Playwright Charles MacArthur Dies in New York Hospital
Charles MacArthur died in New York Hospital after a period of illness. He co wrote The Front Page with Ben Hecht and later worked on film and stage projects including Glory Be. Helen Hayes, his wife, attended his bedside and canceled a May appearance.
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International Magazine
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Job Interviews at Texas Tech Campus This Week
A Southwestern Investment Co representative begins this week’s placement interviews on the Texas Tech campus Monday targeting business administration majors and other interested persons. Reed Roller Bit Co will interview engineering, accounting, and management majors Monday and Tuesday. Major firms including Sears Roebuck and Co and Amerada Petroleum Corp plan interviews Thursday and Friday for engineers and related fields.
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Houston
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A. M. Lockett and Co
Dallas
Cities Service Oil Co
Air Force Security Service
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Amerada Petroleum Corp
Petroleum and Mechanical Engineers
Andrews Building Permits Reach New High in 3 Months
In Andrews, permits for the first 30 months totaled 1211.88 dollars at City Hall with Mrs. Mabel Hart noting the year’s rise. The increase over 1955’s four-month total of 627,000 reflects mixed activity in homes and commercial projects.
Tulsa editor Jenkin Lloyd Jones named ASNE president
The American Society of News Paper Editors elected Jenkin Lloyd Jones editor of the Tulsa Tribune as president for the coming year. Turner Catledge and Felix R. McKnight won reelection to the board, with new three year terms for Lee Hills Louis B. Seltzer and C G Wellington.
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Boisterous Ruzzing as Soviet Leaders Meet in Oxford
Premier Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev arrived for peace talks in England amid boisterous Oxford crowds. Students mocked the visitors with chants and humor while interpreters aided communications. In London, British and Soviet diplomats pursued a Middle East peace plan as the pair planned visits to Windsor Castle and Claridge Hotel before leaving. Also in Fort Worth, two Texas authors Madison Cooper and Arthur Sampley will speak at Texas Christian University Creative Writing Day on May 10.
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Texas
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Waco
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Denton
Texas Christian University
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Sironia
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North Texas State College
Three Oilfield Workers Electrocuted In Texas Incident
In Seguin Texas on April 21 three oilfield workers from Luling were killed when the truck they rode on struck a power line at Darst Creek Field. Francis E. Johnson 37 Sydney H. Shumake 26 and Joe Edward Rodenberg 24 died from burns. two were burned beyond recognition and the third badly burned.
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