Texas Traffic Safety Crusade Cuts Death Toll
Officials and citizens form a large mobilization led by the Texas Traffic Safety Council chaired by Gov. Price Daniel to confront highway hazards. The drive aims at stricter enforcement, driver education, and a seven point program to reduce crashes, with early gains shown as 1957 tolls fell and 1958 targets set.
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Texas Traffic Safety Council
Price Daniel
Col
Horrer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Daniel
Smith
Lewey Thompson Completes Army Basic Training
Pvt. Lewey E. Thompson of Wells finished eight weeks of basic combat training with the 5th Infantry at Fort Carson Colorado. The 22 year old attended Washington High School.
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Pvt
Lewey E. Thompson
Ezra Thompson
Wells
5Th Infantry
Fort Carson
Colo
Washington High School
Constitutional amendment process and state ratifications questioned
The piece explains two methods to amend the Constitution and examines the complexities of a convention under the second method. It notes two thirds of states have approved, eleven rescinded, governors vetoed, and asks how Congress would be called to convene. It cites 1939 Supreme Court views on political questions and judicial limits.
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Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
State Bar notice on the need for legal advice
This column prepared by the State Bar of Texas informs readers that laws are subject to study and improvement. It warns that no person should apply or interpret any law without an attorney fully advised on the facts, since small factual variances may change the law's application.
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Texas
State Bar of Texas
Joe H Berry Enrolls in Corpus Christi Summer School
Joe Homer Berry, son of Mr and Mrs Homer D Berry of Rt 1 Rusk, enrolled in summer school at the University of Corpus Christi. A record total of 280 students enrolled, the registrar's office reported.
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Joe Homer Berry
Homer D. Berry
Rt. 1
Rusk
University of Corpus Christi
Donna Christopher Tops Sugar Land Seventh Grade Honors
Donna Christopher daughter of Mr and Mrs Miller Christopher and granddaughter of Mrs L Christpher of Rusk has been named the high honor student of Sugar Land School seventh grade. She finished with the highest average among honor students at 98.4.
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Donna Christopher
Miller Christopher
Rusk
L. Christopher
Sugar Land
Miss Christopher
Kenneth Dickson Completes Basic Combat Training
Pvt. Kenneth P. Dickson, 24, completed eight weeks of basic training with the 5th Infantry at Fort Carson Colorado. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Coy Dickson Route 5 Jacksonville and an alumnus of New Summerfield High School 1952 and North Texas State College 1956. He previously worked as a medical and x ray technologist at the Medical and Surgical Clinic Lewisville before joining the Army.
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Euthenia
Dexter Ave
Fort Worth
5Th Infantry
Fort Carson
Colo
Coy Dickson
Route 5
Jacksonville
New Summerfield High School
North Texas State College
Medical and Surgical Clinic
Lewisville
Army
Alto Native Long Tenure Highlighted in Chronicle
Alto native H. C. Schochler, Alto High School graduate and Channelview School District superintendent, was honored for his long tenure. The Houston Chronicle piece, shared by Mrs. G B Rice, notes Schochler with J H Tennison and Reece Wilson as district principals and outlines their joint recognition.
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Carrel) Schochler
Alto
Alto High School
Channelview
Houston Chronicle
G. B. Rice
Notable Facts from Texas History and U.S. Electric Era
The text notes Texas electric power began in the 1880s with Galveston hosting the first power plant. It also mentions a long education career totaling 74 years and that modern accident insurance in the United States started in 1864.
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Texas
Galveston
U.S
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