Dems Honor Sam Rayburn At National Guard Armory
Democrats nationwide paid tribute to Speaker Sam Rayburn of Bonham at a Washington armory event drawing about 4 000 attendees. Senator Lyndon Johnson spoke for the Senate. former Vice President John Nance Garner had planned to attend but delayed. The piece also teases a Madisonville reunion to honor Texas sheriffs.
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National Guard
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Lyndon Johnson
Rayburn
Senate
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
Youngest Oldest Sheriffs Sought In Texas
The Madisonville Sidewalk Cattlemen discuss a June 2 reunion and recall Rodney Chambless once being Texas’s youngest sheriff. Chambless, newly elected president of the group, had just left Texas AAM.
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Texas
Madisonville
Rodney Chambless
Chambless
The
Sidewalk Cattlemen
AAM
Anne Hinyard Named Miss SWT Candidate
Cameron freshman Anne Hinyard, nominee of Delta Psi Kappa, competes with 27 contestants for the Miss SWT title at Frontier Day events on April 21 at Southwest Texas State College. The program includes a Bathing Beauty Revue and contests with a western theme.
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Anne Hinyard
Cameron
Southwest Texas State
Southwest Texas State College
Anne
C. W. Hinyard
East 29Th
Delta Psi Kappa
SWTSC
Social Security Benefits For Older Farmers Clarified
James B. Marley of the Austin District Social Security Office explains that farmers past 65 who operate a farm qualify for benefits. He notes age does not disqualify and outlines required records and tax payments for 1955 56 and 57. An Austin office representative will answer questions in Cameron on April 26 at 1:00 PM at the Department of Public Welfare.
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James B. Marley
Austin
Social Security Office
Marley
Cameron
Department of Public Welfare
May USDA abundance list includes broilers and more
After a routine stock survey the USDA lists over a dozen items as plentiful for May. Beef pork canned tuna frozen halibut milk and dairy products rice small prunes vegetable fats and oils are abundant. Fresh fruits two items oranges and grapefruit also show strong supply. Price fed citrus products remain well stocked.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
May
Water Situation To Be On Humble TV
The Texas in Review program will feature films about the states water situation and include a crippled children fundraiser and the Babe Zaharias Golf Tour nament at Beaumont Country Club. It airs at new times next week across Houston Dallas San Antonio Austin Temple and Waco stations.
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Humble TV
Ti. Humble Company
Ecas
Texas
Babe Zaharias
Beaumont Country Club
Texas In Review
New Times
Kprc-Tv
Houston
Krld-Tv
Dallas
Woal TV
San Anto
Ktbc-Tv
Austin
Kcen-Tv
Temple
Kang-Tv
Waco
Strept Throat Tops County Disease List For Week
The weekly report by Dr. John Bryson shows Strept throat leading Mi lam County cases with 18 for the week ending April 16. Chickenpox follows with 16 cases, then pneumonia two, Vincent’s mouth two, mono infection one, measles one, and gonorrhea three.
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Milam County
John Bryson
County Health Unit
Dial System Begins in Thorndale
The Southwestern States Telephone Company starts metropolitan dial service in Thorndale replacing numbers with letters. Lee L. Davis of Bryan leads the change for the telephone company as Thorndale may soon be identified by a name preceding the number.
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Southwestern States Telephone Company
Thorndale
Lee L. Davis
Bryan
Nazarene Revival Postponed to April 25 May 1
Reverend D. A. Lambert announces the Nazarene Revival has been postponed. The new week long revival runs from April 25 through May 1 with nightly meetings at 7 30.
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D. A. Lambert
Church of the Nazarene
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