Killeen Kangaroos take three boxing titles at tournament
Killeen High School Kangaroos dominated the Temple Golden Gloves district meet exhibition closing night, claiming three titles as Belton failed to show. Allen Academy and Bryan High won others, with Temple and Cameron also taking championships. Notable winners include Wel don Whitis in light heavyweight and John Farmer in middleweight.
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Killeen High School
Kangaroos
Temple
Cameron
Killeen
Belton
Allen Academy of Bryan
Bryan High School
Weldon Whitis
Ray van Tutor
George Buckholts
Bryan
John Farmer
Bud Rutherford
James Cannon
Talley Mierczwick
Pee Wee Vick
Emmett Allen
Allen Academy
Bobby Jackson
Billy Scuddy
Bill Riley
Milburn Jennings
Frank Kaminicky
Jim Matyastik
Fred Chaney
Ray Morin
Olin Armstrong
Bill Sutherland
Rudolph Medina
Tutor
Henry Stringer
Lee Redden
Nino Gonzora
Leroy Sanders
Sanders
Eddie Geer
Tommy Lenoir
Frank Navies
Willie Fulton
Grand Prairie
A. N. Weems
Jones' Term In Bank Case Put at 5 Years
S. B. Jones of Hearne who faced a 2 to 5 year sentence in a Robertson County bank fraud case saw a five year term come down after a Court of Criminal Appeals rehearing request. He was accused of trying to obtain credit unlawfully by depositing a $10,850 check drawn on a McAllen bank without funds. The Franklin bank closed soon after the incident.
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Jones
S. B. Jones
Hearne
Court of Criminal Appeals
Robertson County
First State Bank
Franklin
Franklin Bank
McAllen
Mrs Leila Janeway Returns From Houston Visit
Mrs Leila Janeway, nurse at St. Edward Hospital, returned home after visiting her daughter Mrs H E Johnson in Houston on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
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Leila Janeway
H. E. Johnson
Houston
Janeway
St. Edward Hospital
Connally Dam Naming Fight Divides Texas towns
Sen Tom Connally refused a central Texas dam naming in his honor after Rep Poage urged Belton, Temple and area chambers to name the $22 million project Tom Connally Dam. Connally warned it could imply federal funds promote an officeholder, while communities push for the memorial.
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Tom Connally
Texas
W. R. Poage
Waco
Belton Dam
Leon-Little River
Temple
Army Engineers
Chamber of Commerce
Belton
Bryan
Cameron
Lampasas
Killeen
Moody
McGregor
Poage
Senate
Connally
Grady Earl Baggerly Visiting Cameron From Lubbock
Grady Earl Baggerly of Lubbock is spending several days in Cameron visiting relatives and friends. He plans to return home after the visit.
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Grady Earl Baggerly
Lubbock
Cameron
Governor calls special session for Texas Legislature
Governor Allan Shivers issued a proclamation ordering a special session of the 51st Legislature to convene at 12 noon next Tuesday January 31. The first purpose is to provide funds for state hospitals and special schools with other subjects to be submitted by message.
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Allan Shivers
Shivers
Ben Ramsey
House
Senate
Tan
Coke
Stevenson seeks road bond changes to ease surplus funds
Facing the 51st Legislature, requests loom from the State Hospital Board for a new tax a 40 to 60 billion dollar guaranteed long range eleemosynary building program and 20 million dollars for operation of crowded ill equipped institutions next year. A survey labeled hospitals and schools the worst in the nation heightens fiscal tension. How the Legislature will solve the financial problem remains uncertain.
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Stevenson
State Hospital Board
U. S
Stephenville Visit Noted From Mode and Baker Families
Mrs Kittie Mode Miss Mary Mode and Mr and Mrs John Wesley Baker with their daughter visited Mr and Mrs William Lewis Mode in Stephenville on Sunday.
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Kittie Mode
Mary Mode
John Wesley Baker
William Lewis Mode
Stephenville
The Billie Coopers Return From Havana
Mr and Mrs Billie Cooper of Austin returned from a Havana vacation arranged by the Great American Reserve Insurance Co where Mr Cooper earned a high season record He traveled by plane and enjoyed Havana’s sights He is the son of Mr and Mrs H G Cooper of Cameron Billie is an ex service man with many local friends pleased by the news
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Billie Cooper
Austin
Havana
Cuba
Great American Reserve Insurance Co
Cooper
H. G. Cooper
Cameron
Billie
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SITIO
Galveston-Houston Breweries, Inc
Galveston, Texas
Fred Lazek, JR
Celeste Holm
Ala
Endre Edmund “Goulding
Nunnally “Johnson
Cameron Theatr
The
Dallas Morning News
Rational
Wirephoto
World
Comico
Dallas 2
Billie Coopers
Aaling
W. P. Matyastik
Cameron, Texas
America
McLain Pontiac Company
S. Houston
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