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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1955
Page
6
News dispatch notes Sam Rayburn of Bonham receives wide acclaim in Washington with multiple Republican leaders attending a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner dubbed Rayburn Day at the Willard Hotel on April 16. The speaker’s influence spans party lines due to support for Eisenhower era trade policies and other divided issues.
Suferave Club hosts on Dupont Circle honor Speaker Sam Rayburn with Rep. Clark Thompson of Galveston and Mrs. Thompson among attendees. Paul Butler, new DNC chairman, attends with other dignitaries including Former Texas Senator Tom Connally. West Texas lawyer-in-training Vester Hughes Jr, Harvard Law graduate, discusses launching civilian practice near San Angelo. Joe Bailey Swanner welcomes a newborn daughter Regina Brooks Swanner and Risa, Brownwood natives. Port of Galveston hosts reception for navigation officials led by new director Swede Sandberg and Galveston agency rep Robert A. Nesbit amid ongoing maritime legislation.
The Rev. Lester F. Hedemann pastor of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church was elected to join 21 Texas district pastors at the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod convention in 1956. The international gathering meets every three years and will be held in St Paul Minnesota from June 28 to 36. Hedemann was elected at the Texas district convention held in Austin last week.
A. R. Caylor expresses sincere appreciation to doctors and nurses at Medical and Surgical Hospital for kindness during illness and to coed friends and neighbors for cards mailed during the illness in Lohn.
The convention elected Rev George Heinemeir of Wilson to represent West Texas as vice president, while attendance reached 682 delegates. A new women’s dormitory at Lutheran Concordia College was dedicated for teaching students, funded in part by Mt Calvary Church members last summer and fall. Fred Thormann and Rev Hedemann represented the stmady church.
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Laymen's League and Women's Missionary League express thanks to Kay Caywood for use of the Texas Theatre for Holy Week noon services and to Ramond Wilensky for access to the show window in Gibbs' former building for a pre Easter display. Their courtesy is sincerely appreciated.
Joe J Adams visited during Easter with his parents Mr and Mrs Jance Adams of Rochelle and sister Mrs J R Cawyer and family of San Angelo. He is a sophomore at Texas A&M College.
A bill introduced by Senator Lyndon B. Johnson Senator Price Daniel and Representative Thompson proposes a special commission to review and approve claims from victims and survivors of the Texas City explosion. Claims are projected at 30 to 40 million dollars. The measure follows a Supreme Court ruling that the government bears moral responsibility but is not technically liable due to the nitrate explosion on a French relief vessel.
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