Barstow Fire Department aids Muscular Dystrophy Telethon
Barstow volunteers collected 115 dollars in about an hour for the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon aired on Channel 9. Firemen plan a town clean up and painting around fire plugs, start Thursday, to give the town a fresh look, and address eye-sore sites. Local residents also joined in holiday travels and visits, with several families sharing news from Kingsland and Davis Mountains. Church groups aim to raise 100 dollars for the Mary Hill Davis State Mission offering, part of a one million dollar goal for all churches this month.
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Channel 9
Barstow
Mildred Jenson
Kingsland
Florence Kittrell
Shine Avary
Majors
Mexico
Kenneth Crawford
Raymond Crawford
Davis Mountains
Friends of the Baptist Church
Mary Hill Davis State Mission
Ethel Allgood
Barstow Firemen Scrimmage For Pecos Challenge
LYNN WEBB reports local firemen practice readiness as they prepare to scrimmage against Pecos Fire Department to boost speed in hooking up the truck. The piece notes rain, dove hunting quiet, football changes, and Barstow’s Carlos Abila as a varsity Eagle guard and inside linebacker with several sophomores on the B team.
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Fire Department
Pecos
Pecos Eagles
Carlos Abila
Eagles
Eagle
Barstow
Carlos
School Menu September 11 15 Week
A school menu lists meals for September 11 to 15. Monday features Spanish rice with ground beef, buttered corn, carrot and celery sticks, sliced peaches, hot rolls, butter and milk. Tuesday serves hamburger on bun with fries, salad, chocolate pudding and milk. Wednesday offers chicken pot pie, candied sweet potatoes, yellow salad, gingerbread with whipped topping and milk. Thursday presents country fried steak with gravy, whipped potatoes, green beans, tomato, apple crisp, hot rolls, butter and chocolate milk. Friday serves fried fish with ketchup, creamed potatoes, buttered peas, strawberry shortcake, batter bread, butter and milk.
First National Meeting of Republicans Held in Pittsburgh
The first national meeting of the Republican party occurred February 22 1856 in Pittsburgh to plan a national presidential nomination convention in June of that year. Pro rodeo cowboys spend in a small fortune pursuing prize money, with the Rodeo Cowboys Association noting gains. A recent survey shows association members spent 24,288,101 dollars and Cowboys and fans together 82,252,033 dollars attending rodeos.
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Republican Party
Pittsburgh
Part
Denver
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Association
Cowboys
Rodeo Sports News
Division of Accounting and Quantitative Methods
College of Business Administration
University of Denver
Italian PhD turns in coveralls to teach in Dallas
Giorgio Lena, a 56 year old Italian immigrant with two doctorates, will teach Spanish literature at the University of Dallas after working on Florida State University’s maintenance staff. Lena, who also holds a doctorate from the University of Turin, had applied to 1,300 colleges without success before a Jobs for Older Americans project connection led to the offer. He begins teaching at month’s end.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Giorgio Lena
University of Dallas
Lena
Florida State University
University of
Turin
Italy
Uruguay
Sweden
United States
Robert Turner
Florida
Turner
Texas Democrats form Nixon steering committee in Texas
A 60 member Texas Democrats for Nixon steering committee announced Friday includes two former state Democratic chairmen and a former attorney general. Members include J Ed Connally, Jim Lindsey, Grover Sellers, and W Hunter McLean, with Larry Temple as state chairman. The group aims to concentrate on aiding Nixon’s re election in November and to avoid involvement in other races. The push cites McGovern as extreme and notes historic Democratic leaders Stevenson and Kennedy on party loyalty.
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Austin
Texas
Richard M. Nixon
Larry Temple
Nixon
W. Hunter McLean
Fort Worth
State Insurance Board
Johnson-Humphrey
J. Ed Connally
Abilene
Jim Lindsey
Texarkana
Texas House of Representatives
SDEC
Grover Sellers
Sulphur Springs
Seaborn Eastland
Houston
John B. Connally
McGovern
Temple
Adlai Stevenson
Connecticut
Houston doctors relieve pain with acupuncture
A Houston team at University of Texas M D Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute used acupuncture to relieve unexplained pain in a 57 year old woman after cancer surgery. The technique was described as strictly for pain relief not anesthesia and reportedly the first such use in the Houston area.
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Houston
The
Houston Post
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital
Tumor Institute
Post
China
Harris County Medical Society
Anderson
You can't get a good job without experience Pecos Texas
A brief, fragmented note from Pecos Texas cites a common career hurdle stating that experience is needed for good jobs. The text repeats the idea without additional details.
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