West Texas lakes get spotlight despite drought claims
A magazine highlights Texas lakes and streams, noting 4,499 square miles of water statewide and Lake Texoma as the largest reservoir on the Texas border with 5,530,300 acre feet. The feature counters West Texas desert myths, citing Winters lake with 360 acres surface and 3,050 acre feet, and cites boats and trailers as draws beyond water supply needs.
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Ber of Commerce
West Texas
Texas
Alaska
Texoma
Red River
Oklahoma
United States
Amarillo
Thanks to Winters Hospital Staff from the Bullards
Mr and Mrs Mack Bullard thank the nurs es and doctors at Winters Hospital for kindness during his stay. He appreciated the cards and wants to extend gratitude to each staff member for their support during his illness.
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Dickie
Winters Hospital
Mack Bullard
Chapmans Welcome Visitors from San Diego and Abilene
Mr and Mrs Robert Chap man and David and Phil from San Diego California left Tuesday to visit his brother Mr and Mrs Carter Chapman in Austin after a few days with his parents Mr and Mrs Charlie Chapman. Other visitors include Mr and Mrs Morris Chapman and son John Morris of Abilene and Mrs Ben Guinn of Balliver.
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Robert Chapman
David
Phil
San Diego
California
Carter Chapman
Austin
Charlie Chapman
Chapman
Morris Chapman
John Morris
Abilene
Ben Guinn
Ballinver
Mitchell Family Visits from Albuquerque
Mr and Mrs Melvin Mitchell and sons of Albuquerque New Mexico visited the J H Mitchell home and other relatives in this section of Runnels County during the past week. The early Greeks drank their wine mixed with water.
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Melvin Mitchell
Albuquerque
New Mexico
J. H. Mitchell
Runnels County
Co-Op Members Will Receive Dividends
Coleman County Electric Cooperative will mail patronage refund checks on July 15 1964 totaling 11148967 to 3964 consumer owners who received electric service in 1954. The savings equal 24.45 percent of energy sales, bringing cumulative savings to 31733451. Rural electric growth lifted monthly usage from 35 kWh in 1939 to 286 kWh in 1963. Studies show rural buyers spent 5 for appliances per 1 spent on line construction, creating a regional sales market over 21 million dollars.
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Coleman County Electric Cooperative
Coleman County
Mills Couple Take 10 Day Air Academy Vacation
Mr and Mrs F C Mills depart Thursday for Eunice New Mexico to join Mr and Mrs Clifton Poe on a 10 day vacation at the Air Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado with Major and Mrs A A Morinello and family Mrs Morinello is the former Bobbie Mills.
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F. C. Mills
Eunice
New Mexico
Clifton Poe
The
Air Academy
Colorado Springs
Colorado
A. A. Morinello
Morinello
Bobbie Mills
Mrs Hill and Miss Hill Visit Relatives in Gatesville and Waco
Mrs. George C. Hill and Miss Marie Hill visited relatives in Gatesville and Waco over the weekend holidays, returning home with family updates and stories to share.
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George C. Hill
Marie Hill
Gatesville
Waco
Students Visit Stoeckers at Abilene Christian College
Margaret Ellen and Lenice Hughes, students of Abilene Christian College, spent a few days in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stoecker. Dehydration of fruits and vegetables was an early Texas method of food preservation. First singing society in Texas the Germania was organized in New Braunfels on March 2, 1850.
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Margaret Ellen and
Lenice Hughes
Abilene Christian College
Homer Stoecker
Texas
Germania
New Braunfels
Maach
Abandoned Mines and a 17th Century Silesia Law
Ancient mines were abandoned due to water intrusion making them undry. A 17th century Silesian law forbade marriages of farm workers who could not spin.
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Silesia
Tractors Drugs Target Rural Safety Drive 1964 Farm Week
President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims National Farm Safety Week and calls united action to cut farm home and rural highway accidents. The U S Department of Agriculture and the National Safety Council lead the 21st annual program focusing on farm chemicals home poisonings and tractor safety with Howard Pyle noting farm deaths stay high despite a declining farming population.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
NSC
Pyle
Hadrian Declares Baths Open to Women Underground Miners
Roman emperor Hadrian in 125 A D enacts laws on hot bath water supply for miners and allows women to use baths while men toil underground, expanding public bathing access in the empire.
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Hadrian
Rome
Famine Death Toll in Ypres Reaches One Tenth
During the famine of 1315, one tenth of Ypres inhabitants died of starvation in Belgium, reflecting a severe regional crisis that year and highlighting early medieval hardship.
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Ypres
Belgium
Screwworm Fight Aided By Mexico Stock Raisers
Northern Mexico livestock groups praise the screwworm eradication program as infestations fall. Nuevo Laredo cattlemen’s association contributes $60 monthly while Nuevo Leon’s state association collects $10 from each member to support continuing efforts.
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Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Tamaulipas
State Association of
Nuevo Leon
Ground survey aids control of screwworm infestations
Report notes sterile screwworm flies released in northern Mexico covering about 250000 square miles to block migration of fertile flies into the United States. The program reduces screwworm problems for Mexican ranchers and protects U S areas where the pest has been eradicated.
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Mexico
U. S
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