Texas Labor, land deals and turnpike funds dominate Austin briefing
CIO seeks Port Arthur strike settlement as Port Arthur businessmen decline talks. Land Board delays decision on $1.17 million in allegedly fraudulent South Texas land deals. Governor Shivers pushes for more mental health beds and juryless sanity rulings. Turnpike Authority approves $58.5 million in revenue bonds for Dallas Fort Worth toll road. Oil boosts ease state finances while 1955 oil outlook remains strong. Austin reports gifts to mental patients and a police search for a redheaded car thief in St. Louis connection.
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Shepperd
CIO
CPCWA
Port Arthur
John V. Rifle
National Cio
Rifle
Texas
Shivers
Land Board
South Texas
State
Veterans Land Board
John Ben Shepperd
Turnpike Funds
Texas Turnpike Authority
Dallas-Fort Worth
Republic National Bank of Dallas
Texas Supreme Court
Progressive Farmer Names Man of Year in Agriculture
Dr. Glenn W. Burton, a USDA geneticist with the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton, is named 1954 Man of the Year in Service to Southern Agriculture by The Progressive Farmer. The award notes his Coastal Bermuda pasture crop work and future plans for Bahia grasses and improved forages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn W. Burton
South
Bermuda
Progressive Farmer
Burton
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia Costal Plain
Tifton
Georgia
USDA
Bermudas
Coastal
Office supply ad highlights ledger sheets and stamping tools
The Silsbee Bee showcases ledger backs ruled columnar pads index ecards and guides card cabinets guaranteed Markwell stapling machines staples punches ink eradicator rubber stamps stamp pads and many other office supplies.
Bar Seeks End to Common Law Marriages in Texas
A State Bar committee in Austin urged abolishing future common law marriages in Texas and widening the divorce waiting period to 90 days. The proposals include requiring marriage licenses for all marriages and giving courts power to order child support without a divorce action.
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Texas
Austin
Bar
Judicial Section
State Bar
Jack Pope
San Antonio
James R. Norvell
4Th Court of Civil Appeals
Norvell
Pope
Union
Fred Erisman
Longview
John Rawlins
Dallas
Lloyd Davidson
Milburn S. Long
Eastland
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
Morris Galatzan
el Paso
Henry King
Court of Civil Appeals
Luther Gribble
Wellington
Floyd Jones
Breckenridge
W. S. Barron
Bryan
Dan Jackson
Penn Jackson
Cleburne
Tilman Smith
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State Capitol
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Allan Shivers
Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
Richard Bergen
Austin State Hospital
Carrot-Top
St. Louis
Herbert Gore
Simon Gore
O. L. Gore
Silsbee
Fort Bliss, Texas
Silsbee High School
Sillbee Drug Company
Maida’s Shoppe
Silsbeer, Texas
America
Arrow
Army
Proving Grounds
Lorton
General Mitchell Field
Milwaukee
Wis
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