Primary opponent backs Brewster in Texas Supreme runoff
Robert Keenan Gladewater attorney who ran third in the July Supreme Court race says he will vote for Judge Brewster in the upcoming runoff. He cites Brewster's qualifications and experience as warranting a second term. Brewster of Bel County polled about 4 percent in the July vote.
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Few Brewster
Texas Supreme Court
Robert Keenan
Gladewater
Sureme Court
Pubic
Judge Brewster
Keenan
Brewster
Bel County
Farm Census Under Way In San Angelo Office
Walter F. Jackson of San Angelo is named supervisor of the 1954 Census of Agriculture field office to be based in San Angelo. He will lead 25 crew leaders and 320 enumerators across 63 Texas counties including Bandera Brewster Brown Callahan and many others. Jackson reported for training August 16 and is a longtime oil and gas industry veteran.
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Walter F. Jackson
San Angelo
Robert W. Burgess
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Jackson
Texas
Ector
Edwards
el Pass
Erath
Fisher
Gillespie
Glasscock
Hamilton
Hood
Hudspeth
Irion
Jeff Davis
Johngoon
Jones
Kendall
Kerr
Kimble
Kinney
Lampasag
Llano
Loving
McCulloch
Mason
Menard
Midhand
Mills
Nolan
Palo Pinto
Parker
Peres
Presidio
Reagan
Real
Reeves
Runnels
San Saba
Schleicher
Shackelford
Somervell
Stephens
Sterling
Sutton
Tarrant
Taylor
Terre
Tom Green
Upton
Avade
Val Verde
Ward
Winkler
Secret Film Shocker to Show at Granada Theatre
Granada screens the Warner Bros science fiction thriller Them! today and tomorrow detailing giant creatures menacing the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles. Starring James Whitmore Edmund Gwenn Joan Weldon and James Arness the film follows a scientist and agencies racing to halt the threats with a dramatic finale in storm tunnels beneath the city.
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Warner Bros
Granada Theatre
James Whitmore
Edmund Gwenn
Joan Weldon
James Arness
Mojave Desert
Los Angeles
Science
Mosquito Hunter Explores West Texas For Research
University of Texas professor Dr. O P Breland hiked 1000 miles through Davis Mountains Davis Big Bend and Lower Rio Grande areas capturing mosquitoes for taxon physiology distribution and control studies funded by the U S Public Health Service. He plans further Texas hunts as teaching duties allow. Cotton dominates US farm receipts at about one twelfth according to USDA economists.
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Austin
University of Texas
West Texas
Davis Mountains
Texas
O. P. Breland
U. S
Public Heath Service
Breland
Big Bend
Rio Grande Valley
USDA
Pension Group Backs Shivers for Re election
The United Texas Pension Association executive board voters recommended Governor Allan Shivers for re election to Texas old age pensioners. Elmer Lee Todd of Waco delivered the unanamous staff letter naming Shivers and praising his candor and honesty while warning against communist infiltration in their ranks.
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The
United Texas Pension Assn
Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
Austin
Elmer Lee Todd
Waco
Todd
State Pension News
Ed Williams
Hood Pressler
Temple
L. O. Sellers
Palestine
Addressing voters on Brewster County tax and water issues
A county official defends records against a rival's claims in a 1954 Alpine Texas campaign. He asserts county aid to the city, opposition to welfare spending, transparent minutes, and Brewster County's strong fiscal position with low indebtedness and reserves. He taunts the rival on education policy and urges voter scrutiny.
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Alpine
Kei EY
Seegaway
Good Housekeeping
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Forchheimer
Rhonda Fleming
Jeff Chandler
Yankee Pasha
Edison Marshall
Twin Peaks
Pension Assoc
Gard
A. J. Gard
Larns
Warner's Drug Store
Sonja Heinie Ice Revue
el Paso
Sonja Hinie
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EL Paso Jaycees
Commissioners Court
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Lee Smith
Brewster County
Grand Jury
Fort Worth
Fort Stockton
Lee M. Smith
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