Balmorhea News roundup covers travels funerals and elections
Mrs Gladys Schmucker sails to Dallas and Atlanta to visit relatives. The Cook family attended a funeral in Mullins and Pecos Cook drove them. Jim Van Deren visits Balmorhea then heads to Washington state for the summer. Monte McMahon celebrates his third birthday with friends. A baby girl Susan Renee born March 3 in Pecos Hospital. Mrs Lollie Knapp dies in Malone Fla. service in Malone Cemetery. City election filings show three council seats up April 3 with incumbents seeking re election. School notes: Balmorhea teams crown Bi Dist champions. faculty to run for school board. FHA serves refreshments during Public School Week. Jr High art contest winners announced with Raul Arradondo and Manuel Oranzo tying for first.
Belgrade Film Festival Showcases Antonioni and Kurosawa Classics
Director Michelangelo Antonioni and actress Daria Halprin attended the Belgrade Film Festival in January. A special showcase highlighted Antonioni’s Za briskie Point and Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey with attention drawn to the works and their film legacy.
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Belgrade
Michelangelo Antonioni
Daria Halprin
Antonioni
Peanut Butter Turns 80 In 1890 The Peanut Paste Origin
The article traces peanut butter from its 1890 origin in St Louis when a doctor ground peanuts with salt for digestion and protein. Peanut Butter Week runs March 3 13 and the growth of a new industry followed, with 1920s households buying it in various jar sizes and collectors seeking old pails. A Peanut Butter Brownie is noted as a tasty new celebration aid.
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Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
St. Louis
America
Today In History March 16 highlights and a brownie recipe
March 16, 1971 marks the 75th day of the year with notable events from 1521 to 1965 including Magellan reaching the Philippines and Kennedy proposing farmer driven farm programs. The page also offers a peanut butter brownie recipe with steps, ingredients, and baking guidance.
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Associated Press
Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
U.S
James Madison
Port Conway
Congress
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Tallulah Bankhead
U. S
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Pacific
William P. Rogers
United States
Laos
Balmorhea opens new dump ground west of Depot
Balmorhea announces a new municipal dump site 1.5 miles west of the Balmorhea Depot on the old Carpenter Road. Citizens are urged to drive trash to the pit and stop dumping at the cemetery road site. Prosecution will follow after No Dumping signs are posted at the old grounds.
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Madera Valley
Balmorhea
Carpenter Road
Intake Canal Bridge
Cemetery Road
The
Balmorhea City
Long Island Couples Open Homes to Non-White Children
Hank and Dorothy Young of Lake Ronkonkoma helped spark a regional shift toward interracial adoption on Long Island. From a handful of families, nearly 300 couples have adopted non-white children, many through the Open Door Society of New York they organized with the Capernas. The Youngs emphasize pride in heritage, tolerance, and the impact one home can have on a child's life, despite facing social pushback and concerns about their butcher shop business.
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Phyllis Stewart
Long Island Press
Long Island City
N.Y
Hank
Dorothy Young
Lake Ronkonkoma
Long Island
Youngs
Dorothy
Robert
Patrick
Faye
Joseph Caperna
Holbrook
Christina
Laura
Benjamin
The
Capernas
Open Door Society of
New York
Cotton market mixed as demand slows in western trade
USDA reports light export trading in Far Western markets while new crop inquiries rise. Fresno and Phoenix reports show midling and low middling prices around 28 to 24 cents per pound with slow domestic mill buying and growers rejecting higher offers. Purchases varied: Fresno 22,327 bales and Phoenix 686 bales for the week. El Paso quotes steady at 29.10 cents.
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Consumer and Marketing Service
USDA
California
Yuma County
Arizona
Fresno
Fresno Cotton Exchange
Phoenix
Phoenix Cotton Exchange
el Paso
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Mrs. Cook
Jim van Deren
Olive
Washington State
Allen Hoefs
Pecos
Little Monte McMahon
Joey McMahon
Verhalen
Jacklyn Richards
Las Cruces, N.M
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Toyahvale
Tilden Stewart
Pecos Hospital
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A. S. Stewart
Junction
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Malone
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Wes Elliott
Alfred Paz
Ysidro Dominguez
Dub McNeil
F.H.A
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Meddy Bijaran
Arminda Muniz
Maggie Scripp
Earnest Garcia
Angel Dutchover
Enrique Licon
Dick Turner
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