Bargain Free Filing for State Board Candidates
The article notes no filing fees for candidates on the November 8 ballot for the State Board of Education. Filing starts Friday with a Sept 19 deadline. Petitions will list 21 seats, one per congressional district, with typical early fields including Paul Bolton and Alex W. Kercheville.
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State Board of Education
Paul Bolton
Austin
Alex W. Kercheville
San Marcos
Kercheville
Boston
Wrist‑size American camera on 16 mm film
New miniature camera from William B. Whittaker Company Limited of Los Angeles is strapped on the wrist. The plastic device uses 16 mm film and is marketed as a compact portable camera for casual use.
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New York
William B. Whittaker Company Limited
Los Angeles
Governor designates Air High week for Texas aviation tour
Governor Allan Shi vers designates September 12 to 18 as Aviation Week to spotlight a state wide air tour. More than 200 private planes participate. officials from the House and Senate ride along. The 3,000 mile route visits 51 cities with Houston to Galveston start and Austin arrival from New Braunfels on September 15.
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Allan Shivers
Texas State Aviation Association
House
Senate
Houston
Galveston
Austin
New Braunfels
Brownwood
Harlingen
de Rio
Kerrville
Plainview
Fort Worth
Waco
Federal Tax Gets Half of Big Estate
Executors of Charles W Nash, pioneer auto maker, paid the government 23.5 million dollars, more than half the estate valued at 43.18 million. California inheritance tax and other levies will trim the residue by about 75 percent. Nash died at 84 in Beverly Hills last year. his wife Jessie died in 1947. The estate funds two daughters and includes large savings, 62,900 shares of Nash Kelvinator stock, and various bonds.
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Los Angeles
Charles W. Nash
Pioneer Auto Maker
California
Nash
Beverly Hills
Jessie
Mae N. Brenton
N. Bliss
Grosse Pointe Farms
Nash Kelvinator Corp
Lawyer opposes mass war crime trials in Germany
Maxmilian Koessler, who reviewed the 1946 Malmedy massacre case, told a US Senate committee that mass trials are wrong and should not group many defendants in one proceeding. He defended the 73 SS case but criticized lumping charges and urged normal individual handling in future trials. Koessler noted only six death sentences remain.
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Munich
Germany
Senate
Maxmilian Koessler
Army
Koessler
Vienna
United States
Eagle insignia popular in early American glassware
The article notes the eagle as the most common emblem on early handmade American glassware, with George Washington portraits ranking second in popularity. It highlights the prominence of the eagle as a national symbol in decorative pieces.
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George Washington
Veterans Land Board authorizes $5 million bond sale
The Veterans Land Board approved a $5 million bond issue to finance farm and ranch land purchases for resale to World War II veterans. It is the first in a series capped at $25 million by the 51st Legislature. UT permanent fund, the public school permanent fund, and the state teachers retirement fund hold first priority to purchase the bonds.
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Board
Okehs
Vet
Veterans Land Board
Texas
University of Texas Permanent Fund
Public School Permanent Fund
State Teachers Retirement Fund
Monoplex All Plastic Eye Promises Durability
An advertisement proclaims the Monoplex All Plastic Eye as a durable artificial eye that will not break under extreme impact or temperature changes. It emphasizes lifelike appearance comfort safety and invites readers to inquire further.
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W. B. Prydel
Texas State Optical
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Troy
N.Y
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Peekskill
N.Y. Murray
Robeson
Forest Hills
N. Y
Bavaria
Raymond E. Baldwin
R-Conn
Lester C. Hunt
D-Wye
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Miller
Fall
Lizagator
Usl Eyes
Dallas Holford
American Optical Co
Capitol Nail Bank
Frankfort Distillers Corp
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