All Texas Motorists Benefit From Proposed U S Road Program
Washington reports a proposed federal highway plan would fund 90 percent of interstate expansion over 13 years, costing Texas $872 million for 2912 miles. The Highway Users Conference says the system crosses all Texas districts and supports major cities, with modern, safe design and national economic and defense importance.
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Texas
U. S
Washington
Congress
United States
Highway Users Conference
House
Dallas
Fort Worth
Austin
San Antonio
Laredo
Houston
Galveston
Shreveport
Texarkana
Oklahoma
Pecos
el Paso
Panhandle
Amarillo
Louisiana
Tax Aid Offered On Farm Losses
Farmers affected by natural disasters in 1955 can use the IRS booklet How the Federal Income Tax Applies to Losses From Hurricanes Floods and Other Disasters. Available at local tax offices it explains loss calculations allowable deductions and provides clear examples.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Truman hints demo vote loss in 1956 race
Former President Truman said the Democratic party would probably lose some votes in the South over civil rights but noted the solid South was not essential to victory. He cited 1948 as proof. Also cited an International Scout Conference with 6,360,762 members in 1954.
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New York
Truman
Scouts
International Scout Conference
Texas Citizens Council Seeks Interposition to Preserve Segregation
In Austin a 21 hour session with Attorney General John Ben Shepperd launches a campaign by thirty Texas Citizens Council members to push a state interposition resolution. They claim a majority in Texas favors segregation and aim to notify Congress and the Supreme Court via legislative action, while rejecting KKK methods.
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Austin
Texas Citizens Council
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Texas
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Ross Carlton
Dallas
Texas Citizens Council Executive Committee
Waco
Carlton
Citizens Council
Gilmer
Marshall
Houston
LaGrange
Corpus Christi
Baytown
Pampa
Mississippi
South
Shepperd
Texas Council
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
No Vitamins but Costly Mouthful Stolen Ring Found
San Francisco police jailed 44 year old merchant seaman after an x ray showed a woman's diamond ring in his stomach. Mitchell told Inspector McLaughlin that someone must have planted it after a $750 platinum ring with six diamonds disappeared from Granat Bros. jewelry store.
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San Francisco
Calif
Osborne Mitchell
Edward McLaughlin
Mitchell
Granat Bros
Danl Boone to Hang Up Firearms
Capt Daniel H Boone retires after 23 years in the Army and pivots to auto sales at Temple. A descendant of the frontiersman he served on the U S pistol team in Austria for two years and plans to work for an automobile agency near Temple.
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FT. Hood
Dan'l Boone
Daniel H. Boone
Army
U. S
Austria
Temple
Whitewright and Trenton Dallas Times Herald Carrier Seeks Subscriptions
The notice features a carrier's appeal for daily and Sunday subscriptions with the name Jerry Doyle Jones, address 301 West Locust, and phone 52252. It also lists local ads for service stations, florists, wiring supplies, butane gas, a hatchery in Van Alstyne, and two card of thanks messages from the Jones family and Chester Slaughter and Family.
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Whitewright
Trenton
Dallas Times-Herald
Jerry Doyle Jones
West Locust
State Board Requires Insurance Security Ads To Seek Approval
The State Board of Insurance Commissioners warned all insurance securities dealers that advertising material for selling securities must be submitted to the securities division for approval. The rule, effective Sept. 6, aims to curb false and misleading ads. Two British firms plan to establish a cocoa industry in Malaya.
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Austin
State Board of Insurance Commissioners
Securities Division
Joe S. Moore
Malaya
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Pope
T. W. Ayres & Son
McCall’s
Stetson
Whitewright Lumber Co
Dan’l Boone
Probilof Islands
Snap Shots, Inc
Walker Pharmacy
South Whitewright
Minnie Burchfield
Savoy
Paul Stephens
H. H. Taylor
First National Bank
Stephens & Bryant
Income Tax Service
Floyd Bassett
Dixon Service Station
Dollarhide Hardware
Dawson Butane
Stan
van Alstyne
Cole’s
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Johnson
J. W. Jones
Jones
Chester Slaughter
Linda Theatre
Richard Egan
Rita Morena
Michael Rennie
Anne Baxter
Jeff Chandler
Rory Calhoun
van Heflin
Joanne Woodward
Phil Carey
James Dean
Natalie Wood
Jim Backus
Tillett Grocery & Market
Kraft's
Canada
Wortz Saltine Crackers
Griffin Coffee
Dromedary Angel Food Cake Mix
Post
Sun Valley
Scott Tissue
Griffin’s
Pillsbury Flour
Kimbell
Kraft American Cheese
Kimbell’s
Lipton
Gal
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