South's Schools in Danger Senate Speech Signals Segregation Stance
Mississippi Senator Earl Eastland proclaims in a Senate speech that Supreme Court efforts threaten the South’s dual school system and racial segregation remains intact. He cites federal investigations and supports equitable funding when maintaining segregated facilities. In St Louis a local suit seeks to bar Negroes from a city pool, highlighting ongoing segregation battles and protest.
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Borden Man Dies In Waco Known To Mexia People
EBRE Waters former Bearden company division manager died in Waco yesterday after a long illness and hospital stay. He retired in 1948 after many years with the Bearden organization and will be buried there tomorrow.
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GOP strategists meet tomorrow in three regional sessions
Republican national leaders plan strategy talks with party officials from key states at a three regional conference opening in Atlantic City. The sessions mark the kickoff of GOP groundwork for the November elections.
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Leedues
Atlantic City
Truman excludes Thurmond Wright from governors lunch
President Truman said he did not invite Governors Thurmond of South Carolina and Wright of Mississippi to a Democratic governors luncheon because invitations went only to Democrats. Thurmond and Wright led the States Rights party that split from Truman Democrats in 1948.
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Continental National to Build 28-Story Fort Worth Bank Tower
Ground will be broken this week for Continental National bank's new 28 story building in Fort Worth, planned as the city's tallest structure. The project underscores a major downtown redevelopment push and will house banking offices and related facilities.
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Farm Tour Planned Near Thornton on Last Day of June
The Thornton area hosts its second annual farm tour on June 30 starting in the afternoon. Jick Barnett and C. S. Lewis invite Limestone County farmers to inspect a 20 acre cotton block on the Bobbie Nance farm and a corn yield of 78 to 100 bushels per acre on sandy soil.
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Jack Rogers Dies After Long Residence in Limestone County
Jack Rogers longtime Limestone County resident died at the home of his daughter and son-in-law at 308 North Boss Avenue after illness. Funeral services were held at Riddle chapel with Dr. E Hutcherson officiating and burial in Faukenburg Cemetery at Groesbeck. He was a retired farmer and Baptist church member. Survived by three sons Bill Rogers Marlin Alvin Rogers California Andrew Rogers Waco. two daughters J B Grice Bellmead Sans Chatham Florida. three brothers George Bellmead Jim Groesbeck John Blume. two sisters T A Cargile Barb Rogers Groesbeck.
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Eight B 36 bombers start routine training flights
At Fairfield Air Base eight B 36 intercontinental bombers lifted off for a crew-training mission. The lead plane was piloted by Brig. Gen. C S Irvine, who previously flew the Pacusan Dreamboat from Honolulu to Cairo in 186. A long standing murder trial record from 3800 years ago was found inscribed on a small tablet unearthed in Iraq.
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Cows Ate His Peas Lawsuit Against Waco Coop
Limestone county farmer W. T. Lattner sues Brazos River Transmission Electric Cooperative and others for 6000 dollars alleging cattle destroyed 150 acres of peas last July after a contractor damaged his fence. Plaintiffs J. W. Strawther J. E. Gibson and Mrs. Mary Gibson are landowners who leased the land.
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Waco
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Cupid Maintains Lead in Limestone County Marriages
In Limestone County Cupid leads with four marriage licenses issued last week while two divorce suits were filed. Licenses went to Robert McDaniel Young and Bobbie Jean Young, Richard Eugene Milner and Margaret Lucille Simmons, Santos Castillo and Heliio Trauchel, and Henry Livingston and Willie Lucile Morgan. Divorce suits named Juanita Rodriguez and Joe Rodriguez and Tommie Wood and Joe Virgil Wood.
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Henry Livingston
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Jep) Sims
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Mexia Rally Draws 21 Candidates for Limestone County Offices
Voters heard brief pitches from contenders at a Rebekah sponsored rally at Mexia city park. Sixty dollars plus was raised by cake and box sales. Notables present included Jimmy Adams for state representative and Jeanie Pitts, lone female candidate, for district clerk among others. County Clerk John Kidd sent funds from sick bed to support the event.
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Mexia
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Jeanie Pitts
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Charles H. Laurence
Calvin Dyson
Marvin Wooton
George Follis
Roy Kirton
Biting Dog Becomes Local Campaign Feud
Groesbeck candidate Joe Schultz claims he is the first Limestone county contender bitten during the county attorney race. He says a dog attacked him as he shook hands near Ben Hur, leaving a torn trouser leg and a bandaged leg while he handed out his campaign card.
