area and defrauding operators in Texas, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico by tampering with truck scales at grain elevators and feed pens.
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Clovis
N. M
Texas
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Dist. Atty
Morris Stagner
Portales
Texas Drowning Toll Hits 134 This Year
AUSTIN AP The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports 134 drownings so far this year as summer vacation months approach. Last year 516 people drowned statewide.
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Austin
Texas
The
Parks and Wildlife Department
Open Meeting Law Challenges Filed By GODFREY ANDERSON
The Texas Open Meeting Act tests public meeting rules with a Dallas case accusing County Judge Lew Sterrett and four Dallas County commissioners of a closed meeting. Judge Cole warned of arrest if response to his 10 day letter is not received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey Anderson
Associated Press
Dallas
Mike Ritchey
Kera-Tv
Court of Justice of the Peace
Robert Cole
Lew Sterrett
Cole
Sterrett
Sheriff’s Office
4Th Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
Toyah
Texas
Pecos- Barstow
New Laboratory To Be Constructed In Giddings Texas
A 10000 square foot seed laboratory building will be built at Giddings to house the Texas Department of Agriculture seed lab moving from Austin. The facility, run in cooperation with the Texas Youth Council, will include greenhouses and land for seed testing to enforce Texas Seed Law. About 20 staff will relocate, and completion is hoped for late 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Giddings
Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Texas Youth Council
TDA
White
State Capitol
Texas
John E. Metcalf
Bill Staffel
TYC
RCCC Sponsors Summer Recreation Program for Reeves County Children
The Community Council of Reeves County runs a summer recreation program for ages six to twelve weekdays with 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 sessions, including swimming, games, field trips, and a Thursday General audience movie. Teen night programs run 7:30 to 9:30 with outdoor sports, dancing, trips, and a snack bar. Donations support the effort, with headquarters at 1100 South Locust in Pecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCCC
Ne Community Council of
Reeves County
Fernando Hernandez
Pecos
Community Council
South Locust
Locust Street
Neia
Pecos Evening
Arnie Calderon
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Cessna Aircraft
Chevron Oil
General Motors
Chrysler
Hewlett-Packard
Eastman Kodak
West Texas
Royal Typewriter
Sweden
Volvo of
Southwest
Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring
Kahl
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa Hall
Paz Armendariz
Joe Morales
Nieves Vasquez
Dan Vejil
Daniel (Boone) Marquez
Leandro Orona
Francisco Granado
Julian Urquidez
Polo Bitolas
Alex
Chano) Marquez
Martha Perry
Ken W. Perry
W.W. Dean
Dean
Martha
Darien
Connecticut
Camp Waldemar
Hunt
St. Paul Presbyterian Church
Tri-Hi-Y
Adkins
Sandra
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Cavness
Senate
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Eagle Pass
KEPS
Driving Books
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Meyer
Automobile
Traffic Safety Council
Texas Department of Public Safety
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