Weather reporting improvements and Texas events in Washington
The piece notes expanded Weather Wire coverage for the Valley with agricultural interpretation, humidity data, and cross office exchanges. It also covers the Texas State Society of Washington annual meeting at the Kennedy Center featuring a Eisenhower bust ceremony and a Mission Citrus Fiesta fashion show.
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Washington, DC
South
Texas
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Old Weather Bureau
National Weather Service
Weather Wire Service
Brownsville
Lakeland
Fila
Pomona
Calif
Texas State Society of Washington
Kennedy Center For
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy Center
Eisenhower Theater
South Texas
Mission
US Department of Agriculture
Valley Livestock Show Opens With Parade and Pageantry
The 33rd Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show kicked off in Mercedes with a downtown parade to the showgrounds led by Show President L. W. Clifford and area youth leaders. Beverly Brewer was named 1973 Cover Girl, with runners-up Sharyn Brookshire and Becky Duffey, as 4-H, FFA, and FHA groups showcased. The event includes 566 Market Hog entries and 222 Flyers, with breeding cattle judging in the coliseum and the World Championship Rodeo night featuring Barbara Mandrell and the Do-Rites, prize money over $8,000, and a 4-H Calf Scramble revived for the evening.
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Mercedes
L. W. Clifford
Beverly Brewer
Mercedes 4-H Club
Sharyn Brookshire
la Feria
Becky Duffey
Sharyland
Nancy Penman
San Juan
Nora Cuellar
Weslaco
Coliseum
Columbia
Barbara Mandrell
Tommy
Beverly Steiner
Coliseum Arena
Santa Gertrudis
Hog Arena
FFA
Channel 5
Big Cattlemen’s Exchange
Edinburg
Rio Grande Valley
Power Firms To Plan Transmission Line
A multi-utility transmission project dominates South Texas with CPL and HL&P planning 345000-volt lines from San Antonio to Corpus Christi and on to Houston areas. Construction starts late this year with service expected April next year, spanning 165 miles Corpus Christi to Houston and 112 miles San Antonio to Corpus Christi.
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Central Power and Light Company
Houston Lighting and Power Company
City Public Service Board of San Antonio Today
Texas
San Antonio
CPL
Lon C
South
Siegelin
San Antonio Corpus Christi
Pawnee
Corpus Christi
Houston
Hl&p
South Texas
Bexar County
Houston- Gulf Coast
Faulty Machines Cause $9 000 000 Cotton Loss
WESLACO Badly adjusted pickers caused Valley cotton losses topping nine million dollars last year. Experts say proper equipment care and maintenance would have paid for itself via higher yields of premium cotton already planted fertilized irrigated and matured.
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Port Isabel
Reichardt
Valley
Weslaco
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Mary Kay Thompson
Diane Duncan
Mary Kay Deventer
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ARS
Ballow
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AT_WILSON’S
Micrin
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Maryland Club Coffee
Pillsbury's Flour
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Wilson’s
Tatas
Washington
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Kraft’s
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Jergen's
U.S
Hoc Soc
Kraft
Sage
JAR OF Maxwell's House
Creamer
Pei
Libby
General Foods
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SPAN
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Ted Dupnik
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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
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Cayetano Gonzalez
Mercy Hospital
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Federico
Francisco
Carlos
Arnulfo
Juan
Anselmo
Cayetano Gonzalez, Jr
Abelardo
Guadalupe Gonzalez
Maria Reyes Salinas
Rita de la Garza
Estella Castillo
Evangelina Barrera
America Gonzalez
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Garza Funeral Home
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Ange
Mewhorels Marine State Bank
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