Texas braces for record football participation this season
Harold V. Ratliff notes Texas will host 966 football teams across 33 senior colleges including five Negro schools, nine junior colleges, and 821 high schools. The state adds new independents and lists conferences, with Corpus Christi University opening Sept 7 and many colleges starting by Sept 22 as the season approaches.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Associated Press
Texas
Texas College of Tyler
Paris
Lone Star Conference
North Texas State
Texas Western
Hardin-Simmons
West Texas State
The
Cowboys
Corpus Christi University
Corpus Christi
Pensacola Navy
Pensacola
Fila
Southwest Conference
Baylor
Texas A&m
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Southern Methodist
Rice
Lone Star
Sam Houston State
Southwest Texas State
East Texas State
Howard Payne
Sul Ross
Stephen F. Austin
Lamar Tech
Missouri Valley Conference
Texas Lutheran
Austin College
Abilene Christian
McMurry
Trinity
Houston
Arlington State
Tarleton State
Dallas Cowboys
Houston Oilers
Dallas Texans
Negro Colleges
Texas Southern
Bishop
Wiley
Prairie View
Jarvis Christian
Texas Eastern Junior College Conference
Texarkana
Henderson County
Tyler
Kilgore
Texas Junior College Conference
Wharton
Navarro
Cisco
Ranger
Blinn
The Murray Round by Tom Murray
A critical rebuttal of Jess Neely and Rice University football in the Southwest Conference. The piece contrasts Neely’s record with rivals like Bell Bible Saxon and evaluates coaching eras, players, and regional figures shaping SWC history through 1940s football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Murray
Webster
Jess Neely
Southwest
Rice University
Neely
Rice
Rice Owls
Darrell Royal
Matty Pell
D. X. Bible
Bell
SMU
Bible
Texas
Jesse
Repairman Visits Each Monday for Typewriter Rehousing
The Standard office notes a repairman calls every Monday to pick up and return typewriters the following Monday. An EVRIDGE GE Appliances caution offers a new heavy duty cord for 1.97. Also a notice from D. S. Pumphrey about fishing bans due to dry weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Miller
Evridge GE
D. S. Pumphrey
Lawmakers debate massive public works bill for a billion
The House considers a Senate-passed sprawling public works measure allowing a President to spend up to a billion on projects of his choosing to combat unemployment. Critics call it a boondoggle and a blank check amid a $6 billion package of spending proposals, despite calls to tax cuts and deficits. Recent visitors include Sid Wieser and family of Lampasas and other residents from Brownwood Coleman Comfort San Angelo.
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House
Senate
Congress
Gallup
Sid Wieser
Jean
Lampasas
E. J. Hughes
Genell
Brownwood
A. C. Bell
San Angelo
Hal Woodward
Coleman
H. Reed Faust
Comfort
Ft. Mead
Othe Drake
Olen B. Selman
W. D. Tatsch
W. D. Jr
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