Negro Group Wins Injunction In Chatman Subdivision
A Texas court upheld racial housing restrictions in the Chatman subdivision north of Lubbock. Judge G V Pardue granted permanent injunction restraining Joe McGowan and others from placing or moving homes on lot in the restricted area while seven existing houses and future plans were cited as evidence of orderly development.
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99Th District
G. V. Pardue
Esther Shaw
Morris Davis
Joe McGowan
Chatman
S. P. Boling
Boling,Smith and Allen
McGowan
Boling
Pardue
Honkytonks
Synthetic Rubber Plants In Texas To Reopen For 1000 Workers
The Associated Press reports Texas synthetic rubber plants in Houston and Port Neches will need about 1,000 workers as government recalls revive three plants to add 88,900 tons to annual output. Houston and Port Neches could begin within 90 days and weeks respectively, with Baton Rouge starting by early August.
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Associated Press
United States
Houston
Port Neches
Baton Rouge
Baton Rowge
Sinclair Rubber Company
Firestone Rubber Company
Esso Standard Oil Co
C. C. Brown
Houston Ship Channel
Washington
Brown
Port Neches butyl rubber plant revival eyed after war efforts
Port Neches operations seen reopens with 400 to 500 jobs, as Goodrich likely to manage half of the plant with Firestone legacy units idle since 1947. Baton Rouge and Baytown facilities remain key butyl rubber sites, with Esso Standard pushing Baton Rouge start in August.
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Houston
Sinclair
Crown Central
Pan American
Texas City
Port Neches
Goodrich Chemical Company
Firestone
Goodrich
Port Arthur News
Baton Rouge
Humble Oil Co
Baytown
Texas
Cecil Morgan
Esso Standard
Esso
Former Lubbock grocer Bob Austin killed in Mineral Wells crash
Bob Austin 70, a former Lubbock grocer who lived in Austin since 1942, died from injuries received in a car accident near Mineral Wells around 11:30 p m Friday. He operated stores in Lubbock Eunice N M and later oil interests near Mineral Wells with partner Jim Barrow. Survived by wife and daughter Rose Mary 16 of Austin brother Charlie Austin Amarillo and three sisters Mrs Tom Simms Mrs C S Yeager sr Mineral Wells and Mrs Emma Smith Kilgore Funeral plans pending for Monday in Austin.
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Lubbock
Mineral Wells
Austin
Eunice
N.M
Jim Barrow
Barrow
Brownsville
Big Spring
Rose Mary
Charlie’ Austin
Amarillo
Tom Simms
C. S. Yeager
Emma Smith
Kilgore
Draft Board Expects New Orders Monday
Lubbock county draft board expands operations with officials stating no new developments as of Saturday due to observance. Clerk Viola L Younger reports uptick in inquiries while five additional boards for Lubbock were announced Friday but not yet located.
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Tex
Avalanche-Journal
Sun
Lubbock County
Draft Board
Viola L. Younger
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