Asphalt Institute Camps in White House Shadow
The Asphalt Institute moves from New York to near Washington to monitor federal highway legislation and expand research. It aims to capture a share of a proposed 14 billion dollar federal state highway program over ten years, while rival firms push for superior paving products.
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White House
Harry Wilson Sharpe
Washington
New York
Maryland University
Legislative Mill
Eisenhower
Congress
Lucius’ D. Clay
Portland, Cement, Association
Washington Post and Times Herald
Clays
International Association of Asphalt Producers and Refiners
7. B. Buchanan
Congressibnal Heln
J. 8. Air Force
Buchanan
New Weigher To Appoint 90 Deputies In Garvin County
PAULS VALLEY Okla Jan 7 UP The new Garvin county weigher James T Jackson plans to appoint 85 or 90 deputy weighers as his first and only act He will let deputies do the weigh ing and has already named campaign manager C T Loftin as first administrative assistant Neither position carries a salary Loftin bonded 18 He aims to certify women with weight problems and fix their weight to avoid diets His oath remains to uphold US and Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas certificates span Little Rock to Amarillo He envisions 75 or 80 pairs of scales on routes weighing trains and Texans at the Red River with a scale planned for use in weighing all trains and embarking on a large patronage program The lack of large scales hampers operations and he seeks an $8000 scale upgrade with a repurposed plan for weighing rail traffic and shipments
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C. T. Loftin
Loftin
United States
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Amarillo
Tex
Texas Aguies Unveil Brain Machine for Math Problems
College Station January 7. A machine described as a brain will provide virtually instant solutions to a variety of intricate mathematical problems. The report notes the device’s potential to aid researchers and students in solving complex calculations quickly.
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Texas Aguies
College Station
Jan
Stalin Son Purge Victim Strong Evidence Emerges
Reports from Washington and Vienna suggest Vasiliy Stalin, son of Joseph Stalin, may have died in the post purge era. The 32 year old lieutenant general aviation officer was last seen at his father’s funeral and is linked to possible fate in a Siberian prison camp amid Beria’s demise.
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Lavrent P. Beria
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Free World
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Moscow
Malenkov
Red
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Rad Square
Stalin
East Texas Publisher To Speak In Valley
Longview publisher Carl L. Estes was named the principal speaker for the Lower Rio Grande Valley Chamber of Commerce banquet in Harlingen on Monday. Harlingen chamber president Evan Hurst praised Estes as a tireless, unselfish contributor whose career reads like a fairy tale and who can hold audiences spellbound.
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Harlingen
Tex
Longview
Carl L. Estes
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Dallas West Coast Lines Interchange Air Flights
Dallas will see the first competitive connecting Dallas to the West Coast when two major airlines begin interchanging Constellation flights January 14. Trans World Airways and Braniff International Airways will form a Dallas Los Angeles and Dallas San Francisco route, challenging American Airlines which previously operated the link.
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West Coast
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Trans-World Airways
Braniff
International Airways
Los Angeles
San Francisco
American Airlines
American
Navy Postpones Bid Opening on Air Base Project
NEW ORLEANS Jan. 7 The Navy announced it has again postponed the bid opening on the Clinton Sherman Oklahoma Air Force Base project. The Eighth Naval District said bids will be sought in February or March after the Air Force redesigned a proposed railway track and runway construction. Charter No. 14101
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Navy
Clinton Sherman
Okla
Air Force Base
Eighth Naval “District
Air Force
Excited Isn’t Word For It Son in 12 Mile Pursuit
In Houston the 21 year old Vastine Fenix was chased by Officers M. L. Singleton and Leroy Mouser after speeding from a 30 mile zone. Shots fired shattered the car, damaging the rear window and tire. Fenix and companion Wille Mano Chearse escaped injury as the vehicle wrecked against a parked car.
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Houston
Jan
M. L. Singleton
Leroy Mouser
Cir
Vastine Fenix
Fenix
Mouser
Wille Mano Chearse
District No. 11
Port of Condition of First National Bank Harris County Texas
The Port of Condition report for First National Bank Harris County Texas closes December 31 1954 lists assets including cash 1 720 534 86 government obligations 2 283 672 00 loans and discounts 3 197 28 overdrafts 1 323 643 85 bank premises 474 712 48 real estate 2 00 other assets 1 404 46 total assets 6 071 974 16 liabilities include deposits 5 743 383 90 other liabilities 19 945 97 total liabilities 5 763 309 87 capital accounts 308 664 29 notes 31 memorandum assets pledged 802 000 00 signed by Charles H Fuller cashier and attested by bank directors in Harris County Texas sworn January 1955 by notary Nellie V Jones.
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United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Hank Premises
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Eee Saad Akeres
Poste Mavinga
J. Charles H. Fuller
Charles H. Fuller
W. T. Busch
James Harrop
Fred C. Dittman
State OF Texas
Harris
Nellis V. Jones
Harris County
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