Governor's Conference On Industrial Expansion Set
Gov. Preston Smith will deliver the principal address at the annual Governor's Conference on Industrial Expansion on Oct. 13 in Austin. More than 1,000 business leaders are expected as Smith presides over a luncheon honoring six 1969 Governor's Industrial Expansion Award winners.
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Preston Smith
Austin
Municipal Auditorium
Gov. Smith
Ben Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Texas
William T
Bill) Moore
Bryan
Murray Watson, Jr
Waco
W. S. Heatly
Paducah
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Barnes and Heatly
Allan T. Burns
Peat
Marwick and Mitchell
Harry W. Clark
First National Bank of Midland
Marwick
Mitchell
Celanese Chemical Company
Clear Lake
Friedrich Refrigerators
San Antonio
Johnson Manufacturing Co
Lubbock
Kilgore Ceramics
New Year Tournament of Roses rules and wartime broadcast cue
In Pasadena’s New Year parade rules all roses must be natural with no artificial flowers. The question notes prohibition on producing absinthe in the United States. During World War II Edward R. Morrow began broadcasts with the salutation This is London.
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Pasadena
United States
Edward R. Morrow
London
Building a moat and hiring guard ends with captivity
A narrative fragment describes efforts to fortify a residence with a moat and armed guard but results in someone becoming a prisoner rather than secure. The terse account hints at escalating risk and confinement within the home.
Pollution elimination requires joint effort and time
Arch N Booth argues pollution can be eliminated but not easily, stressing urban air and water pollution from engines, heating, plants, and dumps. He advocates strong business government partnership, stronger state programs, and amendments to improve but not gut existing laws through the Air and Water Quality Acts.
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Arch N. Booth
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Arch Booth
National Industrial Pollution Control Council
Booth
Congress
National Chamber Federation
Chamber
National Chamber
Businessmen of
America
Polly's Pointers Its Easy to Start A Sweet Potato Vine
Dear Polly offers steps to root a sweet potato vine in water and later soil. Choose a firm six to eight inch potato with no bruises, suspend with toothpicks, keep water clear, roots form in about two weeks, shoots at the eyes, train on a sunny window, then transfer to soil and train up a stick.
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Polly
Polly's Problem and Homemaking Tips Column
Readers share ideas in this Polly's Pointers column. Solutions include softening dough for children, using a water tub near pools to trap grass before swimming, and keeping rugs from slipping by laying them over wet floor wax to grip while still allowing easy cleaning.
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Polly
Ronnie
West 3Rd St
Cleveland
Ohio
Old timer recalls rigid domestic norms and travel quips
An old-timer defines a codger by recalling when wives would not entrust husbands' shirts to laundry. A cross country trip is described as jetting coast to coast with a quarrelsome spouse. A fellow worker dodges opening day duties claiming to tune the telly for his ailing grandmother.
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Jackson
Hazel
Barmore
Eddy- Lee
Pecos
Jane Hay
Mary Kay
Mary Ann Box
Alamo
Elliott Printing Co
Cedar
Electrolux Sales & Service
Professional Services
S. G. Flores
H. C. Alvarado
Juarez Ave
Juarez
Chile
Mexico
Santa Fe Bridge
Pecos Enterprise
Gloria Bowers
Lazy L Barber Shop
Marina
Ft. Worth
Australia
Boats & Motors
Honda
Armstrong
Brownlee Hardware
Lee Lumber Co
Pecos Furniture Company
Dairy Queen- Pi
K-J Bottle Shop
Carlsbad Hiway
Owen Oet
Evergreen Cemetery
Ayers Sewing Center
S. Cherry
Adams
Carl Hughes-Johnson Agency
MOBIL
Nashua
Farmers Irrigation Supply
2Nd St
Hi-dium International
Furnshed
S. Cypress
W. 9Th St
Mutscher and Watson
Oscar E. Castillon
Texas Electric Service Co
Fort Worth
Bill Bradley
Peat, Marwick and
Moore
Atwell
James W. McGrew
The
Texas Research League
William T. Henderson
Peat, Marwick
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Beirut
Lebanon
Call Jordan Moving & Storage
Teaneck
Associated Press
Johnston Truck & Supply Pho
Cross Plains
L. Green
Lubbock Tex
National Capitol
By Polly Cramer
Ruth
Cuidi
Martha
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