Boards On Which Shepperd Serves Held 10 Meetings In Week
A Texas AG article notes May 3 to May 9, 1955, saw six major boards he sits on hold ten meetings, each over two hours, plus prep time. It argues ex officio duties blur lines between administration and policy, urging reform and delegation to existing agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepperd
State Building Commission
School and Veterans’ Land Boards
Banking Commission
Board of Trustees
School Land Board
Old Mineral Board
Veterans’ Land Board
Land Office
Land Commissioner
Railkd Commission
Jogean Weset
Veterans’ Land Program
Veterans’ Land Boat
Pentagon
Legion
George
Jack Anderson
Davy Crockett Almanacks and the Legend of Crockett
A look at the Davy Crockett Almanacks reveals a colorful early American folk tradition. Though uncertain if Crockett wrote the tales, the first person tall tales and frontier humor shaped a lasting legend, praised in both the United States and England through the 19th century.
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United States
England
Franklin J. Meine
Davy Crockett
Davy
Wiliam Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Nashville
Tenn
Ray
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
London
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Road signs and tourist traps plague cross-country trip
Ed Koterra laments confusing highway markings and misleading signs from AAA readers. He cites a 3200 mile West Coast trip where clashing directions at cloverleafs and inconsistent town signs misled travelers. He urges clearer signage and consistent navigation to prevent delays and frustrated journeys.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
AAA
Secrets and costs in hydrogen energy and postal policy
Washington weighs ending secrecy on peaceful hydrogen bomb research to spur breakthroughs while warning private firms against secrecy. Postage rate hike faces likely defeat as 1988 election looms. Eisenhower era credits fears rise over consumer debt and auto financing extending payments to 36 months threaten market stability.
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Washington
United States
Eisenhower
Baytown Sun Masthead Details and Rates
The Baytown Sun masthead lists The Baytown Sun Inc as publisher with Fred Hartman as editor and Syd S. Gould as publisher. Advertising director is Beulah Mae Jackson and office manager, subscription rates are shown by carrier or mail, and the paper notes second class matter status with post office entry under the 1870 act. National advertising representative is mentioned.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Fred Hartman
Syd S. Gould
Beulah Mae Jackson
Armed Services
Beside The Congo Drinking Cocktails With Hippo Fun
Brazzaville report by Robert Musel recounts a quirky Central African jungle trip he made by helicopter. At the Auberge Cascarne inn near the Congo, he encounters Captain Davis and a hippo named Sulfite who befriends a hunting dog Vargas and becomes a neighborhood spectacle. The tale blends humor with local eccentrics and a surreal nightlife on the riverbank.
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Filitor
Robert Musel
Robert Muse
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
Congo
Hippapelanas
Hassalit Davis
Bayis
Bali
Davis
Trarce Milo
Milla
Snifite
Vargas
Hippo
Torhess Sulfite
Vargas N
Sulfite
Towss
Sulfile
Channel Islands and world trivia from a quirky edition
A scrambled quiz piece asks: where are the Channel islands and what is Ecuador’s chief seaport, whether lightning rods matter in storms, who was Bonheur, and the nationality of composer Guntay Mahler. It also mentions TV salesmen, a 1930 congressman from Liberty, South Carolina, and several birthday notes with historical context.
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Channel Islands
Republic of Ecuador
Bonheur
Guntay Mahler
Endi
Dine
Liberty Fill
S.C
Aid
Ith
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Yon. I
Talian Pare
Methodology How to Fix Office Efficiency in Washington
Washington Merry Go Round notes that a new “methodology” from Frank A. Petrie aims to improve boss subordinate relations and raise production. Petrie, a longtime efficiency expert, argues better understanding and clearer tasking boost performance, with widespread adoption in federal agencies and colleges. The piece weaves in anecdotes about lawmakers, past football and baseball stars turned legislators, and a light quip about a Pentagon ghost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Government Gobhindegook
Frank A. Petrie
Petrie
Civil Aeronauticng Administration
Leo
Petrier
CAA
Privie Feon
State of Florida
Veterans Administration
Civil Service Commission
Did You Know Cryand Canver National Park Facts
The note says Cryand Canver National Park encloses the home of the Havasu pais, possibly the smallest and most isolated Indian reservation in the United States. It also states the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development began operations in 1947 under the Bretton Woods Agreement.
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Cryand Canver National Park
United States
The
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Breston Woods
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Torbert MacDonald
Massachusetts
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