Texas college life shifts from fierce drinkers to studious ambitions
Joe College once seen as a hard drinker is shrinking as postwar Texas students face tougher courses and a seller's market in admissions. President J C Matthews cites a campus of teachers and students learning independently while athletics may grow but with tighter funding.
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United States
Russia
J. C. Matthews
North Texas State University
Denton
A&i College
Kingsville
Texas College
Earl Rudder
Texas A&m
Abner McCall
Baylor
George C. McCarty
Texas Western College
el Paso
Betty White Keeps Name After Ludden Marriage
TV Notebook profiles Betty White and Allen Ludden as she balances her identity post marriage. White explains she remains Betty White while sharing a home in the East with Ludden and his children Martha Sara David. The piece notes her Broadway and TV work, motherhood challenges, and Donna Douglas’s philosophy of simplicity.
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Bernard Baruch
Stocks Break Sharply After Cuban Raids
New York trading opened with heavy selling as reports of Cuban commando landings spurred a sharp noon decline. Officials later cast doubt on any major military operation, helping the market rebound about an hour later. IBM fell over $6, GM slid about $1.50, Chrysler near $2.50, Zenith around $12.25, American Tobacco down 50 cents, Johns Manville down 25 cents, and New York Central off about $1 in the rail group.
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U.S
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Zenith
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Johns Manville
New York Central
Final Ellis Rites Friday
Final services for William AGA chie Ellis will be held at 2 pm Friday in the Bible Baptist Church with Rev. Luther Bradley officiating. The 54-year-old Fort Worth and Denver railroad car man died at 6:05 am at General Hospital. Burial is in Childress Cemetery with pallbearers Buford Taylor Lowell Dement Tex Dement Joe B. King Glenn Bowman Carl Crow Hubert Taylor Lewis Norris. Ellis was born June 23 1908 in Louisville and moved to Childress from Rice in 1949. He was a WWII veteran.
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Bible Baptist
Louisville
Childress
Rice
Whitaker KOed by Torandy in Erie boxing show
Erie, Pennsylvania light heavyweight Gene Torandy knocked out Eddie Whitaker of Louisville, Kentucky in the first round at the local fight card.
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Gene Torandy
Erie
Eddie Whitaker
Louisville
Police Seek Leads in Amarillo Shootings
Police said they have good leads on a carload of young white men who fired a shotgun at pedestrians in Amarillo's Negro section. One Negro youth, Roy Hamilton, 16, was wounded in the hand and hip as his group fled. Others, Tom Byrd 16 and Donnie Morris 14, escaped unharmed.
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Hamilton
Tom Byrd
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Morris
Kennedy Pushes Civil Rights Plan Through Congress
President urges calm in protests and backs a broad civil rights package. Kennedy meets 250 educators at the White House and proposes a committee for grass roots school reform, with measures on public accommodations and FEPC facing strong southern opposition in Congress. The plan also seeks voting rights safeguards, federal aid conditions, and a permanent civil rights framework.
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Civil Rights Commission
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Itch Me Not Promoted For Quick Relief And Healing
An advertisement touts Itch Me Not as a fast acting antiseptic cream to stop itching within minutes and speed healing. It claims itching worsens infections and promotes the product as suitable for various skin rashes, suggesting it is carried by Harp Drug today.
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Ene Harp
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