Lot Of Progress In 55th Texas Legislature Session
Lubbock Rep J. Blanchard says the 55th Texas Legislature closed with progress including ethics code adoption and teacher pay raises. He notes failures such as the lobby registration bill, questions on insurance department reorganization, and praises Speaker Waggoner Carr. He cites Tech funding, highway patrol needs, and a budget session plan for economy.
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Avalanche-Journal
Wia
House
Texas
Doc) Blanchard
Lubbock
Austin
Blanchard
Senate
Price Daniel
Waggoner Carr
Tech
Texas Tech
Gossett Resigns as Garza Memorial Hospital Administrator
J E Gossett resigns as administrator of Garza Memorial Hospital with resignation effective June 30. He previously served as Precinct 2 county commissioner and replaced Jack Rex when the hospital opened in August 1953. Board seeks applications from local candidates to fill the post.
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J. E. Gossett
Garza County Hospital
L. E. (Buck) Gossett
Garza Memorial Hospital
W. S. Duckworth
Gossett
Precinct 2
Jack Rex
Duckworth
Columbus native Rupert Triplitt rises in Huston firm sales
Rupert Triplitt, sales manager of Tom Huston Peanut Co, rose from student in Columbus Georgia to top sales post. He earned a trip to the home office after a 1941 sales contest, served in Navy during World War II, and became assistant district sales manager before later joining Huston’s Columbus sales department in 1947 and becoming sales manager in 1952. He holds community roles in Rotary, Junior Achievement, and the Columbus Tuberculosis Assn, and he chairs the Wright Kerr Co annual sales meeting drawing about 30 salesmen from Las Cruces New Mexico to Colorado City and Lubbock.
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Tom Huston Peanut Co
Tom
Wright Kerr
Kerr
Lubbock
Navy
Pacific
States
Triplitt
Columbus
Huston
Columbus Rotary Club
Columbus Tuberculosis Assn
First Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Aylmer Katherine Andrews
Tony
Mabel
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