Kilgore Reports on Air Navigation System Costs and Defense Spending
Kilgore discusses the military subcommittee findings on the costly air to ground radio control project. They warn the system may not replace existing navigation gear and urge limited procurement for testing. The piece covers related defense appropriations in the 15th District including Laredo Harlingen Laguna Madre and Navy base plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Air Force
Navy
Defense Department
Laredo
Harlingen
Laguna Madre
Port Isabel
House
Armed Services Committee
15Th
Laredo Air Force Base
District visitors report from San Benito and Brownsville
Visitors from the district last week included Mr and Mrs Clyde Fincher and their children Charles and Carol Ann and Ben Hardy all of San Benito. Willis B Deines of ae. Mrs Volney Taylor of Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Fincher
Charles and
Carol Ann
Ben Hardy
San Benito
Willis B. Deines
Volney Taylor
Brownsville
Butler Texas tour stirs party rifts ahead of convention
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler wraps a six day Texas swing aimed at reconciling liberal and conservative factions. Key figures including John McKelvey Will Wilson Ralph Yarborough and Jimmy Phillips fronted the events as dissenters criticized the loyalty council’s leadership and shifts in open door rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Paul Butler
Houston
Allan Shivers
Butler
Governor Shivers
John McKelvey
Electra
Shivers
Washington
Waco
Democratic Advisory Council
White
Yarborough
Prizes Grow for Red Fish Bay Tourney
More than 30 Raymondville merchants have agreed to contribute prizes for the third annual Red Fish Bay Fishing tournament on July Fourth. Dr. G. H. Bailey, head of the prizes division, says this will yield the largest prize list in the three year history. Some sporting goods firms are donating prizes. Mrs. Eldon Brook chairs the women’s division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymondville
Red Fish Bay
G. H. Bailey
Bailey
Eldon Brook
Appointment of Mrs Bilfield to committee noted
The text states that Cheney and Mrs. C. EL. Whit announced the appointment of Mrs. Bilfield to the committee this year, indicating a formal recommendation or organizational decision within the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
C. EL. Whit
Bilfield
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Kilgore
Washington, D. C
By Joe Kilgore
Rep
15Th Dist
Military Operations Subcommittee
South Texas
Naion
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Austin
Whitman's Army
Brownsvil E
Los Fresnos
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Dallas
Supreme Court
Will Wilson
John C. White
Ralph Yarborough
Lubbock
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Obie Jones
Obie Jr
Marine Mart
Mr. Jones
Larkwood Drive
FORD
Plymouth
Oldsmobile
DODGE
Frazier
Enagers
Chevrolet
Tudor
Meadowbrook
Wayfarer
Visi
Lance Harris Building
Mexican Mart
Garcia
Marjorie
Hotpoint Appliances
E. Levee St
Scott-Atwater
Will
Delhi-Taylor and
Mayfair
Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp
Port Isabel, Texas
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