Texas to Get 381.8 Million in US Highway Aid
Editorial notes Texas will receive 381.8 million dollars over three years under a 32.9 billion federal highway measure. The plan funds interstate, primary, secondary, and urban roads with a 90 percent federal share for construction. It is expected to boost jobs, material sales, and reduce traffic fatalities nationwide.
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Texas
Congress
Sen. Chavez
New Mexico
Fallon
Maryland
America
State Health Department
US. Dept. of Agriculture
U.S. Dept. of Agriculure
Judge Raulston Dies He Guided Scopes Trial Legacy
Obituary recalls Judge Raulston of the seventh judicial circuit who presided over the 1925 Scopes Trial in Dayton Tennessee. The article notes his rise from Marion County farm roots to prominence after aiding coverage of the historic case involving John T Scopes and the Butler Act that limited teaching human evolution. It also mentions contemporaries William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow and reflects on Raulston’s influence on local memory of the Monkey Trial.
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John Tete
Rawson
South
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Ted Jurist
Sth
Dayton
Ternn
Rhea County
Shale Trewis
John T. Scopes
Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Bryan
New York Times
Louis Post Dispatch
Jasper
Tenn
Tris
Woulsigna
Ray Leton
Paulston
Marion County
Leslie R. Carr
Federal Court
Darr
Roy Wooten
Sen. Estes
Kefauver
Carr
Franistin Roosevelt
Texas vacation traffic climbs as radar cuts speeding
Austin dispatch notes Texans hit roads by the thousands for prom to school start and vacation, with crowded highways. Radar use reduced excessive speeding 21 to 15 percent and crashes 3.4 percent, while non radar roads rose 14 percent. Weathered by July heat, Texas eyes polio vaccine timing and notes drought with low reservoirs. Industry, education, and election topics also appear, from civil defense drills to graduation requirements and absentee ballots.
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Austin
Department of Public Safety
Asst
C. G. Connor
Texas ‘Highway Patrol
Connor
Tala
Name and spelling of UN secretary general questioned
The column asks about Lag Hammer skjolf the United Nations Secretary General and notes a suggested pronunciation of Hammershield. It discusses how the name might be spelled and pronounced, calling the issue a reflection of the author’s search for truth.
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Majracles
Whitgan
Aurims
Tyre
Magnolialaden Southland Williamesque Comedy Sketch
A comic scene features a rich, hard of hearing old coot who meets a famous doctor at sea and returns home with a dazzling new hearing aid he keeps secret. He then amends his will repeatedly over the next weeks as shifts in family life and a bustling Dallas oil town unfold. The Red Cross membership soars from 15,099 to 24,200,000 in a striking timespan.
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The
American Red Cross
Central Park
Seattle
Mary Alartin
South Pacific
Niles
Mich.i
Indiana
Gullible
George 5. Kaufman
Quick Knowledge Grab Bag and Miscellany
A collage of trivia prompts and brief biographical hints covers questions about Louis Agassiz a mountain peak Balsam the governorship of Alfred Smith US ambassador to the USSR Jerusalem destruction year Factual clues point to varied figures in arts sports diplomacy and literature with scattered dates and names from 19th and 20th century history
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Louis Agassiz
Alfred B. Smith
New York
Ussr
Jerusalem
Half Century-Old Timer Still Active In Patent Office
Elton H. Brown head of the patent office search room recalls early days from 1905 as commerce battles over his start date. He narrates patent history including Herbert Small's hammock idea in 1889 and Benjamin Oppenheimer's parachute fire escape, noting a shift to modern bombs and traps for mice.
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Harman W. Nichols
United Press
Washington
Elton H. Brown
Patent Office
Brownie
Department of Commerce
Commerce
Herbert Morley Small
Baldwinsville
Mass
Small
Brown
Benjamin B. Oppenheimer
Trenton
Tenn
Ben
Wickersham Morris race heads to Oklahoma runoff
In Oklahoma, Rep. Victor Wickersham faces Judge Toby Morris in a runoff as Morris gains momentum amid accusations of political tricks. Wickersham relies on fundraising, while Morris campaigns on a leaner war chest and a long Washington record. The piece traces Wickersham’s real estate business and past payroll insertions, contrasting with Morris’s restrained scramble.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Oklahoma
Victor’ Wickersham
Mangum
Okla
Congress
Toby Morris
Toby
Judge Morris
Communist Party
Morris
American Legion
The
WEW
Moocrs
Legion Service
Joe Zippin
Everett Hale
Skirvin Tower
Oklahoma City
Sun
Lincoln
Victor Wickersham
Victor
James W. Taylor
Herd Equipment, Co
Lloyd Matthews
Wickersham
Library of Congress
Capto
Vietor
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