Soil Analysis Helps Choose Safe Building Sites
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley soil choice affects construction. Harlingen clay shrinks and swells, risking foundations and pipes. Some soils with more sand are stable but drain poorly. A soil sample and analysis guide site selection, aided by Cameron County maps from the Soil Conservation Service.
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Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen
Soil Conservation Service
Soil and Water Conservation District
Cameron County
Big Sand Trout Set New Texas State Record
The Texas Game Fish Records Committee approves a 6 pound 4 ounce sand trout as the new state record. Dennis C. Herrick of Houston caught it at Texas City on February 26, surpassing the 5 pound 12 ounce previous record by W A Jensen of Corpus Christi. The fish measured 231 inches long and 16 inches in girth with certified scales and two witness signatures.
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Austin
Texas Game Fish Records Committee
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Dennis C. Herrick
Houston
Texas City
W.A
Stormy) Jensen
Corpus Christi
Herrick
UT Austin Library Fund Receives $300,000 Boost
President Stephen H. Spurr of The University of Texas at Austin announced that the UT System Regents have appropriated an additional 300000 for the general library. The funds will be used in the final months of the fiscal year ending August 31. David Clay was named assistant, formerly director of libraries at the University of Massachusetts, to continue analysis of the university library system. Ten new influenza cases were reported by Cameron County Health Department in the latest weekly update, along with six strep sore throat, nine rubeola, one tuberculosis, and 14 mumps cases.
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Austin
Stephen H. Spurr
University of Texas At Austin
UT System
UT Austin General Library
Spurr
David Clay
University of Massachusetts
Clay
Cameron County Health Department
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Johnson Motors
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