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Boyhood Pals-Bruce Collier And RaymondHolbrook-Are Publishing Texas WeekifBy JACK RUTLEDGE Associated Press Stafl WriterA couple of boyhood pals from Plainview got out of the army and decided what Texas needed was a good newsmagazine. They mixed a lot of honest sweat with their dreamdust and the result is “Texas Week,” which hits the newsstands August 9.Editor and publisher is Raymond Holbrook. He went to the University of Texas, was state editor of the Amarillo Globe-News.Bruce Collier, a collegG classmate as well as a fellow townsman, will be advertising manager. Business manager is Harry Seeligson of Dallas. Collier formerly was on the staff of KFYO, Lubbock.in Texas each week, all the significant news,” Holbrook said.“Texas Week” is a newspaperman’s dream come true, and a lot of newsmen are working with Holbrook and Collier on it. They in-j elude Luron Brown, Dave Bottcr, I Paul Crume, J. Don Davis, Jay Hall, Dave Rasco, Cliff Sage. Julian Stagg, Bill Bedell, Vance Johnson, Stewart Long. Alfred Rosenthal, James A. Mundell, Robert Winn, and others.nAir-Day In TexasIISet September 7First difficulty was getting somebody to print the magazine, and then obtaining enough paper. It was a tough fight. They finally won.AUSTIN. July 24 (U.R—Pros- |peels for an outstanding aerial celebration in Texas Sept. 7 havebeen brightened by a proclamationissued by Gov. Coke Stevenson,Lease Old HouseThen they leased an old home in Austin. They fitted it with furniture and second-hand typewriters. That’s their editorial office. They maintain a business office in Dallas.The boys, all veterans ot the army, navy and marine corps, have pooled their savings, the money they couldn’t spend in the foxholes sbroad.They are optimistic. They have built up a good staff of editors and correspondents.The format itself is much likedesignating the date as “Air-Day in Texas.”Plans were being made for Harlingen to serve as host to air-minded neighbor nations, particularly Mexico. The event will be directed by John Van Vancronk-hite.Governor Stevenson said the event would pay tribute to the part Texas played in the embattled skies of World war II. It will fea- j' ture army and navy aerial stunt M! teams, displays of various kinds ’ of aircraft, flying competition and1ilentertainmentfliers.for the visitingIIrStevenson pointed out today that Texas has more airports, more feeti of runways and more privately-xime magazine. The magazine will j. . .. * ,,, , .owned airplanes “than any otheroe about that sue 8Vlt; 11U inches, f staIC in ,he nation.-rhc first issue will obtain 32 pages _and sell for 15 cents.Sixteen of the 32 pages will have color. Forty per cent of the edi- jtorial space will be devoted to pictures.Overall Texas PicturesThe magazine is departmentalized—politics, art, business, oil, sports, etc. About 20,000 copies will be printed each week at first.We’re going to try to give an averall picture of what happens««ELECTION IS SETHOUSTON. July 24. A National Labor Relations board election to determine bargaining rights among 4,400 workers at the Hughes Tool company plant herewill be held July 31.
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Wed, Jul 24, 1946
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