Hunger Study sparks congressmen clash over alleged US hunger
Congressmen Poage and Belcher released a 79 page Hunger Study claiming little actual hunger in 181 counties. officials blamed malnutrition on ignorance of balanced diets. The Record notes letters from county health officers show education and awareness gaps, cites Freeman letter criticizing CBS Hunger reports, and questions media impact on public perception.
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W. R
Bob) Powrie
House Agriculture Committee
Rep
Page Belcher
R-Okla
United States
Record Office
Poage
Belcher
Citizens Board of Inquiry
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Agriculture Committee
Citizens’ Board
Arizona
Apache County
Texas Democrats Back Connally as Favorite Son Candidate
In Dallas the Texas Democratic Convention endorsed Governor Connally as the party favorite for president. The governor will chair Texas’ delegation to the Chicago National Convention. Texas officials nominated Dallas-born Robert S. Strauss to the Democratic National Committee and Mrs. Lloyd Benvenuto of Houston to vice chair the national committee. Storm warnings emerge over Connally tax plans as lawmakers craft revised bills including sales tax expansion, higher rates, local option repeal, and a $7.5 million transfer from the Department of Public Safety fund. The governor doubts passage in present form and discusses rebates to cities and census impacts on local options.
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Texas
Tov. Connally
United States
Dallas
Texas’ Delegaton
Chicago
Tle
Robert S. Strauss
Dwyer
Tme
Frank
Department of Public Safety
Copptras Cove
Connally
Word State Senator J P WORD Attends Educational Conference
State Senator J P WORD reports appointment by the Governor as one of ten Texans to represent the state at the Legislative Work Conference on Regional Education in Austin July 11 12. He says the two day event will be exciting and informative and recalls attending the Boys State Convention on June 12 in Austin and the banquet with enthusiastic young Americans.
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Texas
Austin
Miss Olson
Jink
Letters From Readers Urged to Reflect on Youth and Ideology
A teenager questions the nation’s freedom and the threat of Communism, urging adults to listen. The editor notes the value of youth input while cautioning against overgeneralization, urging wiser generations to learn from the past and guide progress without rejecting change.
Area Happenings Across Town and County Briefs
Multiple small items report on local events and appointments. The Hamilton pool schedules expanded hours and weekly public access, July Fourth plans surface in Glen Rose with a pancake breakfast, and officials discuss accident causes in Texas. Also noted are new hires in optometry, homemaking, gas service, and a Republican convention delegation, plus a summer upholstery workshop and a regional Title I cooperative involving McLennan County schools.
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Glen Rose
W. B. Cowan
Glen Rose-Somervell County
Clifton Slashes Water Rates and Public Notices
Twenty years ago on June 18 1948 Clifton announced higher water charges with minimum $1.25 for 2900 gallons and 30 per thousand afterward Bosque County Jersey breeders shone at Stephenville Dairy Show L F Tennison was named secretary treasurer at the Texas Association of Public Accountants Fort Worth Ex Students Reunion at Old Meridian College drew 175 attendees Kent Appleby Clifton elected president Chloris White named secretary to succeed Lomax and Young
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J. L Standefer
Bosque County
Stephenville
Texas Association of Public Accountants
Fort Worth
L. F
Tennison
Nathan Pruitt
Carl Cook
Davie Hulme
West Texas
Stedie
Texhom
Old Meridian College
Sxes
Kent Appleby
Chloris White
J. T. Lomax
Fay Young
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