Du Pont reports 1954 sales reach 1.6 billion dollars
Du Pont, Wilmington, reports 1954 sales of 1.6 billion with 120 million invested in plant and lab expansion. Fourth quarter up 10 percent from 1953, total earnings from Du Pont and GM dividends rise, and long range research expands with three new lab buildings at the Experimental Station near Wilmington.
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DU Pont CO
Wilmington,del
du Pont
Crawford H. Greenewalt
Circleville
Ohio
Beaumont
Texas
Montague
Mich
Antioch
Calif
General Motors
General Motors Corp
Wilmington
Greenewalt
Farm Price Support Loss Totals 365 Million in 1955
The government ran a net loss of more than 365 million dollars on farm price support programs in the first seven months of fiscal 1955, as announced on Thursday.
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Washington
Waterworks Serve 5.5 Million People In Texas
COLLEGE STATION Texans gained broader water coverage in 1954 with more than 1,000 water systems serving about 6.5 million people. State health officer Henry A. Holle noted 827 areas rely on wells and 180 use surface sources, with 79 percent of well users receiving chlorinated water. He cited strong public health cooperation and no recent waterborne disease outbreaks, typhoid deaths under 1 per 100,000.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Water and Sewage Works Association
Texas A and M College
Henry A. Holle
Holle
Petroleum Institute Honors P L DeVerter
P L DeVerter laboratory head at Baytown Refinery received a Citation for Service from the American Petroleum Institute. The award cited his work on measuring sampling and testing natural gas and natural gasoline and development of calibration methods for spherical and spheroidal tanks. He chairs API subcommittees and serves on ASTM and ASA committees.
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P. L. DeVerter
Baytown
American Petroleum Institute
A. W. Thomas
API
Institute
New Orleans
DeVerter
Department of Technical Services
Division of
Division of Production
Southwest
American Society For Testing Materials
Immigration chief enroute to Mexico for border talks
Brownsville paper reports Immigration Commissioner Joseph M. Swing is bound for Mexico City for a conference with government officials after stopping in Brownsville. He testified before a House subcommittee that Border Patrol has cut arrests dramatically but needs more funds for the 1955 fiscal year. Swing said 23 new agents were added, overtime paid, and 200 leaves canceled to form a mobile force under San Pedro, California. He predicted the wetback situation would be under control with additional personnel.
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Brownsville
Tex
Joseph M. Swing
Mexico City
Swing
Border Patrol
Washington
U.S
House
San Pedro
Calif
Bill Would Bar Candidates From Both Party Tickets
AUSTIN House approves legislation to bar a candidate from running as the nominee of both the Democratic and Republican parties. The measure aims to prevent cross ticket bids and preserve party loyalty in elections.
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Bill
Austin
Democratic
Republic
Army Extends Enlistments for Operation Gyroscope Rotation Plan
The U S Army extends enlistment cutoffs for the Operation Gyroscope unit rotation program through a new three year plus enlistment. Volunteers join the 10th Infantry Division at Fort Riley Kansas to undertake a European tour next summer. Eligibility requires three or more years in E-1 H-2 or E-1. new recruits without prior service enter as H-1. Recruiting Station at 14 South Ashbel Texas handles quota based enlistments while awaiting a new cutoff date.
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Army
George Vidrine
Baytown U. S. Army
Vidrine
10Th Infantry
Fort Riley
Kansas
Europe
U. S. Army
South Ashbel
AEC Sets Dual-Capability Nuclear Test in Nevada
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a dual-capability nuclear test at Nevada proving grounds for Friday. A weather briefing was scheduled to decide if a shot is possible. If conditions are unacceptable for a medium or large shot, a smaller alternative bomb will be planned. Unfavorable winds and cloud formations caused a postponement of Thursday’s explosion.
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Las Vecas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Proving Grounds
AEC
Ike Nominates Texan To Tariff Commission
President Eisenhower nominates James Weldon Jones of Farmersville Texas a Democrat from the budget bureau since 1940 to the U S Tariff Commission He would fill the term of Oscar B Ryder who is retired and the term ends June 16 1957
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Washington
Eisenhower
James Weldon Jones
Farmersville
Tex
Budget Bureau
U.S. Tariff Commission
Jones
Oscar B. Ryder
U S Grants Authorized To Study Oyster Life
Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay announced contracts authorizing research into the life of the oyster. Louisiana State University Tulane University and Florida State University will conduct the studies with Florida State receiving 120000 dollars, Louisiana State 910000, and Tulane 7600 dollars.
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U.S
Washington
Douglas McKay
Louisiana State Univer
Tulane University
Florida State University
Florida State
Vanisiana State
Tulane
Eisenhower Locked Out Of Capitol
President Eisenhower was briefly locked out of the White House while in the rose garden greeting foreign students. After he rang the doorbell, a Secret Service agent arrived and opened the door.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Rose Garden
Secret Service
Trinity Names J L Bostwick Dean of Students
Trinity university appointed J L Bostwick of Lin Jolla California as dean of student life. Former vice president of the National Association of Deans and Advisors of Men, he will report on April 14. A Seville Ohio native, Bostwick has 28 years as a college counselor with posts at Minnesota New Moyica and Allegheny College Meadville. He served two years in World War I as a Navy lieutenant in the V-12 program at Michigan and as commanding officer of the V-12 program at Whitman College Walla Walla Washington.
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Trinity University
J. L. Bostwick
Lin Jolla
Calif
James W. Laurie
Bostwick
Jonal Association of
Trinity
Seville
Ohio
Bostwick Hax
University of Minnesota
University of
Pack 93 To Meet In New Scout House
Pack 93 Cub Scouts will hold their next meeting at the new Scout house, leaving Cedar Bayou Methodist church where they met previously. The group viewed a film titled Fundamentals of a Scout, presented by Scoutmaster 8 A Wilhite. New Den 5 was welcomed and recognized as Cubmaster Harvey Martin led the session. The Cary Act outlines grants of desert lands to states for irrigation or reclamation for disposal to bona fide settlers.
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Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
A. Wilhite
Harvey Martin
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Mexico
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Maury Maverick Jr
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