Standardized sizing eyed to curb hosiery runs
Texas A&M specialist Joanne Thurber says uniform sizing will let women know correct weight and height for proper fit and reduce runs. Hose makers plan winter charts to aid sizing and protect hosiery performance amid air pollution and damp foggy weather.
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Joanne Thurber
Texas A&m University
Nations introduce silver-free nickel coins in 1968
Sixteen denominations of pure nickel and nickel alloy coins were issued by seven countries in 1968 to replace earlier silver struck coins.
Health Column: Consumer Product Injury Risks This Year
The 1970 Product Safety Report from HEW notes males aged 5 to 24 face higher injury chances from consumer products. Most incidents occur at home on weekends, with bicycles, nails, knives, tables and playground equipment among the common culprits. injuries skew younger and male, and time peaks between noon and midnight.
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U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Computers for the Grocery Store Demonstrated by USDA
A prototype computerized checkout system for groceries speeds checkout and tracks inventory. Demonstrated for the U S Department of Agriculture by Virginia Knauer, it reads product codes and prints itemized receipts including prices and stamps. It does not process fresh produce.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Gwendolyn Clyatt
Classified Ads Use Them To Buy Sell Trade
Classified ads offer quick options to buy sell or trade goods and services across local markets. Readers post brief notices detailing items offered desired exchanges contact methods and prices.
Clean Water Laws and Government Limits on Pollution
AABA and Texas Bar feature examines how courts balance pollution controls with private property rights. It discusses a state water commission halting river sewage and a factory owner suing after a ban lowers his business value, with courts ruling that regulation aims to protect common rights, not seize private property.
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Byron
Water Commission
Protecting Your Reputation in Credit Reporting
Consumer rights under new federal law allow access to credit reports since January 23. Recipients denied employment credit or insurance must receive the agency names and addresses. Consumers can require corrections, dispute inaccuracies, sue for negligence, and face criminal penalties for false pretenses or unauthorized disclosures.
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Doris Myers
Texas A&m University
Congress
Deep sea test chambers aid submersible rescue research
Test chambers capable of duplicating pressures found thousands of feet under the sea are used to evaluate models of deep submergence research and rescue vessels. One chamber uses 750 tons of nickel containing steel and walls 16 inches thick.
Stainless steel leads nickel use in 1968
Stainless steel accounted for more than 35 percent of the over 800 million pounds of nickel consumed in the free world in 1968, highlighting steel production as the main consumer.
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Free World
Goal Digger Club Meeting Held At Riess Home
The Goal Digger Club met Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Riess with Maurine as hostess. Phyllis Grissom led the program. Members present included Janice Mills Cindy Davis Phyllis Grissom Dianne Magee Maurine Riess Ginger Fairey Becky Brown Debbie Tekell Denise Carroll Kim McMillan Chris Hays Selinda Allen and sponsors Mrs. Tommy O'Dell and Mary Lynn Presley. Read the Classified Columns.
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Rhursday
Andy Riess
Maurine
Phyllis Grissom
Janice Mills
Cindy Davis
Dianne Magee
Maurine Riess
Ginger Fairey
Becky Brown
Debbie Tekell
Denise Carroll
Kim McMillan
Chris Hays
Selinda Allen
Tommy O’dell
Mary Lynn Presley
Mrs. Minnie Lane Hunt 77 Dies in Ballinger Hospital
Mrs. Minnie Lane Hunt 77 longtime Bradshaw resident and former Winters teacher died Tuesday night at Ballinger Memorial Hospital after weeks of illness. She taught at Ballinger Roby Bradshaw and Winters retiring in the early 1960s. Survivors include her husband Wayne Hunt. Funeral Friday at 10:30 a.m. from the Baptist Church with two local pastors officiating. Burial in Bradshaw Cemetery under Spill Funeral Home of Winters.
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Wayne Hunt
Bradshaw
Winters
Ballinger Memorial Hospital
Baptist Church
Virgil James
Southside Baptist Church
John W. Price
Abilene
Bradshaw Methodist Church
Bradshaw Cemetery
Spill Funeral Home of
David Ledbetter
David Harrison
Melvin Ray Williams
Johnny Walker
Doyle Cooper
Herman Browne
Minnie Lane
Lockhart
McGregor
Baylor University
Abilene Christian College
Hardin- Simmons University
Ballinger
Roby
Bradshaw Baptist Church
McKnight Family Returns From Nassau Prize Trip
Mr and Mrs Troy McKnight returned home after a four day trip to Nassau Bahamas awarded by Funk Seed Co as grand prize in a sorghum contest. They joined other winners in Miami where they sailed on the Flavia to Nassau and visited Paradise Island before returning to Lubbock aboard Braniff 747. McKnight received a gold plaque at a Lubbock banquet for meritorious agriculture and was Project 25 Dry Land grand prize winner for 1979 with 3174 pounds of sorghum per acre on 25 acres.
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Troy McKnight
Nassau
Bahamas
Funk Seed Co
Mrs. McKnight
Tubbock
Miami
Fla
Flavia
Paradise Island
Lubbock
Braniff International
McKnight
Wu Banquet
Millorns Visit Relatives in San Antonio Area
Mr and Mrs Bill Millorn spent the weekend at the home of their deuchee and family in San Antonio. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Boss McClelland and Debra. A son Robert Meng Hunt resides in Suala Lumpur Malaysia. The family includes two grandchildren two great grandchildren and four nieces and nephews.
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Bill Millorn
Boss McClelland
Debra
San Antonio
Robert Meng Hunt
Suala Lumpur
Malaysia
Classifieds Offer Buy Sell Rent Listings
Local classified columns present opportunities to buy and sell items, find rental housing, and trade goods. Forecasts suggest steady turnout as readers browse sections for cars, furniture, electronics, and services.
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