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Newspaper
Waco News Citizen
Location
Waco, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1967
Page
1
Waco residents report a chaotic Circle intersection as Judge Valentine cites confusion at the Circle where two police cars chased a speeder. The collision near LaSalle Road raised questions about right of way and emergency vehicle passage.
Three men and three women employed by the Cooperative Extension Service at six land grant universities are named 4-H Fellows. Recipients include Gloria Cleland Elk Mountain Frances Marie Kleen Florence Nancy White Florence Ky Roy Hougen Spirit Lake Ia James Sais Espanola New Mexico Dallas Smith Boston North Carolina. They will spend late August in Chicago visiting headquarters and sponsors before a year of graduate study at USDA and nearby universities in Washington DC.
Western states contain the largest timber supply in the United States with 1,632 billion board feet of standing sawtimber across the region.
General Dynamics plans a Waco modification center for B 58 bomber work. First B 58 arrives July 19 with James Connally Air Force Base involvement and 159 initial staff, rising to about 600 by year end. Fort Worth personnel will transfer as needed. local applicants encouraged through Texas Employment Commission and James Connally Tech Institute.
The 343d Transportation Detachment (Intelligence Collection) from Waco leaves June 3 1967 for two weeks of annual active duty training at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station to conduct a basic transportation study of the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas under Major John C. Simcik. Members come from Waco Clifton Meridian Killeen Temple and Hillsboro. Census data note about 6000 saw mills and planing mills in 12 Southern Pine states.
Golf classes for beginners and intermediates begin June 12 at Lake Waco Golf Course with instructor Gene Shields and meet Mondays and Thursdays for six lessons. An afternoon 5 30 p.m. session starts June 14 for working girls. New guitar classes begin June 13 at the YWCA Waco Music Center with Harvey Blankenstein.
The first dozen MCC graduates received associate degrees on Thursday June 1 at James Connally Air Force Base Theater. Dr Grady St Clair delivered the principal address. he is vice president of Del Mar College and a longtime junior college administrator.
The Waco Independent School District board authorized a teacher pay raise tied to a 60th Legislature proposal, funded from savings and budget tightening. No tax hike is planned, with extra funds expected from enrollment declines and delinquent taxes. The Stillwell Memorial Residence tax dispute remains for court resolution. Added: architectural work for Kendrick Meadowbrook Hines Viking Hills and Central High additions and possible new carpet.
Employees in A. O. Smith Corporation of Texas ordnance division reach one million man hours without an disabling injury. The last such accident occurred on November 13, 1966. Workers celebrated with a catered lunch and souvenirs for all.
Two MCC instructors Hoyte Burnette biology and chemistry coordinator and Homer Allison mathematics instructor received NSF grants totaling about 1200 dollars each. Burnette will study radiation biology at the University of New Mexico this summer, while Allison will study computer science at Texas A&M. Additional MCC faculty, Dean Chester Hastings, William Stone, and Ronald Smith, also earned summer study scholarships or grants, including seminars and workshops at Texas A&M University and Baylor University.
The Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Tuesday June 6 at 7 30 p m in the post home at 301 Tennessee All members and officers are asked to be present for the initiation on class of candidates.
Tim Jones 29, director of the Centex Zoo, was bitten while handling rattlesnake, copperhead, and cottonmouth in the reptile house. He treated himself with a snake bite kit, drove to Hillcrest Hospital, and was reported recovering as lecture with the Northwest Waco Lions Club was canceled.
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