Santa Fe Plans 100 Million Expenditure for 1960
The Santa Fe Railway reveals a 1960 program of about 100 million dollars, larger than any prior year. It funds 227 miles of new welded rail, 60 new 2400 hp freight locomotives, 2,500 new freight cars, a new Kansas City freight house, Brownwood yard upgrades, microwave links, and signaling upgrades. The plan aims to meet population and industry growth, improve speed and reliability, and remains contingent on tariff approvals and legislative changes to level competition.
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Marsh
Arizona Line
Kansas City
Brownwood
Texas
Rev Grant Herbst Attends Texas Episcopal Council Meet
The Rev. Grant A. Herbst of St. John's Episcopal Church will join more than 1,000 attendees at the 111th Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas in Houston January 29 and 30. He will participate as a clergy delegate shaping policy on education race relations alcoholism aged care expansion and growth. Principal speaker will be Bishop David E. Richards of Central America with other experts including Philip T. Zabriskie of the National Council in New York City at a luncheon focusing on youth issues.
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Grant A. Herbst
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Episcopal Diocese of
111Th Council
David E. Richards
Central America
Houston
Music Hall
Rice Hotel
Philip T. Zabriskie
Division of College Work
National Council of the Episcopal Church
New York City
Kountze Soldier Undergoes Eight Weeks At Fort Sill
Army Pvt. Earl L. Goldman son of Mrs Inez Messer of Kountze is receiving eight weeks of advanced artillery training at The Artillery and Missile Center Fort Sill Oklahoma. The 19 year old soldier joined the Army in September 1959 and completed basic training at Fort Carson Colorado. He attended Kountze High School.
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Army Pvt
Earl L. Goldman
Inez Messer
Kountze
Artillery and Missile Center
Fort Sill
Oklo
Goldman
Army
Fort Carson
Colo
Kountze High School
Walking with Christ Steps of Faith and Growth
A devotional piece compares a child's first steps to a new Christian's initial faith in Jesus Christ. It emphasizes ongoing growth through prayer Bible study and witness as the believer learns to walk with Christ and become more like Him. The reflection closes with a prayer for guidance forgiveness and perseverance.
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Jesus Christ
Christ
Heavenly Father
Jesus
God
Area Sergeant Wins Second in Pistol Shooting Team
Army Sergeant First Class Randall Phelps Jr., 39, of Silsbee Route 2, and wife Irene, competed with the 50th Infantry rifle team in Germany, placing second in the fourth armored division Le Clerc rifle and pistol matches. Phelps entered the Army in 1940 and arrived overseas in November 1957. He is a Kirbyville High School graduate.
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Randall Phelps Jr
Route 2
Silsbee
50Th Infantry
4Th Armored Division
le Clerc
Germany
Phelps
Infantry
Erlangen
Kirbyville High School
Irene
Milton McKinney Receives Civil Engineering Degree
Milton Raymond McKinney of Silsbee received his bachelor degree in Civil Engineering at the January 23 graduation at Texas A. and M. College. McKinney is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert McKinney Sr. and a 1955 graduate of Silsbee High.
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Milton Raymond McKinney
Silsbee
Texas A. and M. College
McKinney
Albert McKinney Sr
Silsbee High School
Son Of Silsbee Woman Takes Part In Field Exercise
Army Sgt. Jesse L. Page 25, husband of Ethel 7997 Angus St Houston Texas, serves as squad leader in Company D 36th Infantry 3d Armored Division Grafenwehr Germany in a six week field training exercise to end February 10 He entered service in 1952 arrived overseas April 1958 Page attended Settegast High School He is the son of Mrs Minnie Smith Silsbee
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Army
Jesse L. Page
Ethel
Angus St
Houston
Texas
3D Armored Division
Grafenwehr
Germany
Page
36Th Infantry
Settegast High School
Minnie Smith
Silsbee
On the highways, those who say a short life and a merry one
A reflective line notes that drivers who chase thrills risk danger on the roads, implying a cautionary stance about reckless travel and the societal cost of carefree attitudes beyond mere merriment.
Overseas Jobs Open With State Department Posts
Houston workers with clerical skills invited to interview for Foreign Service posts through February 6 at the Texas State Employment Service. Openings for stenographers, communications clerks and pouch clerks with salaries from 3730 to 4180 dollars yearly plus housing and cost of living allowances. Interviews run weekdays 9 am to 4 30 pm and Saturdays until noon at 3106 South Main Street, Houston.
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Houston
United States Department For State
Marion Robertson
Donald Walsh
Texas State Employment Service
South Main Street
Foreign Service
Ing
Capitol
Miss Robertson
United States
Civil Service
Washington, D. C
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Santa Fe
Inest S. Marsh
Santa Fe Railway System
Fort Worth
U.S.A
Ford
Kee
Silleee, Texas
Grant Herbst
Yonay
Room
LE Tennessee
Phursday
Milton McKinney
Western Alto
Fuller Building
N. Sth
Prescription Chemists
Britton-Cravens Insurance Agency
Silsbee State Bank
State Department
Benjamin Franklin
the Real McCoy
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NSA
Dun & Bradstreet
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