Bay-Tex ROTC members named at University of Texas
Eight Bay-Tex University of Texas students have ROTC appointments. Harry V. Bons Jr. is a platoon sergeant. William Paul Meitke, a private. Tilman D. O'Brien a squadron leader sergeant. William R. Laughlin a squadron leader sergeant. Cameron H. Gates a captain and battalion adjutant. Emory C. Stephens and Victor F. Wratten are privates and squad members. Delmas J. Smith is a private squad member. Delmas J. Smith studies chemical engineering while William Gates will be commissioned as second lieutenant.
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Bay-Tex University of Texas
Army Reserve Officers Training Corps
Harry V. Bons Jr
Robert E. Lee Wilgh
Wiliam Paul Meitke
W. G. Meitke
Adams
Tilman D. O'Brien
O'Brien
University of Texas
William R
Bil) Laughlin
T. E. Laughlin
California
ROTC
Lambda Chi Alpha
Cameron H. Gates
H. Gates
V. Wratten
Harvey St
Delmas J. Smith
Delmas A. Smith
West James
Los Angeles Radio Stations Say No Payola Found
Seventeen Los Angeles stations told AP they found no payola after FCC information requests. Stations reported internal probes, DJ denials, or plans to seek purity statements, indicating no under the table payments to promote records.
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Los Angeles
Federal Communications Commission
Lonely Hut Symbolizes Dream Of Channel Tunnel
A rough hut at Dover marks a long held dream of a Channel tunnel linking England and France. After decades of exploration, a British French and American study group eyes a 36 mile rail tunnel cost around 364 million dollars. Proponents point to rail car and freight traffic, while opponents warn it could threaten British strategy and provoke opposition from figures like Montgomery.
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Dover
England
English Channel
France
Channel Tunnel
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Anglo- French Canal Co
Canal Company
Technical Studies, Inc
Tunnel Cos
Europe
Viscount Montgomery
Channel
Corsicana Oil Era Highlights Its Early Texas Firsts
Corsicana's centennial year is celebrated for early Texas oil milestones including the first refinery, first commercial oil production, and the first use of rotary drilling. The article traces Corsicana’s oil boom before Spindletop, notes a 214 million barrel annual output, and recalls the 1899 refinery-to-market milestone under Magnolia/J SS Cullinan Oil Co.
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Corsicana
Ail
Beaumont
Texas Cuy
Texas
Texas and
Magnolia Oil
Titusville
Edwin L. Drake
Pennsylvania
Lynns T. Barnett
Nacogdoches
Barrett
M.C
C. E. Baker
West
Union Pacific
H. G. Johinston
Charles Rittersbacher
American Well Land Prospecting Co
E. H. Aiken
Tthey
Baker Brothers
American
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem
C. A. Cul Herson
J. S. Cullinan
Calvin N. Payne
Henry Folger
Cullinan
J. S. Cullinan Oil Co
Magnolia
Traffic Deaths Show Decrease in October 1959
Chicago AP reports a first October decline in U S traffic fatalities since 1958. October deaths totaled 3,420, down five percent from a year earlier, yielding the lowest October toll in a decade. First ten months showed 30,500 deaths, two percent above 1958, with 1,100,000 disabling injuries and travel up four percent. Mileage death rate for January through October was 5.2, the lowest on record.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
US Falls Behind In Propaganda On Space Launches
Los Angeles AP reports Dr. William Pickering, head of Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, says the Soviet Union leads in space propaganda and achievements. He notes the US has launched more satellites but Soviet launches are staged for maximum public impact while US efforts are more scientific and consolidating.
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Los Angeles
America
Soviet Union
Uncle Sam
0.S
William J1
Pickering
Electronic Industries Assa
Caltech
Jelf Propulsion Laboratory
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Stephens
Bond
Wratten
O ° Brien
Laughlin
Louis Armand
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Maytag
Inc
Houston Natural Gas Co
Home Economist
Suber Market
Pelly Store
West Main
Market Street
Lynchburg
Borden
Vegal. Cin
Pepscola
BTL. Cin
NBC Premium
Wooster
Minters Cleaners
Adams Hardware
Maples Gulf Service
Thrifty Oil Co
Nelson Teer
Gulf Service
All Big Chief Supermarkets
KEN L
Ican
Woodbury
Chawk
Big Tex
Louis
Cello
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