Congressman Receives Easter Weather Petition from Sherman Church
U S Representative Ray Roberts of Texas 4th District received a petition from Herb Williams Sunday School Superintendent of Trinity Baptist Church Sherman asking a higher authority to order a sunshiny Easter. Roberts joked he joined the appeal while noting the weather was sunny in Sherman on Easter Sunday. The AP report also notes John Foxs Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come becomes the first US book to sell a million copies with its Kingdom Come Kentucky setting.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
U.S
Ray Roberts
Texas 4Th
Roberts
Herb Williams
Trinity Baptist Church
Sherman
Texas
Frankfort
U. S
John Fox
Kingdom Come
Kentucky
The Electoral College Defended in Opinion Piece
Jerry Kates defends the Electoral College against calls for reform. He cites a dictionary definition and criticizes media discussions as biased. The column argues the time-honored method best preserves federal balance and local representation amid calls for “one-man, one-vote” reform.
Pro-Files LD REC RD on electoral college reform
A proponent argues against abolishing the electoral college, defending its role in protecting minorities and maintaining balance between states. The piece defends the two-house structure, warns against direct national popular vote, and cites risks of a direct-era presidency leading to chaos without the electoral check. It notes the presidency is typically chosen by electors or nominating committees in many bodies and mentions past concerns of a constitutional crisis without the electoral college.
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Supreme Court
Union
Senate
Justices of the Peace
Seaboard
Julius Caesar
Napoleon Bonaparte
Adolph Hitler
United Nations
League of Nations
European Common Market
American Medical Association
American Bar Association
Rotary Club
Richard Nixon
New York
California
Kilgore College Oklahoma cast on schedule
Kilgore College stages Oklahoma with 38 cast members under director Melvin Marshall. The production proceeds on schedule amid high and low moments as rehearsal progress is tracked.
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Melvin Marshall
East Texas Reading Clinic and Kilgore College Oklahoma production
Mrs A B Holland of Jarvis Christian College notes the East Texas Reading Council held a Saturday reading institute at Jarvis with Dr Melvin Banks as guest speaker. Kilgore College and Marshall contributed cast, orchestra, posters, and set pieces for Oklahoma staged May 2 and 3 with $1 adults and 50 cents students admission. Tickets via Kilgore College Fine Arts.
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Hawkins
A. B. Holland
Jarvis Christian College
Texas
East Texas Reading Council
ETRC
Olin Library
Jarvis
Melvin Banks
Bishop College
Tyler
Palestine
Marshall
Jacksonville
Lindale
Winona
Lorie Smith
Teaching Media Center
B. A. Adams
Nina Vance
Rosa V. Jones
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Fine Arts Department
Kilgore College
Kilgore
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Arlington National
Sys
American Legion
Gift of
Muggwump
Jerry Kates
Funk and Wagnalls
Electoral College
District of Columbia
United States
Telm
Nevele Pride
East Texas
Wallace Read
Jerry Hale
Dallas
Peter Wolf
Raymond Caldwell
Commercial Art
Don Churchill
van Cliburn
Marilyn Remus
Gladewater
Nat State Bank
Glalewater Library
L. W. Pelphrey
T. M. Armstrong
S. D. Todd
Harold Victory
H. L. McKaig
Grady Coleman
First State Bank
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Gladewater, Texas
Igladewater
Christ
Americas
Dean and Upshur Streets
James Edwards
Singer
B. B. Fields
Irby Bates
Pew
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