Texans Travel Dreams and Auto Tour Warnings
Texans love to travel across mountains plains and seacoasts planning trips by car or camper. The piece outlines AAA safety tips for motorists and notes how filling stations often trip up travelers while praising Texas and other states for travel experiences and garden notes from Earl Hunter and Ed Lockhart.
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United States
Texas
Arizona
California
Florida
National Observer
American Automobile Association
AAA
Aviation Pioneer Honored at UT Austin
A collection commemorating Alberto Santos-Dumont 1873 1932 arrives at The University of Texas. Dumont the Brazilian pilot designer and aeronautical scientist is credited with the first officially recognized airplane flight over Europe in 1906.
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Austin
University of Texas
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Europe
Mrs Matthews Joins Faculty At Samnerwood
Mrs. Matthews formerly Karen Cunningham joins Samnerwood faculty under Supt Rex Peeples. She will teach high school English and girls choral music. husband Gary Matthews also studied at Western Washington State College. The couple, living in Bellingham, plan relocation details and share ties to local education circles. Twenty four U.S. airlines carried 134.6 billion revenue passenger miles in 1971.
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Karen Cunningham
Samnerwood
Rex Peeples
Matthews
Shamrock
Bellingham
Washington
Western Washington State College
Summerwood
Orville Cunningham
Peeples
Cooper High School
Abilene
George Henry Undergoes Major Surgery in Lubbock
George Henry manager of Greenbelt Electric Co operative Inc underwent bypass surgery at Methodist Hospital Lubbock on Thursday June 8. Relatives report he is progressing well with family by his side and expects discharge soon.
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George Henry
Greenbelt Electric Co-operative Inc
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Bessie Rainer
Greenbelt Electric
Maryknoll Priest to Speak at Local Catholic Church
Father Pat Burke announces a Maryknoll Missionary priest will offer Mass next Sunday June 18 and speak on Foreign Missions. He invites all to attend and notes ecumenical visits to other churches have been warmly received. Also arrival of the fourth Catholic Filipino nurse Louella Cabal joins the parish after attending Mass June 11.
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Pat Burke
Maryknoll
Maryknoll Fathers of
New York
Father Burke
Louella Cabal
Father Pat
Lewis Green Breaks Hip at Ranch Incident
Lewis Green suffered a broken right hip when thrown from a horse while chasing a calf at his ranch northeast of town late Monday, June 12. He received emergency care at Collingsworth General Hospital and was later moved to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. His daughter Mrs. M W Paschall and grandson Frankie Green were with him, and family members remained in Amarillo.
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Collingsworth General Hospital
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
M.W. Paschall
Green
Mr. Green
Frankie Green
UT Professor Heads Geologists
Dr. John C. Maxwell, holder of UT Austin’s Farish Chair in Geology, was elected president elect of the Geological Society of America. He becomes the first UT Austin geologist to receive the honor and will serve next year as vice president. Dr. Peter T. Flawn, UT Austin geology professor and vice president for academic affairs, was elected to a three year term on the society council.
Life of long-time Sunday School leader recalled
Mrs. Roberts taught a Sunday School class at First Baptist Church for many years and shared a long marriage with Mr. Roberts begun in 1910 in Col lingsworth County. He died in 1970. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church with Rev. Chester O'Brien presiding. Burial followed in Childress Cemetery. pallbearers named. She survived by two sisters in California and many nieces and nephews. a sister-in-law in Shamrock remains locally.
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Amarillo
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Rufus Sweat
E.W. Clement
Roberts
Georgia Sanders
Pasadena
Claif
Nell Cline
Covina
Birdella Roberts
Shamrock
WTU Upgrades Power Lines To Shamrock
West Texas Utilities Company completes improvements on a transmission line from Wellington to Shamrock. J W Buck Construction of Lubbock handles the project, with crews active about a month. Upgrading from 69 KV to 188 KV aims to boost future service reliability.
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West Texas Utilities Company
Don Welch
WTU
J.W. Buck
TSTI Finance Aid Meeting Here Friday
J W Sollis manager of Student Services and Financial Aid for Texas State Technical Institute at Amarillo will be in Wellington on Friday June 16 to discuss TSTI programs including drafting design interior and automotive fields. He will also answer questions on housing financial aid tuition part time work and related topics. Fall classes begin in September.
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Texas State Technical Institute
Amarillo
Wellington
TSTI
Sollis
Quail
Sumnerwood
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