Shivers Fears Fuel Dictator Plan at Oil Meeting
Texas Governor Allan Shivers warned that federal officials may push a fuel dictator to regulate oil and gas use. He argued such control would undermine state conservation programs and hurt oil industry competition. Arkansas Gov. Sidney McMath echoed that conservation is primarily a state duty, noting other states are crafting their own programs.
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Texas
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Interstate Oil Compact Commission
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Senate Interior Committee
Arkansas
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McMath
California
Wyoming
Nebraska
Utah
Washington
Sears Executive Is Award Winner
New Orleans December 11 Gen Robert E Wood Sears Roebuck board chairman received the Thomas F Cunningham award for 1949 for advancing understanding with Latin America. His leadership helped Sears enter South American cities and support local manufacturers while promoting national made products through educational efforts. The Cunningham award honors the late Thomas F Cunningham founder of the Mississippi Shipping Co. The poppy is the state flower of California.
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Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck Company
Thomas F. Cunningham
Latin America
Sears
Cunningham Award
Mississippi Shipping Company
Young Leaders Evangelists Shine in Central Assembly Revival
Rev L O Walden reports a successful revival at Central Assembly of God Church led by 14-year-old evangelist Bobby Hoskins and his 12-year-old sister Jolene. Bobby began ministry at seven in Ponca City Oklahoma and preaches with mature diction. Services run nightly except Saturdays at Hall and Calypso streets.
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Jolene Hoskins
Central Assembly of God Church
L. O. Walden
Jolene
God
Ponca City
Oklahoma
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Calypso Streets
Louisiana College Students Debate International Group
Baton Rouge La Dec 12 Louisiana College students, about 35, are slated to debate here Friday and Saturday on whether non Communist nations should form an international group. The invitational journey for LSU announced the event.
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Louisiana College
Louisiana State University
Aid Bill For Yugoslavia Approved In Senate Vote
The Senate approved a bill authorizing up to 50 million dollars in food aid for drought stricken Yugoslavia and sent it to the House. Debate was set to begin tomorrow as Senator Knowland sought to attach 38 million for Chinese Nationalists, but the amendment was ruled out of order and the measure passed 60 to 21.
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Yugoslavia
Knowland
Calif
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stennis
D-Miss
Acheson Set for Pact Ministe rs Meeting in Brussels
Washington reports Secretary of State Acheson will travel to Brussels for a Western foreign ministers gathering to speed North Atlantic defense preparations. The 12 nation Atlantic Pact ministers may meet around December 20 to ratify German rearmament plans and appoint a European defense supreme commander.
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Bevin
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France
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