Eisenhower Holds Civil Rights Push in Reserve
President Eisenhower has no immediate plan for new civil rights legislation to address school integration defiance and pending Southern compliance. A White House source says revival of the voting rights law part II depends on developments in the South and Arkansas. Senator Javits says the Arkansas showdown will bear on future congressional action and vows to renew the civil rights fight next year.
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William Theis Washington
Eisenhower
Justice Department
South
Jacob Javits
Herbert Brownell Jr
Arkansas
Congress
Brownell
Javits
Senate
White House
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
National Guard
John Dingell
D-Mich
Richard L. Neuberger
D-Ore
Rangers Transfer Office to Midland
Junction report that the Texas Ranger Company E office furnishings and equipment are moving to Midland, the new headquarters. Captain Gully Consert in charge, with most staff relocated after DPS headquarters changes.
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Rangers
Midland
Lubbock Honors First Cotton Bales Ginned This Season
Lubbock County reports its first cotton bale of the season ginned at 1 p.m. Saturday by Broadview Gin Co on Highway 84, 480 pounds grown by W E Medlock. A second bale of 535 pounds, weighing 555 pounds after ginning, came from B W Lawson on 25 acres with Watsons Stormproof cotton. The first bales set the pattern as area harvests begin with later totals anticipated.
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Lubbock
Lubbock County
W. E. Medlock
Broadview Gin Co
Bill Wright
Paschal Smart
Erskine St
Marlborough Dr
Medlock
Texas
Broadview
B. W. Lawson
Plainview Highway
Lawson
South Plains
Dawson County
Harris County Democrats clash over Shivers attack resolution
In Houston on September 14 liberals and conservatives within Harris County Democratic factions fought over a resolution criticizing Governor Allan Shivers and aide Jake Pickle. The liberal side won when conservatives failed to delete the attack paragraph by 65 to 21. The measure aims to keep locally raised funds in county hands, though it allows sending some funds to the national committee while objecting to funding Pickle’s salary.
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Houston
Harris County
Allan Shivers
Jake Pickle
Shivers
Democratic
Pickle
Werlein
Rustler May Face Shock If He Rides Stolen Horses
A rustler who stole eight horses from Plain City could be shocked if he tries to ride any of them. The horses are breaking stock used by a rodeo producer in Ogden Utah.
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Ogden
Utah
Plain City
Houston Port Sees Rise in Tonnage and Status
Gov Price predicts Houston will surpass Philadelphia to become second only to New York City in national port rankings. He notes Houston ranked third in 1956 with 52,200,000 tons and cites 22 percent ahead for the first seven months of 1957. The Houston International Trade and Travel Fair opens with praise for the port as Gulf Coast’s leading international trade center.
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Daniel
Houston
Philadelphia
Price
Gulf Coast
Texas
Propeller Club
World Trade Committee
The
Houston Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
New York City
New York
Baltimore
Air to Ground Phone Service Inaugurated
Chicago September 14 In a limited inaugural run Illinois Bell and Michigan Bell announce the nation’s first regular air to ground telephone service. An initial test uses one government aircraft and 11 private planes with connections within 100 miles of Chicago and Detroit. Ground callers can reach airplanes and vice versa with rates ranging from 1.50 to 5.25 for several minutes.
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Chicago
Telephone Company
Illinois Bell
Michigan Bell Telephone Companies
Detroit
E. V. Glentzier
Illinois Bell Radio and Special Services
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Milneis Bell
Oil Tank Explodes at Mayfair Refining Plant Injures Two
An oil tank at the Mayfair Refining Co plant near Brownsville exploded injuring two men Charles Howan and Charles Ballenger with third degree burns. Firefighters from Brownsville and Cameron County towns contained the blaze within two hours.
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Mayfair Refining Co
Charles Howan
Charles Ballenger
Brownsville
Cameron County
Johnson Daniel To Speak at Citrus-Vegetable Meet
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and Gov. Price Daniel will headline a luncheon at the 15th annual Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers and Shippers Association convention in Dallas. About 1,000 delegates and wives attend a three day event starting Monday with headquarters at the Statler-Hilton Hotel.
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Dallas
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Price Daniel
Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers and Shippers Association
Statler-Hilton
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