Mechanical monster shreds cars at Holland scrap plant
A $1 million hammermill and shredder system in Holland Michigan reduces whole cars to cornflake-sized crumbs in two minutes. The 2.1 million pound crusher uses rippers shredders singeing and magnetic separators to meet steel recycling standards. Within a year it aims to process over 10 400 junked cars. The Fluorescent light display touted as faster and more synchronized with music debuts in Radio Electronics.
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Holland, Mich
New York
N.Y
Radio-Electronics Magazine
Vacation Costs Rise for Cameron County Travelers
The American Automobile Association reports higher vacation costs for Cameron County residents. A two week trip for a couple now costs at least 644 dollars, with daily needs set at 16 dollars for food, 17 for lodging, 9 for gas, and 4 for miscellaneous. Annual car ownership in the county totals about 81.6 million dollars, while local gas stations pull in 13.38 million.
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New York
Cameron County
American Automobile Association
AAA
One-Car Crash Injures Pasadena Driver on Highway 100
Phillip Bonflinger of Pasadena lost control of a car on Highway 100 half a mile east of Highway 510 last Sunday morning. The vehicle struck a tree and he suffered a broken leg. He was taken to Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital in San Benito by Laguna Madre Community Ambulance drivers Chuck Londrie and Woody Thornton and was listed in satisfactory condition.
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Highway 100
Highway 510
Phillip Bonflinger
Pasadena
Bonflinger
Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital
San Benito
Laguna Madre Community
Chuck Londrie
Woody Thornton
Community Notices and Birthdays in Los Fresnos
Calendar items include Lions Club July 8 and Girl Scouts July 9 at First Baptist Church. Birthday blessings for July 8 9 include Jose I Gonzales Traci Garlington Pam Denny Asa Paul Lopez Jr Dixie Hobbs Yolanda Gomez Kermit Wickel Kenneth Shuckman. Wedding anniversaries noted for July 9 10 Albert Ellis E C Newton Roy La Gant. People moving and health updates mention W A Collinsworth home from foot surgery Johnny Rons PIEZ on leave from Spain. First Lt Bozarth assigned to Shreveport. family visits in Lockhart and Brownsville.
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Jose I. Gonzales
Traci Garlington
Pam Denny
Asa Paul Lopez, Jr
Dixie Hobbs
Yolanda Gomez
Kermit Wickel
Kenneth Shuckman
John Richard Jones
Jessie Ochoa
Craig Weikel
Omar Cantu
Eugene Humphrey
W.A. Collinsworth
Johnny Ronspiez
Spain
Yuma
Arizona
Johnny
Jacksonville
Florida
John Terrell Bozarth
Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant
Shreveport
Peggy Cameron
Brownsville
William Terrell
Cornwells Heights
Lockhart
Texas
Terrell Bozarth
Texas Nears Ten Million Motor Vehicle Registrations
Texas will have 7.2 million registered motor vehicles in 1971, second only to California, with growth outpacing New York. Dallas County shows a 2,252 unit rise in the first five months of 1971, while the Texas Motor Vehicle Commission is to be formed by the Legislature. Port Isabel visitor Alvino Deimes, a 1970 Los Fresnos graduate, returns on leave from Vietnam.
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Texas
H.C. Pittman
Texas Automobile Dealers Association
Austin
California
New York
Pittman
Dallas County
Texas Highway Department
Alvino Deimes
Mateo Deimes
Los Fresnos
Alvino
Vietnam
Applications Open For Drug School Training Institute
Applications to attend a four week Drug and Crime Education Training Institute are due by July 8 1971 announced Harold R Dooley Executive Director Region One Education Service Center The program trains educators health professionals and law enforcement personnel across three sites McAllen Houston Midland with stipends 75 weekly and required statewide workshops during 1971 72.
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Harold R. Dooley
Region One Education Service Center
McAllen
Education Service Center
South Tenth Street
Edinburg
Texas
Colder Temperatures Dominate Antarctic Versus Arctic
A brief weather note states Antarctic temperatures run cooler than those in the Arctic. Readings suggest a wider temperature gap, with the southern pole experiencing harsher conditions.
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The
Antarctic
Arctic
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