Washington on the Eve of Civil Rights March
The piece previews thousands of civil rights marchers entering Washington for a major demonstration at the Capitol area. It recalls the city’s monuments and contrasts with slums, noting crime and poverty alongside power and beauty. It mentions Congress control over DC affairs and historic protests like Coxey's Army and the Bonus Army.
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Washington
Stanley Meisler
Washington (Ap
Washington Monument
Capitol
White House
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Parthenon
Greece
Rufus
Bull King
Ton
India
New Delhi
Brazil
Br Jlia
Virginia
Maryland
Paris
London
Rome
Mexico City
America
Coxey
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lawrence Tobin Wedding Details Highlight House Guests
The wedding of Tobin and the bride included a formal reception with ivory decor and a silver service. Attendees listed include Patsy Holcomb va R. Roach and Carrie Nietzich among others from Houston, San Marcos, and Corpus Christi. The couple will live at 509 Rogers in San Marcos. both are graduates of local schools and the bride works at San Marcos High School while the groom studies business at Southwest Texas.
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Patsy Holcomb
Va R. Roach
Houston
Carrie Nietzich
South Houston
W. E. Fox Jr
San Marcos
Lynn Allen
Corpus Christi
Jay Allen
Sandra Hanna
Rogers
Tobin
Robert E. Lee
Lee College
Southwest Texas State College
RELHS
Southwest Texas
Girl Scouts Swim Meet At Roseland Pool
Twenty nine Girl Scouts and Brownies took part in a summer swimming meet at Roseland pool as the finale to a season of lessons. George Darsee led as starter with judges Don, Jim, Lee Robertson and Roger Ward. The Robertsons gave a diving demonstration while Joe Wiles showcased strokes to be learned next summer. In eight year olds glide for distance Becky Barnett won first with Mary Cansler second and Brenda Lorfing third.
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Roseland Pool
George Darsee
Don Robertson
Jim Robertson
Lee Robertson
Roger Ward
Robertsons
Joe Wiles
Tommy Reams
Charles Reynolds
Z. J. Dick
Dorothy Warner
George Ann Darsee
James Barnett
Becky Barnett
Mary Cansler
Brenda Lorfing
Beverly Wilkite
Kathleen Sims
Joyce Halford
Jenny Whitley
Sharon Craig
Ruth Moorer
Amy Wilhite
Teresa Reams
Laura’ Dahlquist
Shirley Cavanay
Sharon Webb
Linda Morlean
Connie Reynolds
Ruth Hoover
Martha Wilkite
Teri Campbell
Laura Dahlquist
Shirley
Conway Keeps Wedding Details In Old Style
The report describes a wedding reception with sugar bells, a miniature bride and groom topper, net table décor with lace, pearl bells, and silver candelabra. The couple departed for a 10 day trip to New Orleans, and the bride wore a robin's eye blue travel suit with a detachable fox-color jacket. They reside at 1608 North Thirty-fourth in Waco.
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New Orlens
Waco
Dunn Couple Plans Texas Wedding Trip and Return
Dunn wedding trip to Austin and San Marcus features the bride in a turquoise three piece suit with white accessories. The couple will return September 1 to make their home at 1312144 Ohio in Baytown. Mrs Dunn is a Robert E Lee High School and Lee College student and employee at Robsons Jewelry. Her husband is a RELHS graduate and LC student employed with Tobin and Rooney Construction in Houston.
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Austin
San Marcus
Housing Unit Loans Approved For Texas Projects
Public Housing Administration approved loans for low rent housing in Commerce and Hearne Texas. Commerce will receive 252053 dollars for 20 elderly units. Hearne will fund 733250 dollars for 40 elderly units.
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Texas
Washington
Commerce
Hearne
Tex
Public Housing’ Administration
Commerce Project
Baytown Chief Describes Narcotic Work and Notable Cases
Baytown Police Chief Bob Forche spoke to the Kiwanis Club about narcotics work on the Mexico border. He recounted confiscating 660 pounds of marihuana packed in a sugar shipment and a case lasting 11 months, along with heroin worth 1.5 million dollars and price escalations across the border to Houston. He praised cooperation with U S authorities and noted Mexico’s lax drug laws hinder enforcement.
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Baytown
Bob Forche
Laredo
Milwaukee
McAllen
Mexico
U.S
Houston
Yucatan
Forche
Lavern Fuller
Justice of the Peace
M. M. Brown
Paul Anderson
John Sandhopf
Bill Schubert
Bill Satterwhite
Emmitt Daniel
Herman Boatman
Col. R. L. Stephens
Julian Davis
Edwin T. Summers
Samuels Named Supervisor At HORC Refinery
J J Samuels named operating supervisor in Chemical Products at Humble Baytown Refinery. He oversees polymerization at the Butyl Rubber Plant, built by the U S Government in World War II for synthetic rubber. Samuels, a Centrener Institute graduate with a B S in chemical engineering from Alabama, belongs to SPE AIChE AAAS. He is a U S Army Reserve captain who served as site project officer at White Sands. The Samuels family lives at 113 Harold Lane with sons Mark and Robert.
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J. J. Samuels
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
U.S
Humble
Samuels
Senterner Institute
University of Alabama
Society of Plastics Engineers
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Association For the Advancement of Science
U.S. Army Reserve
White Sands Proving Ground
Mark
Robert
T13
Harold Lane
Birth of Charles Randall Blankenship in San Jacinto Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Blankenship of 116 E Lobit announce the birth of their first child, Charles Randall, born Sunday at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Manning of Houston and Mrs. Randy Miller of Monette, Ark, with a great grandmother in Monette.
Eight Counties Added To Disaster Areas
The agriculture department added eight Texas counties to drought disaster areas, allowing farmers in the conservation reserve program to use land for grazing and haying if they choose. The counties are Atascosa Bastrop Brazos Burleson Collingsworth Falls Milam and Travis.
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Washington
Aegniculture Department
Texas
Atascosa
Bastrop
Brazos
Burelson
Collingsworth
Falls
Milam
Travis
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Walgreen Agency
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Massillon
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Anacostia Flats
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Herbert Hoover
Senate
Hoover
U.S. Army
Fedders CC
Froehner
Kmart Plaza
Kmart
Goose Creek Independent School District
K-Mart
N. Pruett
Lawrence
Conway
Rambler
Clyde Jones Motors, Inc
HORC
Linstant
Tee Ree
Maryland Club
Duncan Foods Co
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