Grant Wheaton Named President of TSBA Breeders Club
Grant Wheaton was elected president of the Texas Southmost Bird Association to fill the unexpired term of W. M. Eppler. Mrs. H. C. Edgar of Paiburgh became alternate to Mrs. Eppler after Eppler’s sale and resignation, with Wheaton serving as vice president and now president. The club, drawing breeders from the Valley’s half million dollar per year per bird industry, meets at La Feria. George Morrow of Raymondville serves as consultant and is a leading budgerigar breeder and American Budgerigar Society judge.
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Gev. Cook
Brownsville
Tex
Southmost Bird Association
Xas Biri Breeders
Ton
la Feria
Wheaton
Eppler
George Morrow
Raymondville
Morrow
Patakeets
Change in Presidential Salary Over the Years
The article traces the historic rise of the presidency salary from 25000 dollars to 0 dollars then to 75000 dollars by 1900 and notes the present 100000 dollar figure set in a later date. The narrative highlights the steady increases reflecting evolving government pay scales.
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Dur
Kikas Newsletter Pushes Loans For Vocational Students
The piece notes support for a House bill creating town insurance and a direct aid system to help vocational, business, and technical students attend such schools. It cites near unanimous House approval and frames the proposal as vital for the nation’s future workforce. It also includes remarks on Governor Agustin Arriaga of Michoacan, soil surveys in the 15th District, and a constitutional reapportionment debate.
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Eeged
Studens
Mexico
Arriaga
House of Re Ives
Additon
Cameron
Dimmitt
Frio
Hi- Caigo
Jim Mogg
LaSalle
Maverick
Medina
Starr
Webb
Willacy
Zapata
Zavala
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
United States
Washington
Tip O' Tex Horse Show Slated At Mercedes Aug 7
The Seventh Annual Tip O' Tex Youth Horse Show will be at 7 30 p m August 7 at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds in Mercedes. The Cameron County 4-H Council sponsors the event open to all youths under 20. Events include Queen's Contest Stake Races showmanship pole bending cloverteat barrel race and Western Pleasure. Proceeds fund 4-H delegates and activities statewide.
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Mercedes
Kathy Garrett
Cameron County
Bats Could Help Control Cotton Pests in Field Trials
At the 1965 ASAE meeting in Athens S C Nelson of the University of Nebraska described bat sonar disrupting moth flight as a potential crop protection method. Ontario trials cut European corn borer by over 50 percent. applications to bollworm and budworm are under study. Barnes of Central Power and Light discussed a new black light insect trap for cotton crops tested in the Valley and usable in Arizona California and West Texas.
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American Society of Agricultural Engineers
University of Georgia
Athens
S. C. Nelson
University of Nebraska
Nelson
Ontario
Ian H. Barnes
Central Power and Light Co
Corpus Christi
Tie
Arizona
California
Texas
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Grant Wheaton
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TSBA
Shenandoah
James Stewart
Glen Covette
Rosemary Forsythe
James Darrin
Pamela Tifpien
Sun
The
Suzanne Sylbelle
Bill Geskin
Twilight
Richard Chamberlain
Nick Adams
Kika’s Newsletter
Washington, D. C
Soil Conservation Service
John Ford
Cheyenne
Richard Widmark
Sweden
Bob Hopt
Tupsday Weld
Gulf
Floyd Bobbitt
Gulf Service
Port Isabel
Kreidler-Ashcraft
Beidler — Shcraft Fomenae Directors
Harrison
Harlingen, Texas
Robert McDonald
Marbenito
Hob Mitchell
Even
San Benito
Bob. Mitchell
Lucille
Iwo Jima Monument
Potomac
Virginia
Rogelio Penaloza
Martha Penaloza
Edgar
Vow
Chicago
Har- Tngen
Bruno Abr
Hector
Bert
Vera
Pete Barrera, Jr
Carte. Barrera
Richardo Barrera
Danny Barrera
Lapedo
Mike” Gilbert
Marlingen
Eutimio Longoria
Driftwood Inn
Driftwood
Sandy P. O. Box
South Padre Island, Texas
Pagt
Wife Saver Dept
Nealbros
Bryant
Rio Grande Valley
RIO Grande Valley Gas Company
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