Four Texas officials run unopposed. many races loom
Austin reports four state officers so far unopposed in reelection bids, including comptroller George Sheppard and treasurer Charles Lockhart, with other contests for education chief, Supreme Court seats, attorney general, railroad commissioner, and governor. Salaries for top offices vary from 2,500 to 8,000 dollars annually.
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L. A. Wood
Waco
Jefferson C. Smith
Austin
Supreme Court
W. E. Pierson
J. E. Hickman
Eastland
Civil Court of Appeals
Ocie Speer
Commission of Appeals
James V. Allred
Clem Calhoun
Amarillo
Allred
Wichita Falls
Railroad Commission
C. V. Terrell
Lee Satterwhite
Odessa
Roy S. Tennant
Ray Holder
Lancaster
Miriam Ferguson
Tom F. Hunter
Ross S. Sterling
Board of Control
Board of Water Engineers
Game Commission
Women's Feet Growing Larger Across Decades
London reports a trend toward bigger female shoe sizes. Dr J T Irving of Bristol University links exercise and healthier living to changes in foot size after an exhibition of 1870s costumes showed women cannot fit older footwear. Bootsellers note shift from size 2 1/2 and 3 to sizes up to 5, with 4 common.
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London
J. T. Irving
Physiology
Bristol University
England
West End
Friday the Thirteenth Superstitions Across Society
The Pathfinder surveys widespread fears of the number 13 among officials, workers, and nations from Washington to Paris. It notes bans on 13 in restaurants and auto tags, historic 13th events, and lists famous figures linked to 13, concluding with no one refusing 13 cents or $13 gifts.
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Uine Gastoria
Washington
Hoover
Childs
Victor Hugo
Andrew W. Mellon
Primo de Rivera
Alfonso
Frank Hawks
Paris
Mexico
Central America
13 Club
Louis the 13Th
France
Ludlow
Indiana
Nansen
Arctic
Civilization
Richard Wagner
General Pershing
Republic
John Paul Jane
Admiral Perry
Lake Erie
Fort Sumter
Legal To Kiss One's Wife Now
Baltimore voters repealed 200 year old Sunday observance laws by a margin over 83 000. The change allows attending moving picture shows sports events and certain retail purchases on Sundays for the first time in the city.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Political Calendar for Texas in 1982
Texas organizes a busy 1982 political year with milestones from May 24 state convention delegates to November 28 general election canvass. Key dates include June 6 candidate filing deadlines for state offices and June 18 for county offices, July 23 primary election, August 27 run-off primary and district conventions, and September 6 state convention to adopt platform and nominees.
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Texas
State Executive Committee
Spinach Saves Man From Poison in Wichita
In Wichita Kansas a man attempted suicide by swallowing poison. A physician admonished him as spinach absorbed the poison and saved his life.
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Spinach
Wichita
Kans
Hogwallow News Sketches and Local Quirks
Hogwallow News reports Columbus Allsop joking about government budget balance by watching a Tickville butcher. A drummer tries selling dinner bells to Rye Straw store man who says no call for labor-saving devices. Fletcher Henstep’s dog missing. Depuy Constable investigates with 50 cent reward. Postmaster discards corn ear. dogs grow excited. Sidney Hocks attends Dog Hill Church and rises for hymns despite sore feet. Last week Club Hancock took his
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Columbus Allsop
Tickville
Fletcher Henstep
Depuy
Mule’s Stable Mistake Hurts Building To Garage
Sile Kilden of Gander Creek reports a drove of mosquitoes resembling last summer’s swarm at his home. Raz Barlow in Tickville yesterday saw the Banker's Daughter board an auto while the Horse Doctor applied a fresh poultice to his carbuncle.
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Sile Kilden
Gander Creek
Raz Barlow
Tickville
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Hogwallow News
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Dog Hill
Sidney
Hancock
Whitewright Gin & Ice Company
Mark Montgomery
Whitewright
Mangrum’s
Mangrum Bros
Cview At
Westinghouse
Manning, Clark & Meador
Whitewright, Texas
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