Belews Visit Hereford for Surprise Birthday Party
Mr and Mrs J C Belew and Scotty visited Hereford over the weekend staying with Mr and Mrs Joe Scott and with Mr and Mrs Carlton Dobbins. A surprise birthday party for Mr Belew and Mrs Dobbins was held Friday night at the Dobbins home with cake baked by Mrs Robert Dobbins. Others attending included Mr and Mrs Edgar Vinson and daughters Ediana Sammie Carlota and Pam Mr and Mrs Robert Dobbins and Sue Mr and Mrs Joe M Scott and Bennie Mrs Nesbitt G W Scott Sr of Bradshaw.
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Hereford
J. C. Belew
Scotty
Joe Scott
Carlton Dobbins
Mr. Belew
Dobbins
Robert Dobbins
Edgar Vinson
Ediana
Sammie
Carlota
Pam
Sue
Joe M. Scott
Bennie
Nesbitt
G. W. Scott Sr
Bradshaw
Senator Krueger Plans Big Day as Governor-for-a-Day
Senator Culp Krueger of El Campo schedules a September 8 Governor-for-a-Day event inviting friends and state officials to El Campo. He plans visits by at least a dozen state boards and a Highway Commission briefing on by passes for small towns under a Program of Progress for the Small Towns of Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Culp Krueger
el Campo
Krueger
State Highway Commission
Texas
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
House General Investigating Committee
Charles Ballman
Borger
Railroad Commission
Will Wilson
Billie Sol Estes
Texas Land Board to define industrial use of state lands
The School Land Board faces a decision on how to interpret leased state islands and submerged lands along Texas inland waters for industrial purposes. Port Aransas seeks to lease land for a city airport, and Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler favors a liberal reading. An AG study found no Texas court interpretation of the term industrial.
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School Land Board
Texas
The
Land Board
Port Aransas
Jerry Sadler
Attorney General’s Department
Partisan State Conventions Set Amid Platform Debates
Democratic and Republican leaders plan state conventions for September 18 with Fort Worth hosting Republicans and El Paso Democrats. Endorsements for Gov. John Connally hinge on platform content amid pressure from AFL-CIO and Spanish-Speaking Organizations. The era of slow democracy continues as parties seek votes and maintain allies while wrestling with reform through a backdrop of oil scandal investigations and possible grand jury action.
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Fort Worth
el Paso
John Connally
Afl-Cio
Political Association of
New Car Insurance Plan Debate Triggered by Sen Hazelwood
Amarillo state senator Grady Hazelwood, whose heckling spurred the State Board of Insurance to abandon the safe driving plan, says he will push a new law next year. He seeks to require insurance rate settlements to consider company profits, instead of only losses and expenses plus taxes.
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Grady Hazelwood
Amarillo
State Board of Insurance
Tobandon
State Parks seek funds for new camp sites and parks
The Parks Board plans to acquire 550 acres from the International Boundary and Water Commission near Del Rio for a state park and hopes to gain 2,700 more acres from the U S Army Corps of Engineers around Dam Ceees in the Piney Woods. They aim to develop seven camping and boating areas around Dam B to form Town Bluff State Park. The drive hinges on legislative funding.
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State Parks System
International Boundary and Water Commission
Rio Grande
del Rio
Parks Board
Piney Woods
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dam “B
Town Bluff State Ark
Regular Winters Garden Club Meeting Set for Thursday
The Winters Garden Club announces its regular meeting for Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in City Hall. All members are urged to attend.
Lubbock man visits the Little family this weekend
Johnny Newsom of Lubbock spent the weekend visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Little as a guest of their son Button Little.
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Lubbock
Johnny Newsom
Mrs
Bud Little
Button: Little
Supplies Reaching Tyler Puny Before Railroads Arrived
A brief note records the arrival of essential supplies to Tyler prior to the completion of railroad lines. Local traders note limited shipments and reliance on inland routes as transport networks lag.
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Tyler
Johnson to Teach Again with Lifetime Teaching Certificate
Lyndon Johnson can return to teaching. Texas Education Commissioner J. W. Edgar awarded him a lifetime teaching certificate valid for elementary or high school. Johnson began in Cotulla and later taught high school in Houston.
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LBJ
Lyndon Johnson
J. W. Edgar
Texas
Johnson
Cotulla
Houston
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Floyd Grant
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Wingate Highway
J. E. Cox & Sons
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Bahlman Jewelers
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Olds
WHS
Ruby Bryan
Olds Ambassador
Dick Young
T. B. Poe
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Kay Lynn Rives
J. B. Whitlow
Garland Crouch
George Pruser Jr
Hatchel
Preston Barker
Alderman Cave
Watkins
South End Runnels County
Coke County
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Wingate
L. L. Merrill
Dodge
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Lee Neel Sellers
Drasco Road
Max Rogers
G. W. Comegys
Tinkle St
G. A. Buchanan
Tucker
Nita
South Main Street
John J. Swatchsite
Royal Portable
G. C. Byers
Jeep
Johnson Truck
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East Truitt
C. L. Liddell
Nita’s
Singer
W. Wearden
Winters
E. Pierce
Jess Wetzel
Lucy Kittrell
East Dale
W. J. Yates
Spill St
Paul Gerlach
J. L. Hicks
East Truett
Ray Hollingshead
Billy Simpson
Humphrey
Ballinger Salvage Company
C. D. Berry
Talpa
Ervin R. Wessels
Bath
C. H. Casey
Fannin
A. C. Cox
Reuben
Gehrels Motor Lines
Winters Sheet Metal
By Vern
Texas Press Association
James Gehrels
Avon Cosmetics
San Angelo, Tex
Davies
John Deere
B & W Sales Company
Coleman Bailey Whittington
General Insurance
Pate Neot
Dale Street
Bullseye Boys
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