Texas Schools Admit Negro Students at Public Districts
Galveston UPR reports that 17 of Texas 45 districts are admitting Negro students to previously all white schools. Leon B. Graham of the Texas Education Agency announced the figure at the annual District 1 convention of the Texas State Teachers Association as about 5,000 teachers attended.
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Galveston
UPR
Texas
Leon B. Graham
Tex Education “Agency
Ute
Texas State Teachers Association
Southerners Fight To Keep Racial Barriers Up
In 1004 Mississippi town leaders form the White Citizens Councils to resist court-ordered school integration. The movement grows rapidly, boasting hundreds of thousands of members across Mississippi and neighboring states, drawing support from a cross section of white Southerners while facing accusations of Ku Klux Klan tactics and economic pressure against those aiding integration.
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Hy AL
Dave Hawkins
Guest
Ney
WOC
Dixie
Conseretive
Rupert Patterson
Mississippi
Patterson
Alabama
Louisiana
South Carolina
Geore
WCC Hang
Deep South
WCC
Baytown to Host Marine Woman Recruiter Interview
Staff Sergeant Emma Ramirez, a Marine recruiter for Southeast Texas, will visit Baytown on Tuesday to interview women applicants for the Women Marines. She will operate from the Marine Corps Recruiting Station at 104 W. Texas, accepting inquiries from 8:00 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. Enlistments last three or four years, ages 18 to 30, single status required. Women Marines serve at posts across the United States, Europe, and Hawaii, with duties including control tower operation, machine accounting, and administrative roles among over 40 fields. Training begins with eight weeks at Parris Island, South Carolina.
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Emma G. Ramsey
Texas
Baytown
Marine Corps
United States
Europe
Hawaii
Parris Island
5. C
Beef Price Hike Seen At Cattle Raisers Meet
Fort Worth report from the 79th annual Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention. P H Stephens, director of research for the farm credit district in Wichita Kansas, predicted beef prices will rise about 3 percent over five years with hog prices up 108 percent. He cited expected population growth and rising per capita income, alongside a 15 percent drop in beef supply. John Biges of Vernon was elected president, succeeding Roy Parks of Midland. Houston was chosen as site for the 1957 convention.
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Fort Worth
Kan- Sas
P. H . Stephens
Farm Credit District
Wichita
Kan
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Stephens
U.S
John Biges
Vernon
Tex
W. T. Waggoner
Roy Parks
Midland
Houston
Bank of Kodiak queried over savings bond inquiry
A Kodiak woman phoned the Bank of Kodiak asking about EL savings bonds. Bank president A. D. Torgerson answered ambiguously, noting a possible confusion between bank business and the Community Baptist Church while discussing conversion or redemption.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Bank of Kodiak
EL Savings Bondy
A. D. Torgerson
Wenn
Community Baptist Church
Lost 30 Pounds With Barcentrate
Mrs Garrell Ry of Port Isabel Texas writes of losing 30 pounds using Barcentrate and claims relief from bladder liver attacks after previous use of laxatives and cathartics. Another reader Mrs Shepard of Marshall Texas reports losing 13 pounds on the tonic, praising its effectiveness and urging return of the bottle if not satisfied.
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Garrell Ry “Wolfe
Port Isabel
Texas
W.¢ Shepard
Garrett
Marshall
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Lester Roloff
Brother Roloff
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