All Out Effort to Attract Clark Industry to Waco
The Waco Real Estate Board and the Waco Association Home Builders joined the Waco Chamber of Commerce in an all out push to bring Clark Brothers Company to Waco. They presented a joint resolution to General Manager Sidney Dobbins promising full cooperation for Clark employees, who then reviewed the plan for moving to Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco Real Estate Board
Waco Association Home Builders
Waco Chamber of
Cna
Clark Brothers Company of
Waco
Sidney Dobbins
Dobbins
Clark Brothers
Humble Oil & Refining Company
J. B. Snider
Baylor Athletic Department
John Bridgers
Baylor
Owen
J. C. Herring
Fire damages washateria at 2000 South 8th Street
A Sunday fire damaged the upper part of a washateria at 2000 South 8th Street. Discovered about 6:30 by neighbors, the source traced to electrical wiring. The washateria was owned and operated by S. C. Harlan of Old Corsicana Road. Firemen concluded the blaze started from wiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South 8Th Street
S. C. Harlan
Old
Corsicana Road
Washateria
Robinsons Peyton Still Off Again For Mayor
Judge Bartlett in the 54th District Court voided Robinson mayoral results after ruling ward one ballots were illegal and ordered a new election. Peyton Still remains entangled with Everett O Dowd who led the council during the disputed vote as Walter Tandy and Still prepare for a runoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Bartlett
54Th District Court
Robinson City
Bartlett
Robinson City Council
Peyton
Peyton Stills
Robinson
Texas
One Millionth DPS Fingerprint Record Documented
Texas Department of Public Safety marked its one millionth criminal fingerprint card. The record numbered 1,000,000 belonged to a one year old Dawson County boy arrested for theft. Veteran fingerprint expert J H Singleterry stamped the historic card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Dawson County
J. H. Singleterry
DPS Division of Identification and Criminal Records
Run-off Candidate Opinion Shapes Robinson Mayoral Race
Lawyers for Walter L. Tandy argue only Walter Tandy and Peyton Still can be legal run-off candidates after the original vote equal count. They cite Article 4.08 of the election code stating only those with identical votes may force a run-off. The court previously found Tandy and Still tied. the opinion contends Peyton’s absence would leave Tandy as the sole legal candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Tandy
Still
Ecomed
Ilegal
Peyton Still
Robinson
Aton Houser
Eldon Bridges
Stansell Bryan
Lyndon Olson
Walter L. Tandy
Walter Tendy
Peyton
Walter Tandy
Vote against called sessions urged by Governor Price Daniel
Observers urge Texans to oppose a special Texas legislature session arguing public distrust of lawmakers. The piece notes prior sessions failed to raise teacher pay and cites civic leaders in Waco and Bellmead courting Clark Brothers for a plant, while recounting local anecdotes about travel, community efforts, gas prices, and upcoming football previews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Daniel
Texas
Kultgen
Waco
Bellmead
Clark Brothers Institution
Waco Schools Open September 8 With Full Day Schedule
The Waco Public Schools plan to open on Tuesday September 8 following Labor Day. Teachers and principals will return earlier for preparation as the district sets a heavy board agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Central Texas
Chiren
Bada
Teen-Age Gangsters Battle at 7-11 in Waco Incident
Police and probation records confirm a gang fight at 1725 No. 15th Street in Waco with 11 juveniles and three adults involved. Adults Donald Benton Joe Aaron and Charles Rounswall treated for cuts, while juveniles used a battery cable iron pipes and a rubber hose. Assistant probation officer John Vanston seeks to disperse the youths to towns like Mart and Houston as schools prepare for the 1959-60 year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South 15Th
Clay
No. 15Th Street
Donald Benton
Joe Aaron
Charles Rounswall
Cameron Park
John Vanston
Registering children for Wherry Capehart housing area
Connally's Education Center requests all personnel living off base who will move to the Wherry or Capehart Housing areas with school age children to notify the center by August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connally
Tose
Wherry
Capehart
United Fund Sets $623,915 Goal for 1960 in Greater Waco
United Fund trustees adopt a 1960 campaign goal of 623,915 for 33 health welfare and character building agencies in Greater Waco. New participants Texas Rehabilitation Center and United Cancer Society join as committees praise volunteers and budget panels for their three month effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Greater
Waco
United Fund Board of Trustees
Texas Rehabilitation Center
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
United Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
W Lacy Clifton
Clifton
O. B. Lusk
Bellmead Schools Open September 8
P. W. Shelton, superintendent of LaVega Schools, announced schools will start September 8. A 98,545 science addition is under construction and expected to be ready for opening. Equipment worth 21,000 has already been purchased. The federal government financed zero dollars of this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellmead
P. W. Shelton
LaVega
They Hit Waco With Checks
James Milter Jackson alias Fats Jackson and Jereline Smotherman were indicted by McLennan County for forgery and passing bad checks in Waco. They traveled in a 1959 black Galaxie, hitting supermarkets and other stores before moving on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
James Milter Jackson
Jereline Smotherman
McLennan County Grand Jury
Dulles
Grayson
McLennan
Corpus Christi
Wichita Fells
Mount Pleasant
Jackson
Ford
Thas
Jereline
Possrure
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U. S. Fourth Army Band
Bill Foster
Clark
Everett O'Dowd
O'Dowd
Theourt
Mickey O’dowd
Tandy
Barney Walker
Flannigan
Everett O’dowd
Sayin
Jack Kultgen
Olean
N. Y
Bellmead Katy
Wem
Olean N. Y
George Munos
Veterans Hospital
Memorial Drive
Young Peoples Organization
First Methodist Church
Munos
Minos
Baltimore Colts
South Waco
Mart
Houston
Arlington
Lubbock
Norman Lewis Freeman
Jimmy Edward Fuentes
Jimmy Doyle Cardwell
Jerry Lee Harris
Charles Ray Campbell
Robert Louis Angelo
Carlton Lynn Tanner
Johnny Lee Winn
Robert Ramey
Benny Pack
Joe Moone
Waco Public Schools
Extersion Church
Columbus Avenue Baptist Church
Mountainview
Hart Nance
Cine Dercons
Bertha Brandon
Crestview
15Th
West Streets
Alta Vista
Hear
Parkdale
East
Bluebonnet Elementary
Waco Drive
South Junior High School
S. 8Th Street
A. R. Downing
Sul Ross
South 7Th Street
George Hutson
James Milton Jackson
Fats” Jackson
Mary Louise King
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