Western Cotton Markets Show Mixed Activity Week End
Cotton trading in California markets during the week ending September 16 was more active than the prior week, while other Western markets lagged. Domestic demand favored small fill-in lots for prompt shipment and lower White Light Spotted grades. Prices mostly unchanged. foreign demand for new crop White grades slightly strengthened with sales to Holland, France, Belgium and Germany.
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California
Consumer and Marketing Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Holland
France
Belgium
Germany
Commodity Credity Corporation
el Centro
Fresno
Fresno Cotton Exchange
Lawman in Du rango stars Ryan with Lancaster and North
Robert Ryan begins his 75th film Lawman shot in Du rango Mexico for United Artists. Michael Winner directs with Burt Lancaster and Lee Cobb leading a cast that includes Sheree North Robert Duvall J D Cannon John McGiver and Joseph Wiseman.
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New York
Robert Ryan
Arbor Day origins and early advocacy noted
The World Almanac recalls George Marsh's 1864 work Man and Nature which spurred interest in deforestation. It also notes Julius Morton proposed a regular Arbor Day later observed on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska.
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George Marsh
America
World Almanac
Julius Morton
Nebraska
Contracts Awarded For Chaparral Line Construction
Santa Fe Pipeline awards contracts to NATCO Amarillo and Pampa Fling Engineering Odessa Holder Construction Snyder for 66 miles westward 37 miles southward and 15 miles northward segments of the 655 mile Chaparral line from Mont Belvieu toward Houston with total project to 520 miles mainline plus 145 mile gathering system in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Pipeline Company
West Texas
Houston
R. J. Hunt
Santa Fe Pipeline
Chicago
Natco, Inc
Amarillo
Pampa
Fling Engineering and Construction Company
Odessa
Holder Construction Company, Inc
Snyder
Prairie Construction Company
Lubbock
Mont Belvieu
Permian
New Mexico
NATCO
Belvieu
San Andres Junction
Flint Engineering
Holder Construction
Prisoners Train For Outside Work At Texas A&M
Twenty one inmates and two guards completed nine thousand five hundred feet of levee at Ellis Unit to guard against flood risk. The program at Texas A&M University’s Heavy Equipment Operators Training School aims to train inmates for jobs after release. Several inmates will stay on the Ellis Levee project while others are reassigned within the prison system.
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Texas
Department of Corrections
College Station
Tex
Lake Livingston
Ellis
Texas A&m University
Heavy Equipment Operators Training School
A&m
al Jones
Robert Gilliam
Texas Department of Corrections
Gilliam
Ellis Levee
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Texas A & M
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Prison Rodeo Slated at Huntsville This October
The Texas Prison Rodeo will run Sundays in October at Huntsville, benefiting over 13 500 inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections with rehabilitative services. Defending champion Leroy Rideaux seeks another win as Conway Twitty Willie Nelson Jerry Lee Lewis and Faron Young perform weekly. Inmates also present a daytime variety show and Midway acts each Sunday.
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Texas
Huntsville
Texas Department of Corrections
Leroy Rideaux
Rideaux
Rodeo Arena
Hoot Crawford
Crawford
Conway Twitty
Willie Nelson
Jerry Lee Lewis
Faron Young
Human factors shape early merger deals, says expert
Irwin Meyer of Meyer, Bibicoff, Morales & Co warns late 60s merger fervor failed due to neglected human elements. He notes emotional motives, pride, and misaligned management ties undermine deals, especially in $1 to $10 million private firms, where owners fear loss and miscommunication with conglomerates.
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Irwin Meyer
Meyer, Bibicoff, Morales & Co
Meyer
Smith
Texas teachers review ethics code with strike ban
A Texas Professional Practices Commission draft proposes a flat prohibition on strikes for teachers and administrators. After collecting comments, revisions will be returned for a February referendum, with final adoption set for June 1 and in effect September 1.
Rumor Control Center Aids Los Angeles Community
Los Angeles Rumor Control Center formed after the Watts riots uses taped messages and five phone lines to counter rumors. Founder Luther Fuller and NAACP board member Celeste King II run the operation, which handles about 1200 calls daily and faces financial strain despite praise from officials.
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Los Angeles
Luther Fuller
Celes King II
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ed Davis
Sam Yorty
Fuller
County Board of Supervisors
NAACP
Black Panthers
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Phoenix
Phoenix Cotton Exchange
el Paso
Michigan
O'Hare Plaza
Owens-Corning
Georgia
Boston Mystic Public Container Terminal
Business Mirror
Conglomerate
Harvard
New York Stock Exchange
Cape Town
Africa
ST. Oswald
Austria
Texas Education Agency
Rumor Control Agency
Stoney
Thonx
Dick Kendrick Woukegon, III
NEA, Inc
West Third St
Cleveland
Ohio
C.r. Anthony CO
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