Texas Wet Local Option Wins 11-5 in 1951 Elections
The Texas Liquor Control Board reports wets won 11-5 in local option contests in 1951, reversing 1950 trends. By year end 92 counties allowed distilled spirits sales, with 30 wholly wet and many partially dry areas. Total alcohol consumption across Texas reached 125,617,092 gallons of beer and 7,549,973 gallons of distilled spirits, averaging over 16 beers and nearly one gallon of spirits per person.
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Austin
Texas Liquor Control Board
Howard County
Big Spring
Texas
Liberty and Willacy
Liquor Control Board
Publicity Given To Few Conveys Idea All Oil Men Wealthy
A Houston oil company vice president argues publicity focused on a few successful men fuels the belief that all oil men are millionaires. G. R.
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Houston
Houston Oil Company
G. R
Ives Sees Ike Poised To Clinch Nomination
Sen. Irving M. Ives said Eisenhower can win the Republican nomination without returning home to campaign while aides warn that Paris HQ timing may hurt the effort. Ives added a return would help but is not indispensable amid pressure to counter Taft’s momentum.
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Washington
Irving M. Ives
N. Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Paris
Eisenhower Organiztion
Ives
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Oil ventures and odds cited by Bryant and Spindletop notes
Bryant called the oil claim a misconception. He cites odds of success at about 243 to one and jackpot chances at 967 to one. He notes that among 200 firms linked to the Spindletop find in 1901 only four remain in business. Maine is described as bounded by one state, New Hampshire.
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Bryant
Maine
New Hampshire
Dom misrepresentation case ends in $7000 auto sale award
Dallas jurors awarded $7000 to Alton G. Herrin after finding Lone Star Cadillac misrepresented a used car sale. Herrin, a paralyzed Abilene tax accountant, contended the car had under 800 miles but jury established it had more than 11 000 miles.
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Dallas
Alton G. Herrin
Lone Star Cadillac Company
Herrin
Abilene
Scarcity of hegari seed prompts seed bootlegging warning
Texas agriculture chief John C. White warns that hegari seed shortages invite bootleggers selling substitutes. Black Hull Kafir and Atlas Sorgo, both sorghum kinds, may pass as hegari. He says to test by scraping seed skin to reveal a blue undercoat unique to hegari.
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Austin
John C. White
Texas
White
For Sale Delfel place on Bond Street description
Six room house on Bond street two blocks south of Main known as the Delfel place with all city conveniences. Lewis Whit worth announces candidacy for State Representative Dist 49F Richard S Stark is listed among Democratic Primary hopefuls on July 26 1952.
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Bond Street
Main
Delfel Place
Lewis Whitworth
The
Sun
Richard S. Stark
Veteran Benefits Q&A Highlights Eligibility Rules
Summary of VA guidance on GI loan guarantees and use of increased guarantees for business expansion, Korean disability eligibility for vocational training, pension retroactivity rules, and NSLI term policy conversion limits. Key points include limits on using extra GI loan guarantees, disability date requirements for Korean era programs, pension increases not retroactive to application date, and NSLI term policy conversion to permanent plans only.
Insurance policy types and state designations cited
The text lists policy varieties Ordinary Life 30-Payment Life 20-Payment Life 20-Year Endowment Endowment at Age 60 and Endowment at Age 65. It notes only one state named for a President is Washington while Kentucky Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Virginia are commonwealths.
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State of
Washington
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Virginia
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Ike
Batiste
T. W. Ayres & Son
Peters
Boutonnieres
Mrs
Glenn Doss
Ethel Short
Bois d
Elbert Bennett
Gomer May
Whitewright
Stephens & Bryant
McMillin
West Grand Avenue
Trenton
Grady Gillett le
Rock Road
Dawson Butane Gas Company
NEW Theatre
Cole’s
Philips Grocery
Hannah Florists of
Sherman
Carrie Hamilton
Bob White
Tyler Street
Tex
Remington
Whitewright Sun
Langford Nursery
Tom Bean
Babcock Auto Store
Tom Barbee
Alott
Farley & Hill
C. J. Meador Hardware
Farmall
Orenduff
W. N. Stone
James H. Gosnell
Salsbury
Scodala
Griffin’s Pie Cherries
Florida
Donald Duck
Bacon
Kornland Bacon
Woodbury
Food Mart
Northrup
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