Irving district placed on probation for 1955 56
State Education Commissioner J W Edgar placed the Irving Independent School District on probation for the 1955 56 school year affecting accreditation status. A visiting team found ongoing dissension and unrest among staff and administration with divisions continuing since Beard was ousted and later reinstated. Loss of accreditation could bar credit transfers and affect foundation benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
J. W. Edgar
Irving Independent
Edgar
John L. Beard
Irving Schools
Beard
Giuseppe Pella
Irving
Gilmer-Aiken
Temple’s 75th Birthday and Santa Fe Train Fest
Temple Texas marks 75th birth day and Santa Fe Railway anniversary with daylong events on June 29. Col Walter Williams, 112, Confederate veteran, invited. Central Texas Pioneers meet. Longhorn Riding Club horse show. parades dances fiddlers and beauty contests. Cyrus K Holliday replica train arrives from Santa Fe. Fort Hood contingents attend to honor Williams linked to Hood.
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Santa Fe
Fort Hood
Williams
General Hood
Freighter Texas Friendship sails to Korea with aid cargo
The freighter Texas Friendship en route to Korea with a $2 million aid cargo assembled by the Christian Rural Overseas Program. Charles E Wilson called the shipment a key anti communist measure as Dr You Chan Yang warned of renewed North Korean attacks.
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Houston
Texas Friendship
Korea
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Sylvia Lykes
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Texas
Wilson
You Chan Yang
United States
North Korea
Yang
Vigil for Return of Turncoat POWs at Chinese Border
A three day vigil at the Chinese Communist border continued for three former American soldiers who reportedly want to return home. Consulate officials in Hong Kong checked for arrivals from Canton, but the men were not aboard the train. the former servicemen are Otho Bell of Olympia Washington Lewie Griggs of Jacksonville Texas and William Cowart of Dalton Georgia.
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Hong Kong
A. S
Peiping
China
S. M Backe
Canton
Red China
Backe
Otho Bell
Olympia
Wash
Lewie W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
William A. Cowart
Dalton, Ga
Leonard area visitors and health notes mixed in local column
Local brief lists residents visiting relatives or staying with family across Dallas Cooper and Greenville. Mentions include Ethel Pratt Mae Stuart Lena Ewing Arlie Pearce W. E. Taylor and others. Also notes Bobby Terry at Fort Hood and Joe Tim Ensminger at East Texas State. Ends with a statistic on New England town meetings.
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Ervin Fivans
Dallas
George Evans
Ethel Pratt
Cooper
Paul H. Taylor
Jake Skaer
James A. Tarpley
Elsinor
Calif
R. B. Tarpley
Greenville
Paul Taylor
Mae Stuart
Lena Ewing
Ernest Tarpley
W. E. Taylor
Re~ Chitwood
Lewisville
T. Ll. Abernathy
John Stallings
Arlie Pearce
Merritt
Luster Stallings
Wo Www
Rogers
Bobby Terry
National Guard
Fort Hood
A Lo McMurry
Lana
Carol
Grand Prairie
Joe Tim Ensminger
East Texas State College, Commerce
Ethel Arnold
Stillwater
Okla
Roger Tucker
Tulsa
Lula Christian
Myrtle Wright
Telarkana
CL. Prigmore
Prymore
Investigation of Polio Vaccine Undergoes Formal Hearing
A House Interstate Commerce subcommittee opened its probe into the Salk polio vaccine inviting 15 experts to testify. Dr Jonas Salk and Yale’s Dr John Ro Pauto are among those expected to appear as the panel reviews the vaccine’s scientific status and effectiveness.
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House Interstate Commerce
Jonas KooSnik
John Ro Pauto
Yale
Medicine School
J Per
Tennessee Congressman Teases Deliberation Session Details
Representative Priest of Tennessee indicated committee members would join the discussion, interrupting to pose questions to experts and offer pertinent observations during the session.
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Ry Priest
D.tenn
Irate Motorist Dents Signal Box In Denver
Police responded to a report of an irate motorist taking an ax to a traffic signal control box at Avenue and Quebec. Officers found the driver had fled, the box dented, and the red signal fixed and functioning.
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Denver
Urs
Th Avenue
Quebec Street
Appointment Final After Year's Delay in County Auditor Seat
In San Diego Texas a three man quorum of the Duval County commissioners court approved Donato Serna for county auditor after a year-long battle. Serna was appointed May 24 1954 by District Judge A S Broadfoot but the court challenged it until the Texas Supreme Court ruled in his favor. The quorum included County Judge Dan To.
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Duval County
Donato Serna
Serna
AS. Broadfoot
Commissioners Court
Texas Supreme Court
Dan To
Local Officials Take Oath of Office in Ceremony
Bin Jr and County Commissioners Lorenzo Garcia and Juan Leal were sworn in. Serna then took the oath of office from County Clerk Amando Garcia Jr.
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Lewis Paulks
Bonham Hospital
J. W. Morgan
Lora Luttrell
Louise Donnelly
Ray Morgan
Gene
Abilene
Mary Anne Evans
Louise Evans
Lucille Evans
California
Lloyd Henry
Eddie
Ardmore
Jimmie Mulling
Lynn
Thomas Stroud
Paris
Joe Perkins
Phillis McCord
San Diego
Jess Perkins
Walter Pirtle
Borger
Charles Pirtle
Shreveport
C. M. Yeater
Sam L. Jackson
Glen Ellyn, NJ
Bette
Dewey Elliott
Saleaman
Windom
Wingate Fence CO
West Fifth
Bonham
Leonard News
New Busland
Bradford - Watson CO
G.C Hodge
Bonham State Bank Bldg
Bonham Building & Loan Ass'n
White
Regiaar
Everhot
Dormeyer
OEP
Fryer
Betty Crocker
TAGE
Poy
Aamo Manny Ameries
Haish
Venus
Hugh Geas
Evan
Pena
Wits
GAS Powes Sree
Callapsble Ca
Coloriul
GeBid
Thlow
Nour
Segular
Montague
Altoona
Bronson
East 4Th Street
Ceed
Bald
Casha
Bonham Trading
Walrite
White House
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