Washington Roundup 16th DISTRICT
West Texas readers are told mail moves fast from D C with air routes boosting delivery. 75 percent of mail posted before 5 PM reaches destinations next day, 90 percent within two days. El Paso air mail volume jumps 719 percent in one year. future plans aim to merge air mail and first class into Priority mail.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
United States
Continental
West Texas
Festmaster
el Faso
Il Faso
O’ Brien
Thaddeus J. Duluski
Committee On Post Office and Civil Service
Fost
Hospital ward admissions and newborns listed for Jan 8 15
Jan 8 to Jan 15 admissions at Ward Memorial Hospital list numerous patients from Monahans-Wickett and Grandfalls. Newborns include a boy 8 lbs 4 ozs to Mr and Mrs Roy Falmer on Jan 8, a boy 7 lbs 10 ozs to Mr and Mrs James O Dell on Jan 11, a girl 8 lbs 6 ozs to Mr and Mrs Michael Calaway on Jan 12, a girl 7 lbs 11 ozs to Mr and Mrs Luis Carrasco on Jan 13, and a boy 7 lbs 7 ozs to Mr and Mrs Claude F Chance.
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Ward Memorial Hospital
Roy G. Falmer
James O’dell
Michael Calaway
Luis Carrasco
Claude F. Chance
Gas Dryer Cuts Laundry Time At Home
A Southern Union Gas Company advert promotes a gas clothes dryer that dries faster than electricity, reduces ironing, and speeds laundry cycles. It highlights lower energy cost, permanent press results, and easy one-trip operation, urging readers to visit dealers or Southern Union for purchase and added gas bill payments.
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Southern Union
Southern Union Gas Company
Lions Speaker Links Faith and Service for Monahans Club
Walter Buenger Lions International District 213 governor told 44 members and guests that Lionism applies religious values to service. He cited 845,000 members worldwide and local club deeds including 760.64 donations to Hurricane Beulah victims and a large glasses shipment. The Monahans Lions began in 1942 with 45 members and now total 80.
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Walter Buenger
Lions International
Monahans Lions Club
Lions
Buenger
Beulah
Walt Roeber
Jim Noelke
George Baker
B. J. Blakely
C.F. Ballard
Maurice Crouse
B. J. Cox
Vershel Smith
Powell and Powell Controversy Roils Johnson Era Politics
Drew Pearson reports Adam Clayton Powell pressed Johnson to drop grand jury scrutiny citing finagling claims while Powell rallies in Watts to sway race relations. Justice Department probes Powell with incriminating findings but AG Clark stalls prosecutions amid Congress travel abuses and a National political vendetta saga involving Robert Kennedy and Life magazine over Sen. Loy Long and Hoffa connections.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Black Power
Stokely Carmichael
Johnson
Justice Department
Powell
Watts
Los Angeles
United States
Clark
Congress
Vietnam
Adam
Senate
Robert Kennedy
New York
Life Magazine
Sen
Loi Long
Missouri
Jimmy Hoffa
Life
Long
Morris Shenker
Hoffa
St. Louis
Kennedy
Bobby
Herb Miller
Miller
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Richard C. White
Monahans - Wickett
Ollie Potts
Jo Ann Whitley
Sam W. Tyra
Sam Carter
Carole Ann Greb
Juanita Hernandez
Max Gibbs
Jack W. Hardaway
Emma L. Stubblefield
Minnie E. White
Alice Luckie
Ramona Thompson
Delinda Lyn Spain
Linda O’dell
Sheila Cooper
Euadean Carr
Jessie L. Warden
Lilly Boling
Beverly
James L. Morgan
Linda Calaway
Robert Ernest Samples
Nina Perry
Frances Chance
Olivia Carrasco
Linda Jeter
Anna Faulson
Jimmy M
Ford Armstrong
Merry
Drew Pearson
Philco
Pas Savings Association
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