Reeves County 1924 Minutes Highlight Bank Liquidation and Depository Change
The 1924 Reeves County minutes recap Pecos Valley State Bank liquidation by the Texas Commissioner of Banking. They note temporary county depositories First National Bank of Pecos Pecos Guaranty State Bank and Toyah Valley State Bank Balmorhea. Other items cite appointment of Kate Vaughan as county district clerk and election to fund an auditorium at Saragosa.
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Reeves County
Pecos Valley State Bank
Texas Commissioner of Banking
First National Bank of
Pecos
Saragosa
Guadalupe Club
Roy I. Biggs
George B. Finley
George Finley
County Hospital Bond Vote and Land Suit Recap
Reeves County joined a land sale lawsuit against the university on July 11, 1927. A bond election for a county hospital was petitioned on Sept 12, 1927 and held on Dec 10, 1927 with 196 votes for and 250 against. The hospital was built in 1954. Red Bluff Water Improvement District formed on Feb 14, 1928 with directors L D Boxley J H Miller Dr Jim Camp R H Gray John Miller.
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Landsun
Carlsbad
Reeves County
University
Loving
Commissioners Court
E. P. Stuckler
E. A. Humphries
Joe Prew
N. C. Huelster
C. C. Boyd
J.A. Crane
Jim Camp
Albert Sisk
F. H. Ryan
D, W. Bozeman
Ralph Williams
Ralph Sparks
W. E. Bell
Red Bluff
We Told You So Time in Capital A
Editorials argue that firing banishing and blacklisting foreign service officers who warned about China's future was unjust. A Foreign Service Association dinner honors the so called old China hands, while noting shared blame for Sino Western tensions. The piece ends by asking if Washington still kills messengers.
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Capital
Foreign Service
China
Mao Tse-tung and Co
Washington
Peking
South Korea
North Korea
Chiang Kaishek
Taiwan
Old China
Words of money world mysterious complex
AP analysis notes the jargon of finance is opaque and the balance of payments often shows a deficit. It discusses the mark's value, voluntary restraint versus government control, and President Nixon's stance with the prime rate as a potential stick in the closet. The piece questions the existence and meaning of voluntary restraint in monetary policy.
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John Cunniff
New York
Nixon
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
New Alger Novel Rescues Classic Horatio Alger Formula
The review notes the rediscovery of Silas Snobden's Office Boy from 1889 90 with Alger's name now attached by Doubleday. It argues the tale follows the familiar poor but honest youth climbing to success but questions its relevance for modern readers amid fewer runaway horses and bank presidents daughters in peril.
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Horatio Alger
Granddad
Silas Snobden
Argosy
Alger
Doubleday and Company
Office of Economic Opportunity
Big Dipper in Japan Known as the Emperor's Carriage
Answers to trivia questions. The Big Dipper is known in Japan as the Emperor's Carriage. Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress serving 1917 to 1919 as Montana's at large representative. The US Supreme Court has nine justices. The first five inductees of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame include Theodore Roosevelt Will Rogers Charles Russell Jake McClure and Charles Goodnight.
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Japan
U.S
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Theodore Roosevelt
Will Rogers
Charles Russell
Jake McClure
Charles Goodnight
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
The Handout Man Welch Back to Work in Boyle’s View
HAL BOYLE recalls Jack the itinerant actor who performs on the street and begs as he travels a daily routine. For twenty years Boyle has tipped him two dollars, admiring his craft and persistence despite the personal costs to the performer and to society.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Jack
Homer
First successful long playing records shown in 1948
The World Almanac recalls the debut of long playing microgroove phonograph records in the United States on June 21, 1948 at the Waldorf Astoria. Columbia Records produced 12 inch discs in Bridgeport Conn from Vinylite plastic and they played at 33 1/3 rpm.
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United States
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Columbia Records
Bridgeport
Conn
Nixon budget and Great Society programs under scrutiny
Bruce Biossat discusses President Nixon’s budget aiming to fund social programs while trimming agencies like the OEO and Model Cities. Cronin’s study finds little hard evidence of program success, with officials unable to prove results and advocates often offering reasons beyond measurable outcomes.
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Washington
NEA
Nixon
OEO
Antipoverty Agency
White House
Congress
California
Thomas Cronin
Cronin
Brookings Institution
POWs Return Home Face Mental Strain My Experience
Ray Cromley recalls solitary confinement in a Japanese prison camp during World War II and argues that civilian experts exaggerate PTSD fears. He says adjustment to home is swift while adjusting to a wife and child is harder, and credits survival with inner pride and dignity.
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Washington
Nea
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Jas F. Ross
H. N. McKellar
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Lady Bird Johnson
By Alton Hughes
Pecos Enterprise
O’ferrall
Pauly
Joe Bradley
Pat Purvis
South Cedar Street
Texas
Press Association
Dick Turner
Sis
Dadi
U.S. Supreme Court
Boyle
Lon Chaney
America
Bruce Biossat
By Bruce Biossat
Ray Cromley
By Roger Bollen
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