Odessa boomed on wild nights of early fifties
In the 1950s Odessa saw roaring nights with 8th Street taverns the Tivoli Nip and Lip and Eighth Street Drive In. Sheriff A M Gabrel recalls fights and mugging as lawmen struggled. Dist Judge George Kelton cites a floating oil field crowd. Police Chief Jess Cariker later reformed the force and tamed the scene.
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A. M
Slim) Gabrel
Eighth Street
George Kelton
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Jess Cariker
Dallas
Minimum Wage Bill Advances to Senate Floor Debate
AUSTIN AP The minimum wage bill won committee approval for floor debate in the Texas Senate after key sponsor Sen. Joe Bernal secured 16 votes in the 31 member chamber. The bill, backed by co sponsors A. R. Schwartz and Charles Wilson, was re referred from the Labor and Management Relations Committee to the State Department where it drew support from five members. Witness Baldemar Diaz of Rio Grande City described earning 80 cents an hour as a tractor operator before joining a Valley farm workers strike ten months ago, a point Bernal translated as needed. Only three committee members attended the hearing: Joy Christie of El Paso, Schwartz of Galveston, and Wilson of Lufkin.
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Newsmen
Bermel
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Rio Grande City
Diaz
Joy Christie
el Paso
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Charles Wilson
Lufkin
Schwartz
Wilson
Christie
William Henry Harrison Inauguration Pneumonia Death
The World Almanac Facts notes William Henry Harrison served as secretary of the Northwest Territory first governor of the Indiana Territory and superintendent of Indian affairs. It highlights his role as hero at Tippecanoe and 9th president whose inaugural address preceded his death from pneumonia after 31 days in office.
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Tippecanoe
United States
the World
Green Ayres and Eddie Altert urged bond support in Vietnam drive
A dated call to patriotism encourages buying United States Savings Bonds to aid the Vietnam effort. Eddie Altert and Evs Gabor, stars of CBS TV, appeal to workers and locals to participate in the war bond drive while promoting national service and country first values.
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United States
Eddie Altert
Evs Gabor
Cbs-Tv
Green Ayres
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