Stamford Anticipates Growth With Hospitals And Bank Building
Stamford eyes a brisk start to the year with plans for a new hospital and a bank building in early months. demolition of the R B Spencer Lumber site may begin soon and the bank contract could be awarded in spring. the year also brings inflation of irrigation drought and legislative sessions in texas.
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Stamford
R. B. Spencer Lumber Company
Bank
Washington
Stamford Industrial Committee
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Min
Thrift Shopping Deemed Only Answer to Rising Bills
Gov. John Connally endorses thrift shopping after a special committee reports on food prices. Texans face higher grocery bills and the solution emphasized is reduced spending and careful buying.
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Austin
John Connally
Voice identification evidence and budget notes in Texas 1960s article
A discussion of voice identification in criminal trials notes cases where sounds such as voices footsteps or a dog’s bark aided identification. The article cites a public service feature and outlines Texas budget recommendations including highway spending and liquor board pay raises under Governor Connally alongside consumer food cost trends and tax considerations.
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Connally
Calendar Makers Should Go On With Plans
Editor's Note reflects on 1967 and a joking forecast for 1968. The Old Philosopher on Paint Creek muses that world events drive humanity more than the other way and jokes about lunar return, inflation, and uncertainty, ending with a request for any 1967 facts.
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Johnson Grass
Paint Creek
Pioneers On Parade and Local Events Highlight Stamford News
From the Stamford American files Jan 3 1957 the Wheelbarrow Derby fundraiser for March of Dimes opens at 2 p m with Warren Alberts as chairman. Other notes include church anniversary plans at Central Christian, slow TB seal sales, Darla Stetson winning a Jones County TB essay, a Scouters Basic Training session Jan 5 at the National Guard armory and Stamford Trades Day bargains drawing shoppers.
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Stamford Jaycees
Warren Alberts
Central Christian Church
Irene Stewart
Jones County
Tuberculosis Association
Lafferty
Stamford
Pioneers on Parade 25 Years Ago
Stamford area donations to the Red Cross War Relief Fund total about 910 worn, added to 1470.10 from the annual Red Cross roll call with 1200 members. Contributions come in daily without solicitation, aided by the Business and Professional Women's Club. Rationing plans for tires begin January 5 under OPA Civilian Supply Division with local boards and defense councils coordinating. January term district court moves to Palace Theatre due to courthouse repairs. Open house at St Johns Methodist Church for Stamford students and cadets at Arledge Field. Stamford Flying School is the aviation cadet training program at Stamford Arledge Field renamed by M F Coleman of Hammill Brown.
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Texas
Stamford
David Ratliff
Frank Calhoun
Abilene
Haskell
Jones
Taylor
Calhoun
Austin
House
Ben Barnes
Doris
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Midland
Odessa
Senate
West Texas
Taylor County
Stamford American
Red Cross War Relief Fund
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Office of Price Administration
Office of Production Management
District Court
Palace Theatre
South Commercial Street
Anson
Air Corps
Arledge Field
St. John’s Methodist Church
Stamford Flying School
Stamford Artegde Field
M. F. Coleman
Harry A. Hammill
Herman D. Brown
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Hereford
Orville Howard
Texas Water Commission
Amarillo
U. S
Texas Press Association
The
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Will Bernard
University of Texas, A&m University
Texas Technological College
Liquor Control Board
LCB
Earth
Darla Stetson
Avoca
Virgin Islands
Royal Ford
Air
FORD
Chrysler
New Yorker
Royal Ford, Inc
BY Ace Reid
Red Cross War Relief Fund Up
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