Eisenhower Popularity Rises to 70 Percent in Gallup Poll
George Gallup reports 70 percent of voters approve of President Eisenhower's performance, 21 percent disapprove, and 9 percent have no opinion. The poll spans Republicans, Democrats, independents, and regions, noting strongest support among college graduates, White-Collar workers, and Midwestern residents.
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George Gallup
American Iavttsate
Public Opinien Ee Ee NJ
Eisenhower
Iowa
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Houston
Indochina
Congress
Truman
Institute
Middlewest
East
Midwest
South
Religious Emphasis Week Begins In Ralls
Ralls Chambers of Commerce sponsors Religious Emphasis Week from Monday to Friday with open air services at 7 a.m. on the city auditorium lawn. Local ministers lead each service under the theme Using God in Our Business and Lives. Jaycee Lenard Anstead and Chamber chairman James Leftwich announce cooperation to host morning gatherings, with services ending by 7 30 and nearby businesses asked to adjust hours.
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RALLS
Ralls Chambers of Commerce
City Auditorium
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lenard Anstead
Jaycee Committee
James Leftwich
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Howard Paper Co receives certificate from Carpenter Paper Co
A certificate honoring inter company friendship between Fort Howard Paper Co of Green Bay Wisconsin and Carpenter Paper Co was presented to the local firm Saturday. A. F. Phillips of Lubbock accepted for Carpenter Paper Co with Earl R. Johnson of Fort Howard presenting. Similar certificates were issued in Fort Worth San Antonio and other Texas cities for service and friendship. Carpenter Paper Co serves 43 West Texas and Eastern New Mexico counties from Lubbock.
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Fort Howard Paper Co
Green Bay
Wisc
Carpenter Paper Co
Lubbock
West Texas
New Mexico
A. F. Phillips
Earl R. Johnson
Great Howard Paper Co
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Captured German Submarine To Become Chicago Museum Exhibit
The U-55, once a menace to Allied shipping, was moved to a Chicago pier last Saturday to become a museum exhibit. Captured by a task group under Rear Adm. Daniel Gallery in 1944, the 1,000-ton submarine was eased from a floating drydock onto the pier for display as the first enemy ship captured on the high seas since 1812.
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Chicago
Adm
Daniel Gallery
Lake Michigan
Huge Leak In Reservoir Holding Houston's Water Supply Plugged
Workmen closed a giant leak in the San Jacinto River Reservoir near Houston after a three day effort. Project engineer L T Bolin said steel H beams stopped about 90 percent of the flow and a steel plate would finish the job. Water loss dropped from an feared 19 billion gallons to 1.13 billion due to upstream inflow.
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Houston
San Jacinto River
Here
L. T. Bolin
Bolin
Texas City Girl Dies Of Polio At Camp
Gale Godard, 16, of Texas City died Friday at John Sealy Hospital Galveston after contracting polio at a Presbyterian encampment near Livingston. Other Texas City girls at the camp received gamma globulin as a precaution. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Godard.
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Texas City
Tex
Gale Godard
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
McCoy Community Reunion Aug 22 at Mackenzie State Park
The McCoy Community of Floyd County reunion will be held Sunday Aug 22 at Mackenzie State Park. President Charlie Berry Floydada and secretary Roe McCleskey Lubbock announce. Basket lunches will be provided at 1 p.m.
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McCoy
Floyd County
Mackenzie State Park
Charlie Berry
Floydada
Roe McCleskey
20Th St
Lubbock
Maynard Rites Are Slated Here Today
Funeral services for W. L. Maynard age 44 of 802 3rd Street are set for 2 30 p m at the East Side Church of Christ with minister W R Jones in charge. He died at Methodist Hospital Friday morning after a heart attack at home. He had been ill about a week after moving from Waco to Lubbock about 30 years ago and worked for the City Sanitation Department 25 years. Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction.
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W. L. Maynard
3Rd St
East Side Church of Christ
W. R. Jones
Maynard
Arrval
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Waco
City Sanitation Department
City of Lubbock Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
Newsmen To Commemorate First Texas Newspaper
Texas newsmen will commemorate the first newspaper printed in Texas at Nacogdoches this fall. Sigma Delta Chi will sponsor the ceremony during National Newspaper Week October 18, with DeWitt C. Reddick announcing Nacogdoches as the site. Gazeta de Texas, May 1813 edition, is cited as the earliest Texas soil newspaper.
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Austin
U8 — Texas Newsmen
Texas
Nacogdoches
Sigma Delta Chi
DeWitt C. Reddick
Quarter Horse Show Exhibits at Garza County Arena
The sixth annual Garza County Quarter Horse Show in Post features top prize winners including grand champion stallion Babe Mac owned by Alvin Davis of Brownfield and grand champion mare Rita May owned by Ralph May of Plainview. Sponsors include Garza County Quarter Horse Association with awards across multiple foaling and dam produce categories highlighting owners from Vernon Creighton to Paul Curtner and Johnny Geldings.
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West Pea
New Mexico
Garza County
Rodeo
Ralph Howe
Seymour
Babe Mac
Alvin Davis
Brownfield
Garza County Quarter Horse Association
Iat
Vernon Creighton
Gall
Tse Albert
Billy Craft
Jacksboro
Georgia Brown
Jack Samton
Post
Wilson Connell
Rita May
Ralph May
Plainview
Vernon Bradlew
Clovis
Neva Mae
Bill Wyehe
van Horn
Red Titan
RC. Wood
Crosbyton
Fort Hodges
C. G. Hill Jr
Frances Wes
Big Spring
Allbl Hill
Buddy Neal
Dan Whitson
Joldamit
Babe Mac C
Town Crier
Paul Curtner
Tater
Johnny Geldings
Spark Plug
Frosty
Babe
Peter Morgan
Midland
St. Bill Cody Sr
Heber Stewart
Get of
L'legro
Doyle Saul
Pecos
Bill’ Long
Cuero
Bill Long
Miss Neva
Buster ‘Cole
Sue Burleson
M.C. Smith
Plavenda
New underpass dedication in Sweetwater Texas
A new one million dollar underpass beneath eleven railroad tracks at Sweetwater was dedicated Saturday. E H Thornton chair of the Texas Highway Commission spoke at the ceremony.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Texas and Pacific and Santa Fe
E. H. Thornton
Texas Highway Commission
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Nex Perce
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Texas Tech
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Don L. Jackson
Dow Chemical Co
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Nat Williams
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Lorine Armstrong
Draughon's Business College
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