Civil rights debate and policy notes from Texas leaders
Governor Connally urges progress without protests while labor leaders push for mass demonstrations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. He rejects a special session to expand rights and wages. Miskell to oversee new licensed lender law.
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Austin
John Connally
Texas
Roy Evans
Afl-Cio
Rio Grande Valley
Connally
Evans
Frank Miskell
Miskell
State Finance Commission
Facts from world and American trivia notes
A collection of varied facts covers geography history and statistics from the Wa ter ton Glacier Peace Park to Maryland's state house, Panama Canal labor, Malaya’s anthem, Ladakh customs, and the Virgin Islands taxes. It cites numbers on forests, bourbon production, island counts, and a 13 spade bridge hand probability.
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Waterton - Glacier International Peace Park
Alberta
Canada
Montana
Panama Canal
Malaya
Ladakh
Maryland State House
Annapolis
Virgin Islands
U. S
Secretary of the Treasury
Philippines
Louisville
Jefferson County
United States
Convention Hall
Atlantic City
N. J
California
Bagdad
Pirates and international law shape crime beyond borders
The piracy principle allows any nation to seize and punish pirates or war criminals regardless of citizenship or location. It notes trials in absentia are less respected than full defense hearings and cites WWII Nazi crimes. It also mentions early international law and the first successful five mile cast iron pipeline in Pennsylvania in 1865.
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Pennsylvania
Oklahoma Patrol Drops Gas Can Courtesy Policy
Oklahoma Highway Patrol will stop carrying two gallon gas cans after a car fire on July 4 caused by fumes ignited by a transmitter spark. Six patrol cars have burned in four years. Troopers will drive stranded motorists to a nearby service station to buy fuel and return them, with empty cans kept in cars for return trips.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Bob Lester
Lester
Farm Labour Union Picnic Set in Kentuckytown
From The Sun July 26 1923 a Farm Labour Union picnic scheduled for July 27 28 at Kentuckytown. Other notes include civic deaths Mrs J B Williams near Tom Bean and Mrs Maggie Johns in Dallas, and local incidents such as an auto crash near Choctaw Creek bridge with injuries to Russell McGinnis Clifford Gould and Mrs Billie Beams.
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Farm Labour Union
Kentuckytown
J. B. Williams
Arthur Williams
Tom Bean
Bryant Penn
John Philip Barbee
Elmo Wallace
Oklahoma
Russell McGinnis
Clifford Gould
Billie Beams
Choctaw Creek Bridge
Wes Judd
Pilot Grove
the Sun
J. E. Smith
Luther Sears
Canaan
Whitewright
R. A. Gillett
Definitions of Odd Terms and Social Exchanges
An assortment of playful definitions lowers the tone of common words. The piece links curiosity to social exchange, noting witty takes on everyday objects and roles.
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Texas Water Commission
DeWitt C. Greer
Houston
Fort Worth
Higher Education
A. B. Martin
Amarillo
Sadler
Jerry Sadler
Waggoner
Carr
Bob Baker
Padre Island
Supreme Court
School Land Board
Texas Water Pollution Control Board
Copano
Aransas Bays
Lamar
Aransas County
Commission
American Liberty Oil Company
Bay Area
Whitewright, Texas
James Madison
William H. Pierce
Sherman Hospital
Maggie Johns
Dallas
Sarah Belle
Needlework Guild
Carolyn Simmons
George K. Stephens
Sherman
Joe Wallace
Albert Lea Jackson
C. B. Bryant III
Dixie Camp
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Grayson and
Fannin
Dawson Propane Co
Tedenrak
Insurance Corp
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