Phillips Hits Land Inquiry at GI Forum Event
State Senator Jimmy Phillips addressed the American GI Forum at the Gunter hotel and urged full facts on veterans land scandals. He warned that some investigators may have failed to challenge discrepancies in testimony and records. He called for better agency cooperation and acknowledged the need to curb malfeasance while stressing that truth can guide future legislation. The forum, with about 650 delegates, included remarks by Hector Garcia and local officials as sessions continued to set 1956 plans.
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Jimmy Phillips
Veterans Land
Phillips
Senate General Investigating Committee
Angieton
American GI Forum
Gunter Hotel
Austin
Maverick
Marriages and divorces listed in vital statistics notice
Summary of recorded marriages and divorces from a vital statistics notice. Names include Flores Lozano Mason Palacio Cruz etc. The list shows numerous individuals paired for marriage licenses and several divorces granted, featuring varied surnames and initials across a broad roster.
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Toldo Flores
Alicia Lozano
Om Mason
Massey K. Oebraham D. Palacio
Romana
Btege
Suzanne J. Brown
Ae Srulfo Garcia
Mirerra Cruz
Vo. Charles
Caroling Torres
Jose Reyna Martinez
Herminia Maldonado
John H. Rascoe
Esther Baildie
Tuan
Guevara
Beatrice Montoya
Bernard
Weinstock
Marjorie Anne Johnson
James MM. Hoofard $R
Florence Zimmerman
Andell Nieman Davis
Ethel May VII
Marion R. Carmichael Jr
Wannte Ball
Antonio Galicia
Maria’ Gloria Camacho
Richard Clark Oyler
Emma Jean Ussary
West
Edward Sheffield
Jo Ann Johnson
Harles R. Kendrick
Ruth Alice Orr
Aulo Yharra Tejeda
Louisa Ortega
Mary V
Frank. Zarner
Norma May
Warren H. Andrews
ALCG
Andrea J
Jesus
Francisca Deh Ferda
New Red Tanks Best in Telegraf Report
West Berlin Telegraf says Soviet armored units in East Germany are being equipped with new T54 tanks. The paper notes the models have an inch cannon and a low streamlined silhouette mimicking Western tanks.
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Berlin
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West Berlin
Telegraf
East Germany
Powder Puff Flyers All Reported OK
Long Beach Calif July 2 After earlier reports that at least three planes were in difficulties the air race headquarters reported that all women flyers in the ninth Powder Puff derby are now accounted for Race officials said 18 planes landed in Phoenix 19 in Tucson 3 at El Paso and 7 at Blythe Calif accounting for the 47 in the race The women are making stepdivers in their 2300 mile race from Long Beach to Springfield Mass Earlier unofficial reports from the CAA tower at El Paso said a flying grandmother and her co pilot might be lost in Arizona but officials said the pair Minnie Boyd and Betty Jane Leavy landed in Tucson Ruth Nitzer flying solo made a scheduled stop in the Ajo area southwest of Phoenix but later landed at Tucson Faye Mefford and Tissie Lawrence both of Tulsa Okla damaged on landing at Phoenix and may not continue Start was delayed five hours by weather Dottie Sanders and Dottie Davis of San Diego took off to begin the first leg of the trip
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Calif
Airrace
Phoenix
Tucson
el Paso
Blythe
NGO
Springfield
Mass
CAA
Paso
Arizona
Minnie Boyd
Pullman
Wash
Betty- Jane Leavy
Walla Walla
Ruth Nitzer
Inglewood
Ajo
Faye Mefford
Tissie Lawrence
Tulsa
Okla
Dottie Sanders
Dottie Davis
Se Diego
Two 14 year olds killed sleeping on railroad tracks
AP dispatch from Minneapolis reports two 14 year old boys, Roger Moeller and Donald Running, killed by a train while sleeping in sleeping bags on the tracks. Police say the youths wandered onto what they believed was an abandoned railroad during a slumber party with three teenage girls. engineer Joe Clasen described the sleeping bags resembling tarpaulin.
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Apolis
Minne
INS
Roger Moeller
Donald Running
Joe Clasen
Baga
Galveston Girl Is Crowned GI Forum Queen at Convention
Galveston teen Mary Ruth Gonzales, 17, was chosen queen of the American GI Forum of Texas at its convention at the Gunter hotel. She stood 5 feet 2 inches and won over five district queens. Naomi Licon of Odessa was runner up. Gonzales plans to study music at a Texas university next fall. Other finalists were Felis Garcia, Rosita Villarreal, Maria Alicia Gonzales and Sandia Gorham.
