Texas Lawmakers Weave Week of Big and Little News
A Texas week mixes Senate moves on San Angelo College and municipal annexation with a redistricting subcommittee push. Gov Connally hosts legislators at a spring reception as debates spark on higher education funding and academic freedom and a state tourism push is pitched with plate slogans and a hopeful license design.
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Sue Flanagan
Avalanche-Journal
Austin Bureau
Austin
Senate
San Angelo
House
Congressional
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Sam
Cactus Jack
Byron Tunnell
Jim Hogg
John Connally
Executive Mansion
Texas
Tech Professor Named To Post Southwestern Journalism Congress
Ralph Sellmeyer, assistant professor of journalism at Texas Tech, was named vice president of the Southwestern Journalism Congress at a Denton conference. Tech student Johnnie Lu Raborn of Austin was elected secretary of the Students' Press Club. The three day event drew 300 students and teachers from 15 journalism schools across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Ralph Sellmeyer
Texas Tech
Southwestern Journalism Congress
Denton
Tech
Johnnie Lu Raborn
Austin
Students’ Press Club
Miss Raborn
Daily
Toreador
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Ralph Sewell
Oklahoman
Oklahoma City Times
William Giles
Washington
National Observer
Frank Huntress OI
San Antonio
Color Inc
Glenn Scott
Science
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
SJC
John Whitaker
University of Oklahoma
Loyd Edmonds
University of Texas
Man Fined After Plea Of Guilty
Four defendants appeared before Judge James A. Lynn County Court at Law C J James T Dawson. James Dawson 23 Albuquerque pleaded innocent on two check law violation charges with bonds of 500 each. Paul Bartholomew 28 Odessa pleaded innocent on one check law violation with 500 bond. Fabian Salinas 3 1907 Ave D pleaded innocent on illegal transportation of beer in a dry area with 500 bond. Arthur Timmons 52 Rt 5 Tahoka pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 100 plus court costs.
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James A. Lynn
C.J. James T. Dawson
Albuquerque
Paul J. Bartholomew
Odessa
Fabian Salinas
Ave. D
Howard Miller Wins Dawson Spelling Championship
Howard Miller 12, son of H B Miller of La Mesa, won the Dawson County spelling title at Welch, spelling 95 words to beat two Dawson School contestants. Michael Rogers and Bruce Schooler finished second and third after lengthy rounds.
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Lamesa
Howard
Rusty) Miller
H. B. Miller
Dawson School
Welch
Dawson County
South Elementary School
Michael Rogers
Bruce Schooler
Colonel
Miller
South Elementary
Annual Young Farmer Field Day Held Here
The third annual Young Farmer field day closed with an Aggie Memorial Auditorium session led by Weldon Mason. Jones Copeland demonstrated flame cultivation and a related movie. Attendees toured the Lubbock Experiment Station and soil testing lab and heard Dr. J Wayland Bennett discuss the farm economy.
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Texas Tech
Aggie Memorial
Weldon Mason
Jones Copeland
Lubbock
Tech
J. Wayland Bennett
Department of Agriculture Economics
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Daily Texan
Texan
American Association of University Professors
Sam Houston State College
Chamber of Commerce
Salon Excellence
Alaska
State Affairs Committee
Myra. Banfield
Rosenburg
Jim Markgraf
Scurry
Bill Walker
Cleveland
Lone Star State
Walker
Howard Miller
London
UPI
James Henry Walker
W. Z. Rogers
Knott
Dawson
Union
Wayne Smith
Ray Renner
Young Farmers
Brownfield
Young Farmers Association
E. L. Tiner
YFA
Eddie Fortenberry
Lockney
Rusty Miller
Fed
Janpleyel Ufeilio
Anderson
Anderson's
West Texas
POLY
Unday
Ellis
Nestle’s
Morton
Town House
Rosarita
Monterey Center
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