The Old Men Who Run the Country in Congress
U.S. News & World Report notes many lawmakers over 60 hold key committee chair roles in both houses. It highlights figures like Theodore Green 89, Carl Hayden 79, James Murray 80, and Joe Martin 75 among others, with 8 of 19 House committees chaired by Democrats aged 65 or older.
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Matthew Neely
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Carl Hayden
Arizona
James E. Murray
Montana
Interior Committee
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Public Works Committee
Qroup
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Allen J. Ellender Jr
Agriculture Committee
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Richard Russell
Georgia
Capitol
Sam
Joe Martin
U.S. News & World Report
House
Borger Man Nominated to TEC Post by Gov Shivers
Gov. Allan Shivers named R. F. Newman of Borger as the employed member of the Texas Employment Commission to succeed Dean W. Maxwell of Houston. Newman, a Phillips refinery officer at the Alamo Refinery, will serve a six year term ending Nov. 21, 1962. He started with Phillips as a day laborer in 1939 and holds a B Sc from West Texas State College with graduate work toward a master’s degree. His Senate confirmation is required.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
R. F. Newman of
Borger
Texas Employment Commission
Dean W. Maxwell
Houston
Newman
Alamo
Phillips Petroleum Co
Berger
Phillips
West Texas State College
Canyon
Receipt for misdemeanor fine over a left turn questionably labeled
A reader questions a Corporation Court receipt for a $3 fine paid for turning left from 10th to Fillmore. The note states it reflects final payment though not the full fine and asks whether such offenses should be classified as traffic violations rather than crimes.
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Corporation Court
10Th
Fillmore
Grandpa
10Th and
Beards Rise In Vogue Among American Men
Art Rubin notes beards like goatees and Van Dykes are back, with a New York psychiatrist saying facial hair signals a bid to regain a dominant social position. The piece mixes quotes and a satirical aside on prices and power.
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Art Rubin
Sbarcher’s Journal
Sforzas
New York
East Germany Wins Poland-Type Soviet Troop Control
In Moscow East German Premier Otto Grotewohl leads talks resulting in a Soviet troop presence accord similar to Poland. The Soviet Union agrees to aid East Germany economically and to seek four power talks on troop limits in Germany. A formal communique notes a tentative 400000 Soviet troops location and legal jurisdiction to be negotiated.
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Moscow
Poland
East Germany
East
West Germany
Kremlin
Otto Grotewohl
Colonel Quizzed In Security Leak at Redstone Arsenal
The Army questions Colonel John C. Nickerson Jr. at Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Alabama over a leak of a secret document to unauthorized persons Army Secretary Wilbur M. Brucker leads the inquiry Nickerson a 1938 West Point graduate heads the field coordination branch of the Army ballistic missile agency No other individuals are identified in the probe and details remain scarce It centers on a document relating to Defense Secretary Charles E Wilsons November 26 decision on missile allocations
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Washington
Army
Red Stone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson Jr
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Nickerson
West Point
Wilbur M. Brucker
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Gray County Judge Holds Court Under Bridge
Gray County Judge Bruce Parker held a county court session under a bridge after three 10 year old boys were caught throwing rocks at cars. From under the bridge the youths struck the judge’s car windshield with dirt clogs and bullseyes nearly caused an accident. The judge reprimanded them and sent them home with parents.
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Pampa
Tex
Gray County
Bruce Parker
Parker
Duff Fails Driver License Test at 100
Pittsburg Kan January 7 William B Duff flunked his driver license examination today. He will be 101 March 17. Duff has driven automobiles since the chain drive days and let his license expire on his 100th birthday. They asked me too many questions.
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Pittsburg
Kan
William B. Duff
Duff
Randall County Grand Jury urges night patrol for South Amarillo area
Randall County Grand Jury urges the commissioners to add night patrols for the area adjoining South Amarillo and to hire an assistant for the criminal district attorney with a salary increase. The retiring panel highlighted rising crime reports and calls for immediate action, while the current court plans to discuss the proposals at a Thursday meeting.