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Mary Ruth Gonzales
Galveston
Gunter Hotel
Naomi Licon
Odessa
Miss Gonzales
Texas University
Felis Garcia
Rosita Villarreal
Maria Alicia Gonzales
Sandia Gorham
Plane Crashes on Highway Injures Three Near El Paso
EL PASO July 2 Three persons were injured when a light plane crashed into a fast moving auto on U S Highway 80. The plane failed to gain altitude after takeoff from a motel strip. Driver Leroy Kennedy Jr. 39 was in serious condition with severe head injuries. His wife Pat 30 also injured. Pilot Walter Wayne King 22 El Paso was in serious condition with head and internal injuries.
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EL Paso
U.S. Highway 80
Pascal
Leroy Kennedy Jr
Hi Paso
Pat
Walter Wayne
Steel Hike Set at $7.50
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the steel industry expects production to resume near pre-strike capacity by tomorrow afternoon. U S Steel plans a roughly $7.50 per ton price rise effective July 6 to offset higher wages after a 12 hour walkout. Industry officials estimate the CIO United Steel Workers strike cost producers about 34 million in output while workers lost about 11 million in wages.
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Pittsburgh
INS
U.S. Steel
Clifford F. Hood
CIO United Steel
Terrorists Burn Algerian Farms Across Regions
Nationalist forces set fire to French holdings in Algeria breaking out in clashes with police and troops. Paris dispatched reinforcements to quell the escalating violence and bloodshed across multiple locations.
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Algiers
Naionalist
Algeria
Paris
Chlorine Gas Fells 62 Workers at German Plant
BAD HERSFELD Germany July 24 Chlorine gas killed 62 workers at a potassium plant when a railroad tank car unloading gas via a pipe was pulled away before completion.
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Bad Hersfeld
Germany
Obituaries and Death Notices From S A Area
A long list of obituaries and death notices from S A area and beyond. Names include Bernard Moyle Bert Brickey Sophie Swanstrom Young Clements Kelley Speed Hal Noble and Margaret Larremore with funeral details at Alamo Rodriguez Akers and Porter Loring funeral homes. Additional deaths reported in New York Miami Los Angeles London Moscow and Hollywood with various memorials and interment details.
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Bert B. Brickey
Atlanta
Frank Gadgebrooke
Brown
General Assembly
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Zion
Sophie
Swanstrom Young
Alamo Funeral Home
Wichita Falls
Texas
Mf. Clements
Chicago
Kelley Speed
American, Board of Surgery
American Board ‘of Orthopedic
Ft. Worth
William Henry “Hal” Noble
The
Texas Co
New York
Robert H. Patchin
Grace Steamship Line
Miami
Fla
J. E. Lummus
Miami Beach
Los Angeles
Isabel Bonner
Austin
George Berry
Lubbock
American Legion
Moscow
Alexandrovich Gamburtsev
London
Henry Townsend
Britain
Washington
John L. Hennessy
Hilton Hotels Corp
Hollywood
Wilson Benge
Holly Wood Troupers Club
Wage rises in steel and auto spark price upturn
Wage boosts in the steel and auto sectors threaten higher prices across products. U.S. Steel raised steel by about 7.50 per ton and automakers have held prices, while unions seek similar settlements. Productivity improvements may moderate the price impact, but current labor gains point to a broad rise in costs and living costs.
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Washington
U.S. Steel Corp
Mexico Votes For New Chamber In Low Turnout
In Mexico City on July 2 voters prepare to elect a new chamber of deputies and seven state governors. Public interest is muted with few of the 3,000,000 registered voters expected at the polls. Newspapers cite four decades of electoral fraud as a cause.
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Mexico City
INS
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Red Crisis Near Declares Czech Minister in Strasbourg
Hubert Ripka, former Czech cabinet minister, told the Assembly of European Captive Nations in Strasbourg that internal crisis is mounting throughout the Communist World. He warned that the question now is when and how Communism will collapse.
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Strasbourg
France
INS
Hubert Ripka
Assembly of European Captive Nations
Mixed Bathing Again OK at UCC
CORPUS CHRISTI July reports say University of Corpus Christi removes the fence separating men and women pools after adverse publicity. Dr W A Miller president mailed $30 checks to season swimming families. Swimmers had complained about mixed swimming bans.
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Corpus
Christy
University of Corpus, Christi
W. A. Miller
UCC
Unclear Online Ad Fragment Sparks Reader Confusion
Fragmentary text from an online ad mentions speed convenience economy and renting selling and a weekly magazine. No coherent event or entities clearer than vague references to an American take and a San Antonio ad writer.
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Dial
Cour Led
San Antonio
Ue Light
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St. Hedwig Cemetery
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Matagorda
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W. la Chapelle
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Roselawn Burial Park
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Southside Funeral Home
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Houston National Cemetery
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Cornell
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