Cotton on High Plains Could Use Far Less Water
Dr Arthur Gohike of the High Plains Research Foundation at Halfway leads greenhouse and lab trials on a plant hormone to shorten cotton stalks and thicken leaves. Early results suggest normal yields with only one fourth to one half the water, potentially easing drought stress and wind damage. the compound is experimental and not yet commercially available. Dr Eat Callister, director, says the aim is better cotton quality with less water.
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High Plains
Arthur Gohike
High Plains Research Foundation
Tr. Gohlke
Michigan State University
High Pisma Research Foundation
Freanhouse
Goblke
Hirh
Hirh Vwinkwa
Eat Callister
Texas A&M swine test invites hog entries for carcass study
Texas A&M College hosts an annual swine carcass test to assess production and carcass desirability. Pigs must be two litter mates, to be shipped between August 1 and September 20, eight to nine weeks old. Breeders may enter two times, with weanlings donated to fund new facilities.
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College Station
Texas
Tauksley
Texas A&m College
Tanksley
A&m
Texas Swine Breeders Association
Colleges Ask Help For Physical Ed Programs
Atty. Gen. Wag goner Carr was asked to aid 20 state universities in interpreting a rider in a new appropriation bill set to take effect Sept. 3. The rider limits state funds for physical education to mass calisthenics unless students major in physical education. Schools warn the rider could force special fees or harm programs.
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Austin
Waggoner Carr
Commissioner of Higher Education
Carr
Rider
Burnet Promises Unlimited Fun With Lakes Hills Parks
Tourism copy touts Burnet Texas as a recreation hub with five lakes totaling 76000 surface acres, Buchanan Dam as the world’s largest multiple area dam, Inks State Park on Inks Lake at 2000 acres, Longhorn Caverns noted as world’s third largest and lit throughout its two miles, plus parks a wolf course a museum and Packsaddle Mountain site of the last Indian battle in Texas. Life expectancy data contrast centuries.
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Burnet
Central Texas
Buchanan Dam
Inks State Park
Inks Lake
Longhorn Caverns
Packsaddle Mountain
Texas
Falls Cause Many Farm Fatalities in Texas
The Texas Safety Association reports that falls account for 15 to 20 percent of farm accident deaths. Farm workers are urged to use care mounting and dismounting implements and to watch footing in work areas. Oil or grease on tractor steps can cause deadly falls if not noticed or addressed.
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Austin
Texas Safety Association
Human Error Causes Most Fatal Accidents
The Travelers Insurance report shows nearly nine of ten highway deaths in 1962 stemmed from driver error or violations. Excessive speed caused about 13,000 deaths and over 1.1 million injuries, with a push to educate the public to reduce these preventable losses.
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Travelers Insurance Companies
Reveille Buried At Aggie Battlefield Kyle Field Memorial
The gravesite at Kyle Field in College Station Brazos County marks the burial of Reveille the mascot. The canine leader of the Aggies died in 1944 and rests beneath a granite T emblem in a child's casket at the stadium.
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Reveille
Kyle Field
College Station
A&m College
Texas
Brazos County
Aggies
More Visitors to National Forests Rise Sharply in 1962
The USDA Forest Service reports over 100 million visits to National Forests in 1962, an 11 percent rise from the prior year and nearly triple the level a decade earlier. Picnicking fishing hunting camping and hiking top the activities, with wilderness travel and scientific study also up.
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College Station
USDA
Forest Services
Forest closures extend about a day on average
National Forests remained closed or limited longer than usual, with the stay averaging just over one day. Officials noted brief suspensions due to conditions, and expected rapid reopening as assessments completed.
Houston Hosts Trio of Independent Newspapers
Houston maintains three independently owned papers The Post The Chronicle and The Press aiming to leverage free enterprise and robust competition. The article argues Texas offers abundant opportunities and a larger pool of material to cover than other states.
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Houston
Mississippi
the Post
the Chronicle
the Press
Texas
Mrs Violet Potter Visiting Mr and Mrs Marten Firueh
Mrs Violet Potter of Stillwater stayed with Mr and Mrs Robert Marten firueh as weekend guests. They returned her to Stillwater home over the weekend. Slavery is abolished in the JS by the 1ath Amendment to the Constitution in 1865.
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Robert Martenfirueh
Violet Potter
Stillwater
Mrs. Potter
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