E C Thompson Ends Long Texas Public Service Career
Amarillo native Ernest C Thompson retires from the Texas Railroad Commission after a 20 year tenure guiding oil and gas policy. His leadership helped curb East Texas drilling chaos and defend state control against federal takeover efforts, earning wide respect as Speaker Byron Tunnell prepares to assume the post.
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Railroad Commission
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W. Lee O'Daniel
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Harold Ickes
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Connally
Byron Tunnell
Word To Sukarno Threatens New Southeast Asia Policy
Opinion piece argues US and UN aid should end and Southeast Asia policies reassessed. It urges allied troops from China Philippines Australia and others to counter Sukarno and Ho Chi Minh and questions who will provide overwhelming opposition if the US cannot win in Asia.
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Uch
United States
Jet Union
United Nations
Indonesia
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Hitler
Islands
U.N
Ailu.s
Malaysia Federation
Malaysia
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
China
Philippines
Australia
Cambodia
Thailand
Asia
Sukarno
Ho Chi Minh
Simple Plan to Show Supremacy by Ridiculing a Husband
A Colorado note argues husbands often feel ridiculed as wives mock their incompetence. It ponders why a wife can always locate missing socks, while husbands struggle, and jokes about a wife laughing at her husband’s embarrassment. The piece suggests small towns rely on local insight over city directories.
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Colorado
Ureaucracy
Johnson
Washington
Noah's Ark
Mr. Johnson
Lubbock paper notes 1965 date in garbled snippet
A fragment from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal dated January 9, 1965 shows garbled OCR text about a report or notice. The readable elements include the city Lubbock Texas and a newspaper header style typical of midcentury briefs.
Medal Winners Left Out In Cold At Johnson Inaugural
Washington reports note the $12,000,000 Rayburn House Office Building opens with no funds to host Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Veterans say housing is insufficient for these heroes, while the new facility offers suites for lawmakers to nap between votes.
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Rob Considine
York
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Johnson
Col. Waldron Leonard
Empire State Building
Jupiter signals and road signs spark a wild column
A Houston column surveys odd signs and a mythic Jupiter radio message. It notes the 5:30 p.m. January 17 event with Prof George A Dulk and discusses the dangers of inconsistent exit speed limits and unclear warnings on highways.
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Jupiter
Eden and Church contrasted on Viet Nam and world leadership
The piece compares Sen. Frank Church and Anthony Eden, urging Church to heed Eden’s past warnings on appeasement and foreign policy. It recalls Eden’s 1938 choices, 1956 Suez actions, and argues strong leaders must resist drift and surrender when facing crises.
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Jomy
Washington
England
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Anthony Faden
Church
United States
Tullyward
Viet Nam
Aden
Southeast Asia
Anthony Eden
Eden
Churchill
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nasser
Suez
Eisenhower
Transcontinental B29 variant sets speed record
Washington reports a double decked B29 variant C97 reportedly achieved a continental speed record of about six hours from Seattle to Washington. The record compares with a Mustang flight from Los Angeles to New York last spring in six hours thirty one minutes two seconds. Also Texas plans new full size license plates and a four number plus two letter system after 1945. A Baptist centennial program by College Artists Women’s Missionary Society showcased members and leaders.
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Washington
Army
Seattle
Los Angeles
New York
Austin
Texas
Highway Commission
Hope in the Johnson Budget and Waste Questions
Henry J Taylor critiques government research spending in the Johnson budget arguing bureaucratic bloat and fund misallocation. He targets Agriculture, Health, Education and Welfare, Commerce and other agencies while praising private sector R and D. Meanwhile Moscow reports record heavy snowfall complicating city work.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Lubboete, Tex
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Alaska
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T. D. Dunne
U.S.A
Sam Levenson
NBC
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Iple
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Neville Chamberlain
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Thered Grandi
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Germany
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Winston Churchill
Dobbin
Sara Mrs. a _ Richardson
College Artists Women's Missionary Society
Jackson
G. C. Ross
Floyd Blackwell
H. P. Read
G. C. Kent
A. T. Campbell
R. J. Ledbetter
R. C. Hay
G. W. Tate
Bob Fry
Mallie Hunter
France
Mixe I Pistosal
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