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Limestone County
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Groesberk
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Square Dance Tonight at Tehuacana Gym
Lovers of square dancing converge on Tehuacana gym at 8 tonight. Guest caller Nathan Hale of Oakwood guides the event, per Val Horn.
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Mexia Jaycees win national agricultural award at annual meeting
H C Pittman of Waco will present the award to Jaycee president Gordon Tynery at Mexia C of C Jaycee banquet. Moyne Kelly will be principal speaker at 7 30 at the Mexia Country club. Eddie Felz will introduce new officers and Don Caldwell Jr will present appreciation certificates to locals who aided the farm program. A letter to W G Bills McDannl seeking attendance had no reply by press time.
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Daily News
Stopgap Draft Law Extension Clears Senate
The Senate approved a 15 day stopgap extension of the draft law by unanimous vote. Senate Democratic Leader Scott W. Lu tas of Illinois abandoned hope for a permanent extension agreement before the deadline.
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GI Bill marks sixth anniversary and vast veteran aid
The sixth birthday of the 1944 GI Bill brings figures on its reach across the nation and Texas. About 7 million veterans have studied or trained under its educational provisions, with 25,300 in Limestone County still in training and 80 home loans among 138 total in the county through May 25, 1950.
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New World Runway Opens at Central Airport
A long electrically lit runway nearly 10 000 feet long and 1 000 feet wide enters service at Central airport enabling the world’s largest aircraft to operate. The 30 inch thick surfacing reflects light for safety and efficiency. In other news Western Europe nations debated a high authority to govern coal and steel with sovereignty concerns. Japan sought a separate peace with the West and US protection against Soviet threats, while Hungary’s Catholic bishops faced an oath to the communist state. In the Rio Grande valley U S immigration orders end the practice of hiring wetbacks, predicting a 22 000 worker shortage by July 16.
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Charlie Ingram's Electric Shop Modernized in Mexia
Charlie Ingram's Electric Shop at 206 East Main Street in Mexia is undergoing modernization. The 1945 purchase of the old Salvation Army building preceded extensive repairs including a glass front and new lighting. Interior work covers painting and floor refinishing with cabinets and display space for motors magnetos and Briggs Stratton engines still pending.
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Julius 5 Rawls Buried at Coolidge Home Funeral
Julius Stanton Rawls 80 died at his home near Coolidge. Funeral held at his residence officiated by Dickerson Baptist minister. Burial in Hubbard cemetery Burleson Funeral Home of Worthan in charge. Pallbearers included George Brooks Floyd Miche Floyd Loury Bo W Grooms Charles Cummings Marvin Harrison. Rawls had lived in Limestone county for 35 years.
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Texas Wheat Harvest Nears Finish Across Texas
Texas wheat harvest is almost finished as the Texas Employment Commission closes its Amarillo control station three weeks early. Most wheat regions expect completion within days, with only some Panhandle counties remaining.
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Fort Worth Man Gets Five-Year Sentence for Sexual Offense
William Jackson Densmore, first in Fort Worth indicted under a new state law criminalizing sexual fondling of children, received a five year prison term after a district court jury. A 12 year old girl testified he fondled her in a downtown movie theater.
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William Jackson Densmore
Ft. Worth
Man Sentenced for Mineral Wells Bank Robbery in 1945
John Irvin Barfield, 21, robbed a Mineral Wells bank last May of 1522 with a toy pistol and was sentenced to two years in a federal reformatory. He claimed he would repay the sum later. Also noted is a correction and funeral services for S. B. Randall of Mexia.
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John Irvin Barfield
Acheson Warns Soviet Leaders Must Embrace Peace
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told Harvard graduates that the free world stands at a new era on the path to peace. He said war is not inevitable and urged Soviet leaders to accept a live and let live philosophy while praising NATO and Western cooperation as paths to prevent conflict.
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Lightning Kills 4 Negro Cotton Pickers Near Marshall
A thunderstorm in Texas struck four Black cotton pickers near Marshall as they stood under a tree, killing them. The day produced scattered showers across the state, with Mexia recording 0.45 inches of rain and a high of 84 and a low of 66.
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Mexia
Josie Newman
Polio Cases Rise Across States With Texas Lead
The U S Public Health Service reports 234 new poliomyelitis cases last week, up from the prior week. Texas shows the largest rise with 96 new cases, surpassing other states in increase.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
Detroit Man Wins Divorce Over Dishwashing Burden
Howard Reinert, 35, secured a divorce from Betty Louise after a 13 month marriage in which he did all the house chores while she refused to dry the dishes.
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