First Woman Foreman On Job For Southwestern Bell
Maurine Benham 41, is plant foreman for Southwestern Bell in Monahans Texas becoming the first woman to hold that title in Southwestern Bell and possibly the Bell System. She oversees seven telephone men and all installation repair cable maintenance and vehicle fleet. She has 21 years in the business and has climbed from operator to plant assigner to foreman.
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SW Bell
Michael 0. Wester
Monahans
Tex
UPI
Maurine Benham
Tele
Benham
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Odessa
U.S. 80
Southwestern Bell
Nationwide
Bell System
Dont Get Up Nights Relief Promise Ad
A promotional notice advertises a 48 cent, 12 hour relief guarantee at drugstores for kidney related backache and painful urination. It claims pills flush kidneys and regulate flow with a three tab a day regimen offered at L. L. Buttery's store.
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Nature
L. L. Buttery
Special Session Not Needed Says Gov Smith
Gov Preston Smith declares the 1971 regular session could have passed the two emergency bills funding primary elections and billboard control without a special session. He faults the Legislature for not heeding his earlier advice, says the public’s right to vote cannot be gambled, and notes the bills were signed after a three day session.
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Dallas
Preston Smith
Houston
Smith
Noted Publisher Dies At 65 In Mississippi
Delta-Democrat Times publisher Upton Hodding Carter died at 65 after a heart attack at a health spa in Greenville. A Pulitzer winner for a 1946 editorial on racial and religious tolerance, he battled segregationists while advancing race relations. Funeral plans pending return of a son abroad. Governor Waller offered sympathy.
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Greenville
Upt Hodding Carter
Carter
Delta-Democrat Times
Washington County
Deep South
Africa
Bill Waller
Mississippi
Wisconsin Progressives At Work In Early 1900s Era
In the early 1900s Wisconsin under Governor Robert M La Follette and allied Republicans advanced reforms. They pursued equitable railroad taxation direct primaries civil service acts against corruption workers compensation and a state income tax, shaping progressive policy.
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Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
Felons Cannot Run For Office In Texas House Race
UPI reports U S District Judge Woodrow Sears upheld a state law barring convicted felons from running for public office. He dismissed Russell Hayes's suit and allowed on the ballot longtime officials Gus Mutscher and Tommy Shannon whose bribery conspiracy convictions are under appeal.
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Houston
UPI
U. S
Woodrow Seals
Texas
Seals
Russell Hayes
Gus F. Mutscher
Brenham
Tommy Shannon
D.fort Worth
Cuero Century Echoes of Local Plans and Graduates
Twenty five years ago Cuero community notes show Winter Post 3 American Legion discussing a supper dance for April 11. Cuero Independent School District voters cast 127 ballots. Easter egg hunt at Lila Brown home. Bertha Harris hosted a buffet at E Reuss Boulevard. The district faced a possible 4000 to 6000 dollar deficit ending Aug 31. Michael Sturm welcomed a son at Burns Hospital. Cuero High Band joined Region 16 contest in Van Derbilt. Western Days Celebration planned Friday to Sunday. Bill Dietze to receive MD from UT Medical School in Galveston. Lester Frers elected mayor. Leah Copenhagen and Margie Sager observed town life.
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Winter Post No
American Legion
Cuero Independent
Lila Brown
The
Presbyterian Church
Bertha Harris
Fielding Breeden
E. Reuss Boulevard
Michael Sturm
Burns Hospital
Ed Windel
Cuero High School
Vanderbilt
Cuero
Bill Dietze
N. G. Dietze
University of Texas Medical School
Galveston
Lester Frers
Leah Copenhaver
Margie Sager
Court uses stuffed owl to deter pigeons in Wood County
Wood County Court President Marvin H. Leach placed a mounted owl on a fifth floor ledge to scare pigeons and curb droppings. Pigeons ignored the display, though some approached the owl as they went about daily activities. The item was described as a novelty in the courthouse effort.
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Pakersburg
W. Va
UPI
Wood County Court
Marvin H. Leach
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Cuero School Board
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Cnero Federal Savings & Loans
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