Steel Official Accused of Honest Silence in Hodges Book
Washington AP report notes Luther Hodges secretary of commerce in 1962 critiques big steel in his forthcoming book The Business Conscience. Hodges accuses U S Steel chairman Roger Blough of silent behavior during price crisis talks with Kennedy and the United Steelworkers, saying the silence misled the government and public. He cites cases of discretion and a bribe offer hint in the industry while noting Hodges’ view that national interest must trump selfish corporate aims.
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Washington (Ap
Luther H. Hodges
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Big Steel
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Con- Steel
Roger M. Blough
Science
Prentice
Gary
Blough
U.S. Steel
Kennedy
Wuoice
Gace Caseca Caprugesae
North Carolina
Washington
Ex Lubbock Native Named State Adjutant of Legion
Willis H. Mc Gregor, formerly of Lubbock, was named state adjutant of the American Legion by the department executive committee in Austin. He succeeds G Ward Moody who retires October 1. Mc Gregor is a World War II Navy veteran who served in the South Pacific aboard the USS Saginaw Bay and worked in Legion claims in West Texas before transferring to Dallas in 1953. In Puerto Rico, the sun shines 360 days a year.
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Lubbock
Willis H. McGregor
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American Legion
Department
G. Ward Moody
McGregor
Allen
West Texas
Veterans Administration
Legion
Lubbock VA
Dallas
Christ the King Home and School elects 1963 64 officers
Officers elected for the 1963 64 scholastic year include President Dick Beavers and Vice President Mrs Roy Grimes. Secretary Mrs Myron Lasher Treasurer Al Rohr Historian Mrs Del Le Vere Parliamentarian Mike Ma honey Spiritual director Rev James Fitzgerald Del Severe serves as president this year.
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Christ the King Home and School Association
Dick Beavers
Roy Grimes
Myron Lasher
al Rohr
del Le‘Vere
Mike Mahoney
James Fitzgerald
del Severe
Bill Would Free Pecos River Water By Eradicating Salt Cedars
Washington report notes hearings on a bill by Congressman Joe Pool to empower the Interior Department to remove salt cedars from 50 000 acres of the Pecos River upper reaches. Pool says the trees consume 200 000 acre feet annually, choking irrigation for Texas. He cites Red Bluff Reservoir shortages and quotes Texas Water Commission chief engineer Vander Tulip on the costly but necessary federal role, countering Rep Ed Foreman who favors local action.
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Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
House Interior Committee
Pecos
Joe Pool
Dallas
Pool
Interior Department
New Mexico
Texas
Red Bluff
John J. Vandertulip
The
Texas Water Commission
Ed Foreman
Odessa
Foreman
U.S
Tennessee Forest Fire Under Control
In Cherokee National Forest near Elizabethton a five day battle protected 2,800 acres of timberland. A 40 man crew remains on Iron Mountain for mop up as forecasts hint at rain. The U.S. Forester called it the largest, most destructive forest fire there since 1952.
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Elizabethton, Tenn
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