State Guard forms Pecos HQ and trains Texas home front
After Pearl Harbor the National Guard went active leaving a gap in state militias. Pecos becomes 49th Battalion HQ with companies A B C D across Pecos Fort Stockton and Ft Davis. Major Bell leads a crack unit while drills and parades foster pride and even humor among PAAF air corps members.
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Pearl Harbor
National Guard
Texas
Texas Defense Guard
The
State Guard
Pecos
Fort Stockton
Ft. Davis
W.W. Dean
W.E. Bell
Harry Clinton
George Ross
Byron Lackey
Navy
C.J. Anderson
Reeves County
Army
Pecos Army Air Field
PAAF
Air Corps
B.E. Scudder
Porter Donnell
Porter
Ira R. Titus
Titus
Camp Bowie
Ross
George
Ross Volunteers
Texas A&m
Editorials Our third hundred Bicentennial reflection
The piece argues the Bicentennial marks both an ending and a beginning, urging celebration of history while looking ahead. It notes past heroes are gone but new giants in industry labor medicine and law can rise, and calls for support of institutions that sustain the nation.
State of the union talk coincides with improving economy
AP analysis notes a spate of encouraging economic data ahead of the State of the Union. December retail sales rise and wholesale prices fall while the prime rate drifts under 7 percent. Unemployment remains a risk and inflation could threaten a stronger recovery in 1976.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Ford
Conference Board
Commerce Department
Today in history snapshot for January 20, 1976
Highlights include the death of King George V in 1936 and the accession of Edward VIII, the 1265 first meeting of Parliament, Marshall becoming U.S. Chief Justice in 1801, Pearl Harbor lease approval in 1887, Roosevelt's third-term inauguration in 1941, Eisenhower's oath in 1953, and China-US talks resumed in 1970. Also birthdays for George Burns and Patricia Neal, with economic notes on potential tax cuts and budget needs.
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Associated Press
George V
Britain
Prince of Wales
Edward VIII
England
John Marshall
U.S
U.S. Senate
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
United States
China
Warsaw
India
Indira Gandhi
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
France
English Channel
George Burns
Patricia Neal
Water inner shoe gains hype in Santa Ana firm see
A Santa Ana company introduces a squishy water inner sole marketed as revolutionary. It targets people who stand long hours such as sales staff, nurses, doctors, postal workers, factory workers and anyone with weight concerns.
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Santa Ana
Calif
The China Lobby and the Cost of U.S. Policy
A columnist argues Washington ignored Chou En-lai in postwar China leading to wars in Korea and Vietnam. It claims Chiang Kai-shek profited from U.S. aid while China slid to Communism, with the China Lobby pressuring policy and McCarthy era purges.
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Washington
Chou En-lai
U.S
Korea
Vietnam
Chou
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
China
Chiang
Russia
America
Kremlin
United States
Joseph McCarthy
U.S. Treasury
Manchuria
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Yangtze River
Taiwan
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By Alton Hughes
Sgt
the Guardsman
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
Jack Anderson
Merry
John Tower
Senate
Austin
W.E. ‘'Pete"’ Snelson
Capital Building
Dick Slack
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.C. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
11Th St
Ben R. Howell
el Paso
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