Baptists Eye Record Texas Budget And Grants
The Texas Baptist Executive Board plans a 12.88 million dollar budget for next year, up from this year's high. New allocations include 815,926 for four children’s homes, 515,926, 720,060 for hospitals, 2.2 million for Christian education, and 2.434 million for state missions. The Christian Education Committee urges 2.5 million for capital needs, 500,000 for endowment, and 75,000 for a sustenance fund. A potential gift of 100,000 and 15 acres from Mrs. Virginia Oberg for a denominational home for the aged in Hidalgo County is noted.
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Decision Due On Locations Of Water Conversion Plants
Interior Secretary Fred Seaton said the first two pilot sites for converting brackish water to usable water would be on the West and Gulf coasts within 10 days. Five plants total will test desalination methods, with West Coast using atomic power and Gulf Coast using conventional fuel. goal is a dollar per thousand gallons or less. Colorado and New Mexico remain in consideration for the remaining sites.
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Baptists Plan Record Budget For Texas Convention
Dallas RP reports a record 12 880 000 budget for the cooperative program missions heads the executive committee agenda of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The budget includes a 1 38 million increase from last year and funds for child care institutions 11 schools eight hospitals and foreign missions. An offer by Mrs Virginia Anderson Oberg of Pharr to donate 100 000 and 15 acres of land for a Hidalgo County home will be considered.
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Cooperative Program Missions
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Louisiana Oil Tax Declared Unconstitutional by Judge
In Baton Rouge AP: Judge Coleman Lindsay ruled the state oil gathering tax illegal, siding with Southern Natural Gas Co. Bel Oil Corp. Calcasieu Paper Co. Humble Oil and Refining Co. The 1954 gas levy, deemed extra to severance taxes, was suspended until 1960 under a constitutional provision barring any further tax on oil and gas leases.
St John's College honors top scholar and thesis prize
Annapolis Maryland David Clifford Jones of Austin shared the silver medal for highest scholastic standing and received a 27 50 prize for writing the best thesis at St John's College this year.
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David Clifford Jones
Austin
St John’s College
Texas Regional Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. No important temperature changes. Partly cloudy through Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. No important temperature changes.
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Thunderstorms Hit Childress as Texas Mostly Calm
An isolated thunderstorm rattled Childress in Northwest Texas while fog lingered in East Texas. Elsewhere, skies were clear to partly cloudy with scattered showers possible through Wednesday. Tyler reported 0.46 inch rain, Beaumont 0.08 inch, highs ranged from 82 in Amarillo to 105 in Presidio, with El Paso at 100.
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Childress
Texas
Prospect
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Lufkin
Tyler
Beaumont
Amarillo
Presidio
el Paso
Lother
Cool Air Mass Creeps Across Most Of Nation
A cool air mass moved from California across the northern plains bringing relief to the Midwest. Chicago reached 94, with similar highs elsewhere. temperatures fell to the 50s and 60s in northwest Minnesota and Nebraska. Showers were widespread in the South with scattered activity in the upper Mississippi Valley and far Northwest. Thundershowers predicted Texas to Ohio Valley.
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Wisconsin
Variable Annuities May Boost Stock Market Prospects
New Jersey may allow life insurers to issue variable annuities, a move Standard & Poor's says could attract a large new pool of buying power into high grade stocks, potentially rivaling mutual funds and pensions. Analysts forecast solid earnings growth for Olin Mathieson and United Gas in 1959, with further gains ahead.
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New York
UPI
New Jersey
Standard & Poor’s
Business Week
Olin Matheieson Chemical Corp
J. R. Williston & Beane
United Gas Corp
iFrancis J. du Pont & Co
Armour to cut animal slaughter at seven plants this summer
Armour & Co. will discontinue slaughtering livestock at seven of its 32 plants this summer, eliminating about 5000 jobs. Workers affected will be offered positions at other plants as operations expand. Slaughtering ends in Chicago East St. Louis Denver Tifton West Fargo and Columbus Ohio. Hog slaughter ends at Fort Worth while cattle will still be purchased on the Chicago market for eastern plants.
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Columbus
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Fire damages kitchen in Texas Tech women’s dormitory
AP reports a kitchen fire in Diane Hal, a women’s dormitory at Texas Tech in Lubbock. The blaze caused heavy damage while the building was unoccupied yesterday.
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Diane Hal
Texas Tech
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