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Names make news in Texas column notes humor and praise
District Judge Bascom Gist jokes about preferring speeches to listening while praising a columnist. Former Judge Ralph Yarbrough congratulates the writer on a prior column. Anecdotes recount a Fort Worth DA impersonation in Lubbock and other lighthearted items.
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Bascom Gist
Tyler
Ralph Yarbrough
Austin
Lubbock
Marvin Brown
Fort Worth
Thomas B. Dewey
New York
Amon Carter
L. F. Wade
Jayton
Sweetwater
Lew Jenkins
Tom Wade
Nolan County
Sam Baugh
Wade
Bulldog Turner
R. D
Hidalgo County News
Kingsville