La Playa Apartments to Rise on Padre Island
Developer R. E. Spriggs announces 50 000 apartment La Playa on two acre Gulf beach site. The all electric two three bedroom units will include a headquarters building laundry facilities and maid dormitory with a swimming pool. Construction to begin around February with occupancy target by June 1. Name Brownsville firm handling drawings and project located near South Padre Island Post Office.
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Spriggs
la Playa
Gulf Beach
So. Padre Island
Brownsville
Veterans Inquiries On Behalf Of Service Matters
Questions address changing beneficiaries in National Service Life Insurance policies and premiums through the VA. An aging widow seeks eligibility for her two children’s education benefits under wartime or peacetime service, with guidance to consult the nearest VA office for details.
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Serya
Circes
Iftwood Inn
Driftwood
Sonic boom raises new legal questions for pilots
A Kentucky judge recalls a lecture tale about the bumblebee to illustrate how experts doubt the sonic boom’s damage yet planes fly and cause complaints. As supersonic flights rise, debates grow over negligence when pilots break the sound barrier and damage property.
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Kentucky
Valley Sportsmen Club Seeks Film Of Shooting Display
The Valley Sportsmen Club discussed a film project featuring live pigeon shooting by Harry Foerhner and R. J. Montgomery. Mrs Montgomery, busy with footage edits, hopes to finish a film showing a gun trick and a tree ducks sequence for future meetings.
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R. J. Montgomery
Valley Sportsmen Club
Mrs. Montpihe
National Guard
San Benito
Valley E
Fast Draw Master Dee Woollem Demonstrates World Speed
The feature showcases Dee Woollem billed as the world’s fastest gun with a 12 hundredths of a second draw and fire sequence. Also present are Game Warden Bill Gooch of Raymondyike sharing Valley wildlife movies as part of a public meeting open to all attendees.
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Dee Woolem
Bill Gooch
Raymondyike
Sonic Boom Claims and Air Force Responsibility
The Air Force pays for sonic boom damage under insurance claims with careful investigation, but only for damage it causes. Civilian supersonic flights may increase claims as jets rise, while pilots try to limit booms. Citizens learn the booms reflect security training, not reckless noise.
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United Air Force
Air Force
Hypocrisy as a Burden of Villainy Quotation
A reflective adage linking hypocrisy to villainy states that moral failure burdens the soul. It quotes Samuel Johnson and contrasts with Thoreau’s caution that one must observe first before speaking. The pieces evoke 18th and 19th century thought.
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Samuel Johnson
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Sport Fishing Institute
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Wisconsin
Andy Retreat Resort
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Texas
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Port Isabel
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Comesplex
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Amarillo
Midland
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