Exams Set Sept 14 for Negro Police Applicants
Civil service examinations for Negro applicants for Amarillo police jobs will be held Sept 14 with applications due by Sept 9. The city commission recently decided to continue employment of two Negro officers, David Mitchell and Roger Scott, now on temporary duty in the Flats and North Heights.
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Civil Service
Amarillo
Civil Service Board
Clifford Davis
City Commission
David Mitchell
North West Twelfth
Roger Scott
North West Fourteenth
Sid Harper
N. V. Moss
Flats
North Heights
No Raise No Load Says Longshoremen
About 60 longshoremen refused to load the SS Alabama Sword in Houston, saying they are not striking but backing wage demands of 10 cents an hour. Paul Caney of AFL ILA Local 1231 said negotiations with Sword Line owners failed. No pickets were planned.
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Houston
Paul Caney
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Sword Line
Caney
Rites Set for Gabe Sheppeard in Galveston County
Funeral services were set today for Gabe Sheppeard a prominent Galveston County civic leader and employment service official who died Tuesday at his La Marque home at age 61.
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Sheppeard
Galveston
Gabe Sheppeard
Galveston County
Lamarque
Public Hearing On Rezoning On Friday Agenda
Initial applications for rezoning and public hearings on petitions will be on the city planning and zoning commission agenda Friday night. The meeting starts at 7 30 in city hall. Jimmie James chairs with members Harold Walsh Wood Jackson Charlie Wolfin Bob Wilson John Armstrong James Rittenberry. Sparks caused 29000 fires on wooden shingle roofs in the US in one year.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Jimmie James
Harold Walsh
Wood Jackson
Charlie Wolflin
Bob Wilson
John Armstrong
James Rittenberry
Congressional Directory not likely to be best seller
Washington July 1 a new book hits the stands but its chances of becoming a best seller are remote. The Congressional Directory for the 80th Congress and 1948 session is read as a pre election poke at incumbents with pages already appearing out of date.
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Congressional Directory
Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Congress
Executive Department
Harry S. Truman
Independence
United States
Mr. T
Tom Dewey
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New Mexico
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