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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1956

Page

4

Texas’ Convention Role Apt To Be Small

Washington correspondent notes Texas likely to have impact mainly on platform and Vice Presidential picks at Chicago convention. Adlai Stevenson seen as nominee. Texas pledged on first ballot to Lyndon Johnson, with leaders Rayburn and Johnson shaping strategy. history shows Texas often votes for eventual or interim candidates, record of varying influence across conventions.

Texas Adlai Stevenson Sen Lyndon Johnson Sam Rayburn Rayburn Sen. Johnson Joseph W. Bailey Cone Johnson Tyler Bailey New York Denver M. M. Brooks J. C.mccnealus Dallas B. F. Looney Greenville Rice Maxey Paris James B. Wells Brownsville William Jennings Bryan John A. Johnson Minnesota Baltimore Woodrow Wilson Charles A. Culberson Wilson Culberson Waco M. M. ‘Brooks Thomas B. Love Albert Sidney Burle‘son Austin Clark St Ollie M. James Tom Ball Houston St. Louis Robert Emmet Burke Ohio Willam G. McAdoo James M. Cox Jesse H. Jones Alfred FE. Smith John Nance Garner Franklin D. Roosevelt California Garner Alfred E. Smith Roosevelt House Harry F. Byrd Virginia Philadelphia Richard Russell Georgia President Truman Russell

Contractors School Teaches Costing For Construction Jobs

A notice from CONTRACTOR'S SCHOOL in Dallas offers a 30 day tree trial to help readers learn how to estimate labor and material costs on building projects. The program appears in a snippet format suitable for quick guidance.

Box 12 Dallas Tera

Two Claim To Be Policeman's Wife

Two women in Houston claim to be the widow of slain Galveston police detective Dwight Fields. Katie Lee Fields and Charlene Fields filed for Fields's pension, each asserting child custody and marriage details amid questions of the officer's death in a Galveston brawl with Herschell Golden.

Houston Galveston Katie Lee Fields Charlene Fields Dwight Fields Fields Herschell Golden Katie Fields Mexico

Albany Services Set Today for Mrs. Annie A. Kelley

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie A. Kelley, 79, will be conducted at 3 50 p.m. today in Albany. Burial will be in Albany Cemetery under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home. She died at 2 30 p.m. Friday at the home of her daughter Mrs. C. R. Pannell, 2315 25th St., after an illness of several months.

Annie A. Kelley Albany Sanders Funeral Home

Mossadegh Freed From Prison In Same Dress and Manner

Former Iranian premier Mohammed Mossadegh walked out of Tehran’s prison on Saturday in the same gray pajama suit he wore at his trial. He appeared tearful as he embraced his wife and family before being driven to the Ahmedabad estate 60 miles away. No crowd greeted him.

Teheran Iran Mohammed Mossadegh Middle East Masumeh Ahmedabad

Navy names first guided missile frigate USS King

The Navy will name one of its first guided missile frigates the USS King in honor of the late Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King World War II Navy chief.

Admiral Washington Navy USS King Ernest J. King

Secret Defense report on congressional junketing kept by Burleson

Rep. Omar Burleson says he will not release a secret Defense Department report on congressional junketing. The report, first of its kind, follows a year of record globe trotting by lawmakers. Burleson questions its completeness and will keep it under lock and key until full cooperation and details are obtained.

Washington Omar Burleson D-Tex Congress Defense Department Armed Services Secretary of State John Foster Dulles House Appropriations Committee Burleson House Administration Committee

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