Pontiac Presents All New Car For 1955 Debut
Pontiac displays the 1955 model with 180 horsepower overhead valve V-8 engine and all new body at Ferguson Motors. The event features roses for visitors Friday and Saturday as the car arrives in a range of Vogue two tone colors and panoramic glass. The Star Chief and Chieftain series offer 124 and 122 inch wheelbases, respectively, with lower overall height and expanded interior room.
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Pontiac
Ferguson Motors
West
Texas
Ferguson's
Temperance Meeting Set for Dallas Next Month
The United Texas Drys announce the National Temperance League gathering will take place in Dallas on November 14. Rev. Albert F. Tucker leads arrangements for the event to be capped by a banquet co-sponsored by the suite organization and opening the Texas Drys’ meeting. Speakers include Glenn Cunningham and Dr. Duke K. McCall.
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Dallas
United Texas Drys
Albert F. Tucker
National Temperance League, Inc
Texas Drys
Glenn Cunningham
Duke K. McCall
National Temperance League
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Hy
Two Charged With Robbing A Corpse In Corpus Christi
Claude H. Edwards Jr and Nash Perez Guerra were charged with stealing 580 dollars from the corpse of Mary E. Rose at a funeral home in Corpus Christi. Rose, 64, of McAllen Texas, died October 15 after a heart attack. A third man was arrested but not charged, allegedly bribed to stay silent.
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Corpus Christy
Claude H. Edwards Jr
Nash Perez Guerra
Mary E. Rose
McAllen
Tex
Edwards
Guerra
Polite
Nuevo Laredo Delegation Seeks Federal Aid for River Highway
A Nuevo Laredo group planned to travel to Matamoros early Thursday to confer with President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. The aim is to secure federal assistance for building a highway along the Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo to Matamoros, joining other Mexican representatives for the project.
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Nuevo Laredo
Mex
Matamoros
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Lower
Rio Grande
Permit Sought To Form Trinity River Authority
Directors of the Trinity Watershed Improvement Association asked the Legislature for permission to form a Trinity River Authority. The proposed entity would span from the Trinity headwaters near the Red River to Galveston Bay at Anahuac, could issue revenue bonds and tax property with consent, and would contract with state and federal governments for soil and water conservation programs. It would not usurp existing city water rights. Heather is used in Sentland to fashion thatched routs.
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Fort Worth
Trinity Watershed Improvement Association
Trinity River Authority
Trinity
Red River
Anahuac
Galveston Bay
Sentland
Fort Hood Soldiers Vote 100 Percent in Absentee Ballots
Fort Hood Texas October reports Battery C 74th Armored Field Artillery Battalion achieving a perfect absentee ballot turnout for the November elections. Commanded by 1st Lt Affen TL Brillheart the unit coordinated with the division information program to assist eligible soldiers in voting from home states. Maj Stanley E Porche noted the effort aimed to explain voting importance rather than outcomes and officers helped each man secure ballots and cast them at a special meeting.
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Fort Hood
Tex
74Rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Armored Division
Affen TL. Brillheart
Little Rock
Ark
Solons To Be Quizzed In Slander Lawsuit
In Mexico City on October 28 federal authorities planned to quiz five congressmen charged with slander for speeches against the Sinarquistas. The charges name Aurora Jimenez Palacios Baja California and Mexico's first congresswoman, plus a Mexico City journalist charged with libel over coverage of the Sinarquistas alleged insults to independence heroes.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Sinarquistas
Sinarquista
Juan Ignacio Padilla
Aurora Jimenez Palacios
Baja California
Mexico
Sinarauistas
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Debra Paget
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Internationa Soundphoto
George McManus
Jiggs
Maggie
Father
Santa Monica
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General Electric
Texas Ave
Trinity River Group
Explorer, Clark
Charles P. Skouras
Fox West Coast Theaters
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Hollywood
Solons
W. Main
Chuck Roast
Wright
SDC
Gladiola
CATS
Nestle's
Cocoa Pound Box AG
Louisiana
Texas Oranges
Sunkist
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