Dallas' Bruce Alger Faced 1964 Rebuff From Party
Open letter notes Bruce Alger, 36, a Dallas realtor and WWII veteran, toppled Democrat peers in 1952-54 but failed to win a sixth term. The piece traces his anti federal program stance, anti communist rhetoric, and the 1964 GOP collapse in Texas, detailing Alger’s defeat and political decline through the Eisenhower era and later Texas politics.
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Bruce Alger
U.S
House of Representatives
Lone Star
Harry M. Wurzbach
Texas
Dwight Eisenhower
Bruce Reynolds Alger
Pomper Pilt
Dallas County
Big D
Wallace Savage
Democratic Rimary
Savage
Alger
Tice
Newt Gingrich
Dallas
Abe
Jas Aust Atorner
Sunterea Ging
Barefoot
Joe Pool
Colege
Wichita Falls
Esas Republican Party
John ‘Tower
Senate
Rae
Subh Tanta
Ed Foreman
Odessa
D.C
Cologne
Exmayor
Morning News
David
Ten years of Clifton changes in business and life
A Clifton retrospective recalls a decade of downtown turnover and renovations. The piece lists owners shifts and new ventures from The Courier-Reconno to Cliftex Theater, galleries, eateries, services, and institutions plus reflections on alcohol sales and future updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs
Zack
Cito
Saint
Bain
Texas
Memory Lane
Clifex Theater
Difton Mercantile
Radio Shack
Paulson
Stonewall
Kettler
Thompson
Childrenere Small
Toys For Big Boys
LA Thompson Art Gallery
Jeanelle
Sears
Clifton
Clifton Emporium
Three's
A H
Kathy
Don's Cleaners
D.J S
Lutheran Sunset Home
CC Etc
Dan Kamerdiner
Clifton Jewelry
Casey
CPA
Kettler Realty
Main ‘Street
Clifton Automotive
Tare
Stil Pens
Limeanand
Hess
Wash
Auto Parts
Morgan's
Chicken Express
Bush's
Ace Hardware
Sonic
Burger King
Papa Docs
Amigos
Johnny's
Casa Gonzalez
Jim's Pizza Snow
Dairy Queen
Lutheran’ Sunset
joodall-Witcher Hospital
Ciilon Medical Clinic
Highway 6
Avon Teller
Leon
Mac
Rountree
Bobbie Sue Zander
Stu
Chaney
River's Bend Jims
Keith
Fehlers
Citon
Sulaks
Jim
Go Industries
Lumps Santa Fe
Subway
Clifton Feed and Service
Erickson's
Robert Payne
Evelyn
B.J
Brookshire’s
David's
Spe
Albrecht’s
Brookshire
Editorial Opinions On Season, Sports, and Celebrities
A local editorial muses on the season and birthday of Jesus while noting potential staff changes and a kicker shift after the Cowboy season. It recalls a missed field goal in a Cadburn game, and shifts to sports gossip about Tiger Woods amid scandal, then covers Kevin Johnson finishing the White Rock Marathon on December 13 with twenty thousand runners. the winner hailed from Africa, with Kevin finishing in about four and a half hours and noting tired legs afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Cadburn Folk
Shore
Cowboy's
Tiger Woods
Yastil
Jesse Jackson
al Sharpton
Jesse
Sweden
Issel
Kevin Johnson
Bei
Roger
Ne Bushee
White Rock
Ethiopia
Uganda
Kevin
Meridian
Christmas reflection from a Gap to Meridian
A speaker recalls a training run from the Gap to Meridian in two hours and twenty minutes and urges drivers to quit cell phone use. The message blends humor with concern about safety and national security while wishing readers a merry Christmas and future prayers for leaders and military families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gap
Meridian
Lla Bess
the Gap
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