Back To School Health Checkups Promote Readiness
AMA urges parents to schedule physicals for children before or as school starts. Vision and hearing checks catch problems affecting studying, while dental exams and updated vaccines protect health. Seniors may need annual exams. sports participation requires a doctor’s certificate and clear health.
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Litter Longhorn Aims to Cut Texas Highway Litter
Texas Highway Department reports 1962 litter pickup cost 14 million dollars plus 485000 for vandalism raising total to 1.9 million. A cartoon Litter Longhorn appears on the 1963 travel map to urge citizens not to litter and heed fines up to 200 dollars.
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Ringing Of School Bells To Herald The End Of Vacation
As school bells ring again, the article notes changing vacation experiences from swimming holes to pools and airplanes. It highlights expanded knowledge in education and urges support for educated, intelligent leaders to guide youth through a more complex world.
VA guidance on converting term to permanent life insurance
The VA notes both options have advantages depending on circumstances. Term insurance offers maximum coverage for low initial cost but rises in price with age and has no loan value or permanent equity. Converting to permanent insurance later can provide level premiums and ongoing benefits after children are grown.
DPS Forecast Sees 31 Fatalities Over Labor Day Weekend
Texas DPS Director Col Homer Garrison Jr announced an estimated 31 traffic deaths in Texas over the Labor Day weekend. He urged motorists to drive safely and launched Operation Motorcide from 12:00 AM Saturday, August 31 to 11:59 PM Monday, September 2.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
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Public safety eye on roads for holiday period
During the period all traffic fatalities will be tabulated and released three times daily to the public through news media cooperation. The Department of Public Safety will use limited manpower to curb restless and illegal driving on highways. Officers from other DPS units will assist Highway Patrol to bolster enforcement.
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Petroleum mulching textile studied at Texas A&M
Researchers at Texas A&M College test an asphalt like petroleum mulching material for cotton. The material absorbs heat and warms soil effectively but is costly and messy when wet.
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