Six FHA Members From Lubbock Area Headed to National Meet
Twenty three Future Homemakers of America from this area will attend the biennial national convention in Columbus Ohio July 2 to 6. Six sponsors accompany the group. About 330 Texas FHA members are expected. Delegates depart from Union Bus Station at 6 a.m. Tuesday and other local groups depart at 7 a.m. from Plainview. Named attendees include Miss Helen Norris and Miss Gayle Silcott among others.
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Plainview
Helen Norris
Gayle Silcott
Anton
Gas Lines Appeal Texas Gas Tax To Supreme Court
Two natural gas pipelines from Michigan Wisconsin and Panhandle Eastern file appeals with the U S Supreme Court challenging Texas gas gathering tax as a burden on interstate commerce. They argue the 1951 tax raises revenue at others states expense and question state voice in the tax's design. About one million dollars monthly in protest payments are collected, with totals since 1951 reaching over 15 million by June 1.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
State Supreme Court
3Rd Court of Civil Appeals
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Two New Staffers Appointed To Research League Of Texas
The Texas Research League appoints Wendell Bedichek of Abilene as assistant director and Stuart Shepard of Evanston, Illinois as research director. Bedichek previously led publicity for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and was editor of the Abilene Reporter-News. Shepard previously served as executive officer of the Illinois State Department of Revenue. The league, formed last fall, will survey state and local government problems and offer services at no cost to agencies. It is privately funded and non profit.
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Texas Research League
Wendell Bedichek
Abilene
Stuart Shepard
Evanston
I. Bedichek
Shepard
Bedichek
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Fakery blamed for high draft rejection rate says surgeon general
Dr. Martin Buehler of the Reserve Officers Association told the 27th Philadelphia convention that fakery by draftees and flaws in the draft system contributed to a high rejection rate. He criticized draft boards and urged scrutiny of the recall of Ted Williams comparing it with other notable cases.
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Philadelphia
Martin Buehler
Dallas
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Buehler
Association
Draft Board
Pope Gifts $10,000 to Red Cross in Geneva
The International Red Cross committee received a $10,000 donation from Pope Pius XII in Geneva. The gift supports humanitarian relief as the church outlines ongoing aid efforts in war-torn regions.
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Geneva
International Red Cross Committee
Pius XII
Beloit College President Croneis Resigns for Rice Institute Post
Beloit Wisconsin June 27 Dr Carey Croneis president of Beloit College since 1944 resigned Friday effective December 31 to become provost and professor of geology at Rice Institute Houston Texas The move places a long serving leader in a new academic role at Rice Institute.
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Beloit, Wis
Carey Croneis
Beloit College
Rice Institute
Houston
Texas
Connally Praises UN On 8th Anniversary
Former Sen. Tom Connally marked the UN Charter signing anniversary in San Francisco in 1945. He warned against abandoning the UN as an instrument for world peace and urged continued faith in collective action against aggression.
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Connally
San Francisco
United Nations
Danish officials foil nickel smuggling via Copenhagen port
Danish port officials thwarted two shipments of strategic nickel bound for Communist Eastern Europe through Copenhagen's free port. The incident comes as broader tensions are discussed and Sen. Connally notes he is resting and plans to return to work later this summer.
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W& Police
Europe
Sen. Connally
Pene
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