Waco debates FHA housing costs and city leadership
City officials discuss Federal Housing in Waco amid criticism of PAS funding and city manager turnover. The piece notes high expenditures, calls for reform, and praises City Manager Jack Jeffrey while detailing recent convict transports to the Texas penitentiary and ongoing crime concerns in Waco and McLennan County.
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Cooper Foundation
Waco
City Commission
City of
George O Jones
Jack Jeffrey
City Managers Organization
Jack
Washington D.C
Federal
Dowell Naylor
Dowell
Marlin Housewife Wins Local Contest
Twelve South Texas homemakers qualified for the South Texas Regional finals of the 1959 Mrs America contest announced by R H Gray Lone Star Gas. Finalists include Mrs George I LeNoir of Marlin and others from Waco Hillsboro McGregor Italy Mexia Temple Killeen Georgetown College Station.
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South Texas
R .H. Gray
Lone Star Gas Company
Raleigh
George I. LeNoir
Marlin
O. M. Ramsey
N. 44Rd
Waco
Claud D. Kincannon, Jr
Irving Lee
Vernie H. Stringer
Corsicana
Hillsboro
Richard J Hesse
McGregor
Charles H. Hooser
Italy
Ed Mikeska
Rogers
Jimmy Hinton
South McKinney
Mexia
Jack E. Powell
College Station
Tommie D. Damiel, Jr
Crockery Court
Temple
Cecil A. Massie
Killeen
Richard L. George
Laurel
Georgetown
Lone Starins Company
Statler Hilton
Dallas
Texas
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
America
County assesses raise for McLennan property owners
About seven hundred fifty property owners in McLennan County will see surprise tax assessments this year with some evaluations rising more than tenfold. The County Commissioners serve as the Tax Equalization Board in this process.
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McLennan County
Special Summer Classes for Gifted Pupils
Crestview Elementary hosts six week sessions starting June 1 for gifted pupils with about 120 students attending.
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Crestview Elementary
Doomed Trip After Doctrination at Huntsville Prison Farms
A local discussion notes youths aged 17 to mid teens were sent to Huntsville last week. Probation Officer J B Brown Jr criticizes laws, saying over 17s usually receive probated sentences while juveniles escape, and that many first offenders go free. He warns delinquency across ages remains a problem.
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Huntsville
J.B. Brown Jr
Brown
Gatesville
City Commissioners Hear Complaints on Bumpy Streets
At a city commission meeting two residents urged repairs to torn up streets in South Waco and rough patches on Sixteenth between Webster and Clay and Sixteenth and Baylor. They called for responsibility for street fixes and noted rising taxes and sewer issues affecting local businesses.
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Mo A. Ammonds
Waco
Ammonds
Park Ave
16Th Street
Webster
Clay
Baylor
George Dicter
James Clark
Hickory Stick
Clark
Bryan Hartigan
Travelogue
4Th and
Austin
Safety Award Winners Named For Outstanding Service in Waco
The Greater Waco Safety Council honored 50 unsung safety heroes at the Awards Luncheon at the Raleigh Hotel. Sixty-six firms earned 25 industrial safety awards and 17 motor fleet honors, with special recognition for General Tire and Rubber Company’s near three million man hours with six lost-time accidents. Individual Mr. Safety awards went to Charles Maddux and Joe Jack B Pearce.
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Greater Waco Safety Council
Raleigh
Safety Council
Waco
McLennan County
General Tire and Rubber Company
Altrusa Club of
Northwest Rotary Club
Rotary Club of
Kiwanis Clubs
Northwest
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Waco News Tribune
Waco Pimes Herald
Waco Outdoor Advertising Company
Waco Citizen
Farm and Labor Journal
Radio - TV
Kcen - TV
Kwtx Radio - TV
Connally Air Force Base
Waco Region
Texas Department of Public Safety
JC's Bid for Fall Board Meet by Waco Jaycees
The Waco Junior Chamber of Commerce will bid to host the Fall Board Meet of the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce. About 750 Jaycees attend annually. Grand Prairie hosts May 30 31 to determine the site with bids from Corpus Christi and Mineral Wells. Randy Gray leads the Waco effort as state director. about twenty Waco Jaycees will support the bid for Fall 1959.
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Waco Junior Chamber of Commerce
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Texas Jayveess
Grand Prairie
Corpus Christi
Mineral Wells
Waco
Randy Gray
Waco Jaycess
Spears of the Dead Topic at Central Texas Archaeology Meeting
The Central Texas Archaeological Society held a Strecker Museum Baylor University meeting yesterday with Dr Wilson as principal speaker on Spears of the Dead. A film on anthropology was shown.
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Central Texas Archeological Society
Strecker Museum
Baylor University
Wilson
Waco CAP wins state drill honors at James Connally
Civil Air Patrol Avil team earned top state honors during Saturday’s State Drill at James Connally Air Force Base. Baylor University fixed May 29 for Spring commencement with Dr. W. R. White delivering the address and about 2700 degrees to be awarded. James Connally hosts a government surplus sale June 8 featuring autos, clothing, tools and more. Chamber of Commerce publicity committee hosts an ideal meeting as planning begins for the 62nd Annual Texas State Association of Letter Carriers Convention July 9-11 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Waco.
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Waco Civil Air Patrol Avil Tearm
James Connally
Baylor University
W. R. White
Texas State Association of Letter Carriers
Waco
Roosevelt Hotel
Scout Leaders Discuss Explorer Program at Texas Dinner
About 100 community leaders from 11 Central Texas counties attended a Roosevelt Hotel dinner to hear Howard Tellepsen of Houston present the Boy Scouts of America Explorer Program. The program aims to meet teenage social, vocational and leadership training desires.
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Earl G. Wheeler
Fort Hood
2Nd Armored Division
Howard Tellepsen
Boy Scouts of America
Texas
Wheeler
Heart of Texas Council of the
Bill Foster
Texa
Roosevelt Hotel
Howard Tellepeen
Houston
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Tellepsen
Tellepsen Construction Corporation
Episcopal Church
United Fund
Downing
Waco Independent School
Palestine Masons Hear Abner McCall
Abner V. McCall dean of Baylor University law school spoke at the Palestine Masonic Lodge annual past masters meeting Friday night. The event honored all past masters while Masons from surrounding towns attended. The Palestine lodge, founded in 1846, counts members who have been prominent in Texas and national affairs.
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Abner V. McCall
Baylor University School of Law
Palestine Masonic Lodge
Palestine Lodge
Texas
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PAS
Wace
Dan Smoot
SMU
FBI
Wece
54Th District
Marlin Housewife
George Lenoir
James Atkins
American Legion Auxiliary
Friendship Home Demonstration Club
Marlin P. T. A. Boy Scouts
Marlin Saddle Club
Marlin Country Club Ladies Association
Church of Christ
Madison Clements
Jimmie Willis
Columbo Pictures
Brad H. Smith
Governor's Highway Safety Commission
Texas Safety Alsciation
D. T. Hicks, Jr
First National Bank
Lloyd Watson
Richfield Christian Church
Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Pyle
White House
NSC
Arizona
Jc's
Cogdell’s
Westview Village
Park Lake
Chamber of Commerce Publicity Committee
Palestine
Abner McCall
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