Money Drive To Fight Cancer Opens In Lubbock
Lubbock residents will donate through Sept. 10 to the American Cancer Society drive chaired by Ed Hambright. Local goal is 5245 with funds supporting research education and patient services. national totals target 14.5 million for cancer causes and prevention.
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Lubbock
Ed Hambright
Texas
American Cancer Society
Hambright
A. W. Bronwell
A. T. Cocanougher
Elmer V. East
Lubbock National Bank
Public Building Awards Hit July High in Texas
Texas contractor data show July non-residential awards reaching 90.64 million dollars, offsetting home construction declines and lifting 1949 year total to 591.19 million. Public housing gains boosted totals as non-residential sectors including schools and public buildings rose, while commercial structures fell. The El Paso military housing project of 800 units valued at 7.5 million dollars was the largest job. Lubbock permits totaled 6.66 million so far in 1949 with early August activity adding 352 thousand in the first week.
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Austin
Texas
el Paso
Lubbock
City Hall
Lloyd Ross
Juan G. Avila
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C. Woody
Forty-first
Jose Berlanga
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Four Workers Laid Off As Precinct 4 Funds Run Low
County Commissioner Perry L Corley reports Precinct 4 faces financial strain. After August 15 only a three person crew and a foreman will be funded for upkeep of 750 miles of roads for the rest of the year. Four workers McGuire Westbrook Putman and Johnson of Shallowater will be laid off due to lack of funds. Corley cites a 1949 appropriation of 68000 dollars, below other precincts, and notes past overages in 1948.
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Perry L. Corley
Corley
D. McGuire
J. B. Westbrook
Jerry Putman
Carl Johnson
Shallowater
Carley
Reserve Units To Continue Use Of Joint Facilities For Training
Texas military officials announce ongoing use of joint training facilities and aids by Army Navy Air Force and National Guard to support unification plans. Fort Sam Houston hosted a conference of senior officers to discuss training aids and reciprocal civilian component training and lecturer sharing.
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Austin
Army
Navy
Air Force
National Guard
Texas
Armed Services
Texas Military District
Fort Sam Houston
Mexican Workers Sought by Delta Council for Harvest
Delta councils in Greenville Mississippi study bringing 9 000 Mexican workers for cotton harvest. Labor and agriculture committees estimate a total of 42 000 agricultural workers needed with about 27 000 from delta towns and 6 500 from Texas Mexicans. roughly 9 000 Mexican nationals remain needed.
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Council
Mississippi
Greenville
Miss
Delta Council
Delta
Texas
Prayer To Be Given For Local War Dead
A memorial prayer for Lubbock’s war dead will be offered at the 1949 Disabled American Veterans convention in Cleveland August 14 20. It honors Captain John T Kershner killed in Italy and buried in Arlington with his wife honored for awards.
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Lubbock
Disabled American Veterans
Cleveland
John T. Kershner
Kershner
Johnathan M. Wainwright
United States
National Guards
Texas National Guard
Italy
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington
Virginia
Col. Fred T. Cruse Dies at 63 in Canal Zone
Balboa Canal Zone August 6 Colonel Fred T. Cruse retired U S Army officer and wartime military attache in Central America died yesterday in Gorgas hospital He was 63 and earlier served as a general in the Nicaraguan army directing the military academy Cruse also served at San Antonio
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Fred T. Cruse
U.S. Army
Central America
Gorgas
Cruse
San Antonio
New Hearing Device Lets Users Hear Without Visible Receiver
Chicago advertisement promotes the Phantomold invisible hearing device from Beltone. It promises clear hearing without any receiver button in the ear and offers a free brochure and home trial with no cost.
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Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Dept
19Th St
Senate Passes Gas Bill To Exempt Independent Producers
The House approved a bill to exempt independent natural gas producers from federal regulation by the Federal Power Commission, despite Truman’s disapproval and a veto threat. The 183 to 131 vote sends the measure to the Senate with Rayburn backing the plan and opponents warning of higher consumer rates.
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Washington
House
Senate
The
Budget Bureau
Truman
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Mr. Truman
Federal Power Commission
Three Pearce Sisters Wed In Rowton Triple Wedding
In Rowton England on August 6 a triple wedding linked three Pearce sisters to husbands all named Cartwright. Hilda Pearce aged 24 married Wesley Cartwright aged 21 Nellie Pearce married a Cartwright and the third sister also joined a Cartwright wedding.
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Eng
Pearce
Cartwright
Hilda
Wester Y Cartwright
Nellie
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