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2 The Altus Times-Democrat, Wednesday, July 25,1979
THURSDAY
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Scientists Find
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hard. They ve cut out a lot of Troxel avoided talk about
the little lines, where you his younger life, except to say
could go 50 or 60 miles. Now Illinois was his home state and
you have to hitchhike. that he put in four years of
With a wistful look, Troxel military service.
said "A lot of guys are retired "I’m pretty steady at com-
now. The oldest one I know is ing and going," he said. "I
Montana Joe He's 83 and still guess I’ll stop when they pat
pretty active." me in the face with a shovel."
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Sinai Desert Port To Be Tronsferred
TEL AVIV, Israel (UPI) - desert wasteland along the oil- Israel said it will go through for the first time in five years said. “These two countries are A police snokesman said the
Israel of transfer of another rich Suez ~ its first with the transfer despite today. the U.N. spokesman in at peace and there is no need bomDexsPok at the Netanva
segment of Sinai desert to land link between north- uncertainty about the extern Jerusalem said. for a large operation. All that intrsecondsratrhapetanxa
Egypt was set for today central Sinai and the southern sion of the U.N. Emergency The U.N. spokesman said is needed is patrols and from Tel Aviv to Haifa east §
despite assharp.controversy Sinai since the 1987 Middle Force in Sinai. The UNEF despite the halt in UNEF inspections to man a few key the city S ofihe w'Sed
over who will patrol the area Eastwar. mandate expired at midnight operations there was little points and observation posts," was seriously injured
n ow that the United Nations 1 he transfer is the second in Tuesday. concern that Egypt or Israel Only hours before th trans- 5
has withdrawn its peace- a series of five withdrawals Despite Israel’s protests, would take advantage of the fer was set to take place a Tension was high in south
keepingtroops. designed to> move Israeli the U.N. Security Council opportunity to violate restric- bomb believed set "b LebaZ Uday iS
with a ceremony complete forces behind a line running voted Tuesday night not to tions on the numbers of troops Palestinian terrorists explod Israel’s dawn raid Tuesday cm
withspeeches. Hag-flying and from El Arish in the north to grant an extension. and weapons in various zones ed and injured at least nine the village of Maidal Silm 6
national anthems. Egypt will Ras Mohammed on the Sinai’s The 4,031 UNEF troops from in Sinai, people 20 miles north of Tel mh n^h M SS 6
regain 2,490 square miles of southern tip by early 1980. seven nations stopped work "What will happen?" he Aviv, police said. border " e srae '
Even a Hobo Has Measure of Pride
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. the dignity he can muster, few nights as the Cabell Coun- jobs," he said of the railroad
(UPI) — Even a hobo has a sees himself as a hobo - an ty Jail in Huntington, after police, “like the guys in the
measure of pride, and if you American primitive that is railrod police apprehended jail.”
doubt that, listen to what vanishing into oblivion with him. Troxel eschews coffee, al-
Charles Troxel has to say ‘he buffalo and lucent coffee. "This is only the second cohol, and tobacco, and the
about his lifestyle. "I first rode the trains in time I've been in jail," he gray-bearded hobo insists he
You got the hobos, who 1940, going to F lorida to see said. "I came from Richmond isn't trying to keep a step
ride the trains and work," he my little brother," said Trox- and they were looking for an ahead of the law or forget a
explained while in town. ei, 56, who uses a nickname - escapee, and I got caught in broken romance.
You got the tramps, who Mountain Dew." the line of fire." "It's something in the
walk and work. And you got "I been doing it steady for Troxel wasn't dismayed, blood," he said. "If I heard a
t e bums There ate a lot of the past 12 years. even though his trip to the 79th steam whistle right now... you
guys out there you could call Troxel s life hasn t been Annual Hobo Convention in know it’s like someone sitting
hobos, but there are a lot of without interruptions. For in- Britt, Iowa, was disturbed. on tacks. No one does it full
t em you d just call bums. stance, he took up lodging a “They are just doing their time any more. It’s kind of
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WASHINGTON (UPI) - bright pinkish-orange
Virginia Tech scientists have pigments to capture whatever
found peculiar plants that look light does penetrate the ice
like colorful doormats grow- and water,
ing beneath 18 feet of perma-
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Gilmore, Robert K. & Hart, Sandra. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 55, No. 171, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 25, 1979, newspaper, July 25, 1979; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2123139/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.