Purdue Professor Outlines Lubbock High Plains ERTS Project
Purdue associate professor Marion F. Baumgardner presented the Lubbock High Plains ERTS project to the House Science and Astronautics Committee and NASA officials in Washington. The work analyzes 16 county data to map soils, vegetation, and water resources, with early findings from Lynn County noting drought, hail damage, and wind erosion areas identified by satellite interpretation aided by local ground observers.
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Wear
NASA
James C. Fietcher
Federal Office of Management and
Baumgardner
High Plains
Lynn County
William B. Griffin
Tahoka
Elbert Crawford
Tom Mason
Howard Moore
Liz H. Moore
Diggs Swann
Wilson
Harold T. Barrett
O'Donnell
Prof. Baumgardner
Tax Officials Attend Meeting on Elderly Homestead Exemption
Mrs Frances Williams representing the county and Mrs Blilye Owens from the city attended a Panhandle Tax Assessors Association meeting in Amarillo about the Texas Constitutional Amendment granting a $3000 homestead exemption for residents over 65. Attorney general opinions on related exemption cases were cited. Buddy Dodson joined Mrs Owens as Plainview school tax assessor-collector.
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Frances Williams
Blilye Owens
Amarillo
Panhandle Tax Assessors Association
Texas
Pesticide Use and Timing for Lawns and Gardens
Warmer weather brings lawns and gardens growth along with insect activity. Do not rush to spray. determine if pests cause damage and identify correct pesticides with help from the county Extension office. Apply in early morning or evening, avoid high temperatures, water plants before spraying, and dispose of containers safely.
Tourney Set At Lakeview High School Volleyball Invite
Lakeview High School hosts an Invitational Volleyball Tournament April 5 6 7 with men and women open divisions. Top sixteen entries per division advance and trophies awarded for first second third and consolation. Entry forms with fee due April 2 mailed to Barney Joe Bevers Box 635 Lakeview Texas 79239.
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Lakeview High School
Barney Joe Bevers
Lakeview
Texas
Rural February collisions plague Collingsworth County
Texas Highway Patrol reports three rural crashes in Collingsworth during February with no deaths and four injuries. For the first two months of 1973 the county shows seven rural accidents with six injuries statewide in DPS Region No. 5.
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The
Texas Highway Patrol
Collingsworth County
Jack Theenhanger
Lubbock
Department of Public Safety
Carter Manages E Tex Feedlot In Pittsburg Move
The report notes Mickey Garter, son of Buddy Carter, moved from Wheeler to Pittsburg and now manages a two thousand head cattle feedlot in Pittsburg while previously linked to a Wheeler facility. It compares traffic accident figures with February 1972, citing Texas seven million licensed drivers and trends in injuries fatalities.
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Mickey Garter
Keitha Afin
Wheeler
Pittsburg
Garter
Buddy Carter
Sti
Nancy Holton
John Holton
Texas
February 1973 traffic deaths by county listed
Traffic deaths for February 1973 are reported across counties including Belséve Clay Hall Jack Palo Pinto Ratdall Stonewall Swisher Terry and Wichita. The accompanying accident table shows multiple incidents in Childress Cottle Donley Gray Hall Hemphill and Wheeler with counts of deaths injuries and accidents.
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Belséve
Clay, Hall
Jack
Palo Pinto
Ratdall
Stonewall
Swisher
Terry
Wichita
Surrouriding
Childress
Cottle
Donley
Gray
Hall
Hemphill
Wheeler
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Owens
Buddy Dodson
Plainview School
Collingsworth County Farm News
Toomi
Commercial Film Company
4Th St
Wellington
City Grocery
Jerry Lee Grocery & Station
Gibson's Discount Center
Parsons Drug
C&h Pharmacy
City Cafe
Shamrock
Canyon
Carter
J. F
Jim" Kromer
Wilson's Certified
Leo
Kotex
Tom Scott
S&h
Maryland Club
del Monte Tuna
Ste
Phione
Jaime, MeDane
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