Texas Tech uses ultrafast camera to study exploding wires
LUBBOCK AP Texas Tech University researchers in electrical engineering use an ultrafast camera to record exploding copper wires in seconds as fast as five billionths of a second. The photo sequences help analyze voltage and current history during plasma formation for potential thermonuclear fusion research.
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Department of Electric Engineering
Electrcal Engineering
Magine Kristiansen
Widow of Boehm Advocates Swan Symbol Over Dove
In Dallas Mrs Edward Marshall Boehm widow of the famed bird sculptor argues the mute swan better represents peace than the dove. She cites the swan's beauty and calm demeanor as inspiring artists and dancers while noting doves as selfish and warlike. The lifesize 300 pound porcelain swan from her factory tours European embassies before being given to the White House.
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Dallas
Edward Marshall Boehm
Boehm
White House
Irate couple sues Arlington pet shop owner over trimming incident
A Fort Worth couple sues an Arlington pet shop owner for 70000 dollars claiming humiliation and mental suffering after they say the owner ordered them out at gunpoint when they objected to their poodle’s grooming. The owner denies the allegations in court filings.
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Arlington
Aide faults himself over JFK fate in Dallas visit
Jerry Bruno, former JFK aide and author of The Advance Man, says his failure to push for JFK's Fair Park speech could have altered the Dallas motorcade. He recalls planning and discusses Warren Commission findings, noting his bitterness toward Dallas. Bruno backs Muskie or Lindsay for president, not as an advance man. Transocean calls: 10 million satellite calls in 1970.
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Sen
Edmund Muskie
New York
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Nixon
Steel Dust honored with Texas State Fair marker
Historic marker for Steel Dust, famed quarter horse and progenitor of a modern line, approved for the State Fair of Texas grounds. Dallas County Historical Survey Committee notes incomplete records, but Steel Dust’s bloodlines extend to thousands of contemporary quarter-milers.
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Steel Dust
Texas
Dallas County Historical Survey Committee
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Bob Denhardt
Bob Gray
Kentucky
Ten Mile Creek
Lancaster
Tex
Middleton Perry
Bill Greene
Illinois
Greene
Perry
McKinney
Monmouth
Collin County
Mommy Is Better Than a Blanket is a child tribute
A recent gift book collects essays by children describing their mothers. Arvella Schuller’s Mommy Is Better Than a Blanket (Hawthorn Books) features authentic spellings and sentiments as a warm, plainspoken homage from youngsters.
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Arvella Schuller
Hawthorn Books
Real children weigh in on mothers in warm book notes
A newspaperEnterpriseAssoc summary of children's quotes about mothers. Johnny calls his mom his best friend while Mary Ann notes no mother is perfect and the greatest lesson is imperfection. Sy advises adding love to life, and a friend’s child says I love my mother though she doesn’t care about much.
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Johnny
Mary Ann
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
SMU official named head of Texas student services division
Mack Adams, director at Southern Methodist University, elected head of the Texas College Coordinating Board division of student services. He will administer the college student loan program and the new tuition grants program, which aids needy Texas students in paying the gap between private and public college tuition. About 68,006 Texas students have received loans, and over 2,500 are expected to participate in the grants this year.
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Mack Adams
Southern Methodist University
Texas College Coordinating Board
Adams
Texas College
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