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Pollyanna Hughes
Daily News
Canyon
Randall County Grand Jury Today
Randall County
Amarillo
Commissioners Court
L. S. Johnston
A. W. Lair
Randall
Lair
Grand Jury
Dis
Trict
Randall County Criminal and District Attorney
Glenn Dowlen
Precinct 3
Weather Summary for Texas and Oklahoma Cities in 1957
Amarillo records six sunny days out of seven in the week of 1957. At 3:30 p.m. Monday readings show cloudy skies across Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with visibility around ten miles and wind around 15 mph in Oklahoma City.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
Bivins Backs Plan in School District Debate
State Board of Education member Penrose Metcalfe of San Angelo criticizes a county-size independent district plan as backward while A R Bivins of Amarillo supports it saying it would place control where it belongs and improve education. The board votes 10-7 to authorize counties with under 500 pupils to form independent districts and also rewrites junior college laws with tougher startup requirements.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
A. R. Bivins
Amarillo
Metcalfe
Summer Like Day Forecast For Mild Temperatures
A warm spell continues with a forecast of 69 degrees by afternoon after a 28 to 70 degree day. The weatherman expects a fall to cold conditions early Wednesday with possible precipitation as two cold fronts approach from the Northwest and from Canada bringing Arctic air.
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Morday
Canada
Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Osteas
Dulles urges swift approval of Middle East plan
Secretary of State Dulles warned of disastrous consequences if Congress withholds support for Eisenhower's plan to avert aggression in the Middle East. Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he urged quick approval and noted expected floor action within two weeks. King Saud’s visit to discuss regional issues was announced for late January.
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Washington
Dulles
Congress
Eisenhower
Middle East
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Gordon
White House
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Eisenhower names James P Richards as Middle East adviser
President Eisenhower named South Carolina Democrat James P Richards as Special assistant and adviser on Middle East problems and chief of the proposed American mission to the region. He will have personal ambassador rank and a $20 000 yearly salary, heading a State and Defense Department group.
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Washington
Eisenhower
South Carolina
James P. Richards
Middle East
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
State and Defense
Congressmen Bear Special Worries Over Bills and Symbolic Stamps
Washington lawmakers enter a busy session with 2124 new bill proposals plus resolutions. Reps Stuyvesant Wainwright H R Gross John E Henderson Gordor McDonough Melvin Price Carl Elliott Edna F Kelly James A Byrne push housing for the VP lights at crossings farmer stamp for honor school teachers coal miners and a national library of weeklies while handbag taxes spark debate.
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Rep. Stuyvesant Wainwright
New York
Richard M. Nixons
Rep
H. R. Gross
Iowa
John E. Henderson
Ohio
Gordor. McDonough
California
Melvin Price
Illinois
Price
Carl Elliott
Alabama
National Library of Weekly
State Hospital Decision Due on Treatment Focus
The Texas State Hospitals Board debated shifting a 35 million dollar building program from custodial care to treatment oriented facilities. Dr James H Wooten noted the choice between expanding stockades or pursuing therapy, while members urged a clear policy for future construction and budgets.
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Austin
State Hospitals Board
James H. Wooten
Columbus
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Theodore Green
Rhode Island
Brent Spence
Kentucky
Daniel Reed
Clare Hoffman
Michigan
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
Carl Vinson
Howard Smith
Borger Man
TEC
Margaret Mayer
The
Hamilton Drive
Wes Izzard
Germany
Associated Press
Benson
Harold Cooley
North Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Soil Bank
Randall Grand Jury
Boys Ranch
Roy Turner
Sey Story
Bivins
Kgnc-Tv
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Radford
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Names
Weather Forecast
U.S. Weather Bureau
Home For Weeps
Arthur Edson
AP Newsfeature
Edna F. Kelly
James A. Byrne
Penn
State Hospital
Howard Tellepsen
Durwood Manford
Smirey
Astro-Guide
Sylvia
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