Sterile Male Release Begins Boll Weevil Control on High Plains
The High Plains started the world’s first large scale field test of boll weevil control by sterile male release on June 4 with about 45 000 sterilized weevils released on 9 acres at Bill Glenn farm Dickens County. A second release followed June 7 and a biweekly schedule is planned. The test aims to prove a principle to reduce weevils without chemicals, using radiation sterilization and a new method combining chemo sterilants. The project, led by Dr. Ted David of USDA, builds on a nine-county diapause program that reduced weevil numbers by about 99 percent.
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High Plains
Ted David
USDA
State College
Miss
Bill Glenn
Dickens County
David
Glenn
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Mississippi
Bishop DeFalco Confirms Parishioners at Summer School Mass
Bishop Lawrence DeFalco of Amarillo presided over the Summer School of Religion Mass as he administered Confirmation and First Holy Communion at a packed parish service on Sunday June 9. The rite included 15 confirmands and First Communion for seven children, with Father Pat Burke and altar servers assisting.
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Lawrence DeFalco
Amarillo
Ann Sosa
Julia Aguirre
Juanita Garza
Ramon Rome
Martha Torres
Mary Romo
Jewel
Sosa
George Brewer
Bobby Cantu
Roland Torres
Edi Watkins
Gilbert Garza
Mary Garza
Sisters of Mercy
Raymond Aguirre
Father Pat
Robert Kennedy
Brown Awarded MS Degree and Continues Teaching at Tech
Jimmy Wayne Brown earned his Master of Science from Texas Tech this spring and will continue teaching there. His thesis compared vegetation to Lost Flat Top Mountain relic areas in the Southern High Plains. He is a Wellington High School alumnus and a Texas Tech rodeo affiliate.
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Jimmy Wayne Brown
Texas Tech
Lena Mae Underdown
Brown
Souther High Plains
Wellington High School
Texas Tech Student Coach Wins National Range Team Contest
Memorials note his three year streak as top national contestant with a team that beat 17 universities in Las Vegas New Orleans and Seattle. He served as vice president of the Texas Tech ASRM chapter and joined faculty in 1967 as a research associate in brush control while pursuing a master's degree. He also coached the plant team to another first place in Albuquerque. Commencement was held in Lubbock.
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American Society of Range Management
United States
Brown
Las Vegas
Nev
New Orleans
Seattle
Wash
Texas Tech
Tech Brush
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Eastern Star
Jack Davis
Wellington
Order of the East
Ern Star
Charles Bairfield
Clarendon
City State Bank
Satate
Hank Wellington
Texan
Friendliegt
U.S. DA
Lee
Wright
Nester
Tall
West Ave
Tex
H. Deskins Wells
Holly
Maryland Club Coffee
Owens & Scott
Bishop DeFalco
Tech
Texas Technological College
Texas Tech Rodeo Association
Alpha Zeta
Future Farmers of America
Jimmy Brown
Underdown
Dodson Jones
Ken Williams
Kenda
Billy Ard Boyce
Wichita Falls
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