Report From Austin Shivers Asks For Letters
In Texas political news Governor Allan Shivers launches a second primary campaign vowing an around the clock bid for votes and urging Texans to send him letters about their water problems and needs. Ralph Yarborough campaigns across the state promising a Democratic governor victory and asks for support amid attack charges from Shivers supporters.
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Austin
Texas Aterial
Allan Shivers
Mineral Wells
Shivers
Yarborough
Ralph Wo Yarborough
World diving record on ocean floor astonishes readers
Ed Fisher camped on the Florida Atlantic seabed near Key Largo for hours to set a world endurance record. Ocean depths, sharks, and nibbling fish accompanied the odd voyage as Fisher sustained life under water, reportedly drinking soup and spearing a fish for breakfast. The piece casts doubt on scientific value but notes the stunt drew attention and publicity.
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Key Largo
Florida
Miami
Akin
Ed Fisher
Fisher
Water-logged man swims Hudson with cuffs on and canoe pull
George Hopper, an East St. Louis meat packer, swam the Hudson River with wrists cuffed behind him and pulled a canoe with two men. The feat lasted two hours and two minutes, ending opposite Jersey shore. Hopper sought a paid TV appearance, while the author muses on record chasing and human folly.
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Fisher
George Hopper
East St. Louis
Hudson River
New York
Jersey Shore
Happer
Jane Wyman Frustrates Fan With Quiet Demeanor In New York
In New York, Jane Wyman meets a reporter at the Music Corporation of America's Waldorf Towers suite. The piece contrasts her calm, polite temperament with other actors' supposed temperament and muses on future roles while noting Miss Bankhead's flamboyance and the ongoing McCarthy talk in the Senate.
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New York
Ours
Atage
Fifth Avenue
Atate
Affatra
Music Corporation of America
Waldorf Towers
Jane Wyman
Miss Jane
Multi Million Dollar Project Second Padre Island Causeway Planned
Raymonville Texas Aug 10 UP plans were announced for start of a second Padre Island causeway linking Port Mansfield to the mainland and forming a 40 mile offshore traffic loop. The project includes a 7.5 mile bridge across Laguna Madre from Port Mansfield to Point about one third up the island. The offshore loop would run south to Cameron County Causeway linking Padre Beach to Port Isabel. A 32.5 million bond was approved to finance the initial phase with over 22 million public funds planned long term, plus more than 5 million in private development by John L Tompkins Co. Other Island road work is ongoing on Mustang Island to Port Aransas and Nueces County has already built a northward road.
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Raymondville
Tex
Padre Island
Texas
Charles Johnson
Willacy County Navigation District
Laguna Madre
Willacy County
Port Mans
Field
Port Mansfield
Cameron County
Padre Beach
Port Isabel
Corpus Christi
John L. Tompkins and Co
Easy Knowledge Grab Bag of Questions and Facts
A collage of trivia prompts and snippets: asking for three stars with presidential surnames, Chicago’s county, early daily radio news figures, largest crime lab, and mythic vanity’s male figure, plus assorted quotes, birthdays, and biographical teases about scientists, singers, actors, and researchers.
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United States
Chicago
Amazing Factors In Move To Return German Property
Washington story by Drew Pearson reveals a complex push to return German owned properties to former Nazi owners. Swiss and American attorneys coordinate with senators, moving about 200000 dollars annually, sharing offices and staff, potentially biasing investigations. The effort targets General Analine and Film, with half a billion dollars in value at stake for German interests and profits for Swiss bankers and American financiers.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Walter Germann
Mayflower
Senate
General Anificatiq Film
Ray Jenkins
Jenkins
Tennessee
Interhdndel
Washington Building
John W. Nairn
Nairn
Abbey
Hieg
Senate Committee
Dirksen
Anlien
Hitler
Poland
Malice
Nere
American Legion
Germany
Lobbying battle over return of Nagi property and Allied ties
The piece outlines lobbying by Bernard Relin’s public relations firm paid 80 000 plus expenses by the Swiss German combine to press for returning German property. It links Ex Legion commander Ea Hayes and Blair and Co investment bankers with efforts in editorial support across 200 newspapers and notes Dirksen’s role in propelling a 1954 bid to restore German and Japanese property, amid a busy congressional schedule.
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Nagi
Bernard Relin
Altio
Jon Rosenbaum
RIC
Blair and Co
Whlch
Interhandel
American Legion
Ea Hayes
Legion
GOP
Senate
Ilinois
Bayes
Everett Dirksen
Ernest Halbach
Genera
Antline
Film
Dirksen
Eisenhower
Hayes
Legionnaires
Roper Q. White
Alao
Shaheen and White
Hayen
Algo
Walter Germann
Acros
Atlantic
General Analine
United States
U. S
Ite
Sen
Dear Fred Endorsement Letter Highlights Campaign Trust
A political letter thanks Fred for confidence shown during a campaign. The author pledges to maintain honesty and integrity in Har ing County and to make the District Attorney worthy of his supporters, inviting ongoing suggestions and advice.
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FR Rtaoin Etroin
Fred
Haring County
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Texas Water Board
Railroad Commission
Drouth
Colorado River
Water Board
Shivers’ Packers
Taxas
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Weather Bureau
University of Texea Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
THXAS
Texas Liquor Contre Board
FRU
Spears
Srime
Vernon Hy Bailey
FBI
San Antonio
Europe
Saya
Lewis A. Hanke
University of Texas
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Texas Heritage Foundation
Secret Police
Houston
The
Houston Chronicle
East
War Department
Good Old Baytown
Ole Baytown
Robert E. Lee High
Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Beverly Reckhold
Wallace Wilton
Mike Stewart
Vic Davis
Hol Bussa
Texas Interscholastic League
Bo Hall
Robert
Lee Gandera
Charlie Evans
Sigman Byrd
Robert K. Lee
By Fred Hartman
Robert E. Lee High School
Robert H. Lay
Carolyn
Barbara
Carolyn Jean Malley
Robert B. Lee High
Carolyn Jean
Barbara Ann Stein
Misa Baytown
Bufta
Anita Beth Hutto
Anita Beth
Papal
Oklahoma City
al Papal
Princeta Barbara Ann
Ole Robert M. Lee
Qure
Robert M. Lee
Dan Stallworth
Doc Hayes
Nat Pove
By Erich Brandeis
Brandos
Moross
Oman
Miss Wyman
Luke
Mel Heimer
Rock Hudson
Manhattan
Freddie Yarger
Johnny Belinda
Jane
Juliet
Timon of Athens
Tallulah
Bedford Village
Arma
Miss Bankhead
Minx Bankhead
Tally
McCarthy
Padre Island Causeway
Brownsville
Nueces County
Padre
Mustang Island
Port Aransas
Central Press
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Ecuador
South America
Missouri
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Washington, D. C
Japan
William P. Odom
Guese
Wooster
Army Signal Corps
Paris
United Kingdom
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Knoxville
Tenn
Compton Junior College
California
Warpath
Herbert Hoover
Jack Haley
Norma Shearer
Claude Thornhill
Bob Chakales
Bob Porterfield
Clint Hartung
Ann Harding
Helen Hayes
Jean Arthur
Cook
Floyd Gibbons
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Narcissus
Karl T. Compton
Polly Bergen
Annette
H. Day
Miss Day
Mirvey
Willie
Cami
FAM Ug
Americe Politic
Leonard Sanser
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