Resource Type

[Clipping: Golden Wedding To Be Observed By the Cregers] (open access)

[Clipping: Golden Wedding To Be Observed By the Cregers]

Newspaper clipping showing a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Creger and stating that they will be honored with a reception by their children at Charlyne Creger's home.
Date: December 25, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New Mortality Table Affects Life Policies] (open access)

[Clipping: New Mortality Table Affects Life Policies]

Newspaper clipping about the new life insurance mortality table. At the top of the clipping is a date written in pen, '1-21-59'. The other side of the clipping contains an article titled 'Speaker from Odessa will Review 'Buttons in the Back''.
Date: January 21, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Latimer Move Would Cure Official 'Luxury' Cars] (open access)

[Clipping: Latimer Move Would Cure Official 'Luxury' Cars]

Newspaper clipping about House Concurrent Resolution 14, the recently House-approved resolution sponsored by Representative Latimer.
Date: 1959~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Proposed $2.2 Million Streets Program] (open access)

[Clipping: Proposed $2.2 Million Streets Program]

Newspaper clipping with details for a street improvement program in Abilene, Texas.
Date: August 17, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: West Texas Barbers Ask Board Post] (open access)

[Clipping: West Texas Barbers Ask Board Post]

Newspaper clipping about the resolution asking Governor Daniel for a West Texas Representative on the State Barber Board.
Date: 1958~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: West Texas Barbers Ask Representative on Board] (open access)

[Clipping: West Texas Barbers Ask Representative on Board]

Newspaper clipping about the appointment of a West Texas representative on the State Barber Board. There is a marking at the top of the clipping that reads, '11-25-57-Evening'.
Date: 1958~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Compensation Law Improved Despite Lobbyists Pressure Tactics] (open access)

[Clipping: Compensation Law Improved Despite Lobbyists Pressure Tactics]

Newspaper clipping about the improvements made to the workmen's compensation legislation.
Date: May 30, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: State Expenditures] (open access)

[Clipping: State Expenditures]

Newspaper clipping about the approved appropriation bills calling for over $2 billion in expenditures. There are written notes along the clipping: 'Mr. Ellis', '4-5-57', and 'Fort Worth'.
Date: 1957-04-05?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Woman's Angle] (open access)

[Clipping: The Woman's Angle]

Newspaper clipping providing a biography of Mrs. Edward H. Tenison Jr. including information about her past experiences and employment before becoming a Community Chest vice-president.
Date: January 30, 1957
Creator: Brinkerhoff, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Abilene Map] (open access)

[Clipping: Abilene Map]

Newspaper clipping of a map of Abilene Texas.
Date: July 22, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Prohibition, Senate Votes Hike State Poll Tax Total] (open access)

[Clipping: Prohibition, Senate Votes Hike State Poll Tax Total]

Newspaper clipping about the poll tax payments in some Texas counties such as Dallas, Galveston, Orange, Harris, and Tom Green.
Date: 1956~
Creator: Associated Press
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Belles of 1918] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Belles of 1918]

Newspaper clipping about the Abilene Christian College students who will be featured in the song "A City Set on a Hill" to be presented at the university's Anniversary Celebration. Includes a photograph of six young ladies all wearing the same polka dot graduation garments, holding their purses up at chest height with both hands.
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping of Administration Building] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping of Administration Building]

Photograph clipped from the Abilene Reporter-News of the old Abilene Christian College Administration Building, with students standing in front and on the balcony of the two-story brick building.
Date: November 6, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Magazine Cites Latimer for Work On insurance Code] (open access)

[Clipping: Magazine Cites Latimer for Work On insurance Code]

Newspaper clipping discussing Representative Truett Latimer's role in insurance laws passing.
Date: September 25, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Miss Charlyne Creger] (open access)

[Clipping: Miss Charlyne Creger]

Newspaper clipping stating that Charlyne Creger completed anesthesia training at the Baylor University Medical School at Dallas and that she will begin a new position in Norman, Oklahoma.
Date: March 7, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Be Safe! Wait A While] (open access)

[Clipping: Be Safe! Wait A While]

Newspaper clipping about the lawsuit from Lower Valley residents over the City of El Paso's effort to extend its limit to their area.
Date: January 30, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Showdown Nears on Gas Price Rule] (open access)

[Clipping: Showdown Nears on Gas Price Rule]

Newspaper clipping about the ruling to allow the Federal Power Commission jurisdiction at the wellhead if the gas moved for resale in interstate commerce.
Date: January 30, 1955
Creator: Carmical, J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: West Texas' Interest In Trinity Project] (open access)

[Clipping: West Texas' Interest In Trinity Project]

Newspaper clipping about the Trinity River project and Representative Truett Latimer's stance on it.
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Down Texas Way] (open access)

[Clipping: Down Texas Way]

Newspaper clipping about the school board of Houston's decision to not renew Dr. George W. Ebey's contract, the deputy superintendent of schools, Houston, Texas.
Date: March 22, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Roy Mattox Dies in Jacksonville] (open access)

[Clipping: Roy Mattox Dies in Jacksonville]

A newspaper clipping with a circled article titled "Roy Mattox Dies in Jacksonville". The article is printed by The Clinch County News, dated February 5, 1954. Carswell handwrites on the clipping that Mattox was a childhood friend and neighbor.
Date: February 5, 1954
Creator: Clinch County News
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: I Reached Stars the Hard Way] (open access)

[Clipping: I Reached Stars the Hard Way]

Photocopy of an article discussing Jacqueline Cochran's childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood.
Date: 1954
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: D. B. Thomson of Lubbock Describes 1883 Trail Drive] (open access)

[Clipping: D. B. Thomson of Lubbock Describes 1883 Trail Drive]

Newspaper clipping of D.R. Thomson describing some of his adventures as a cattle driver. The name, Raider Thomson, is penciled at the top edge, and a partial advertisement is printed on the back.
Date: December 6, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 13 Trillion Cubic Feet of Gas] (open access)

[Clipping: 13 Trillion Cubic Feet of Gas]

Photocopy of a newspaper article about a bill concerning gas rates.
Date: 1953-04-09~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Says City's Pumps Short on Horsepower] (open access)

[Clipping: Says City's Pumps Short on Horsepower]

Newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor of the Abilene Reporter-News concerning the city's work on Abilene's water pumps.
Date: November 2, 1952
Creator: English, Joe H.
System: The Portal to Texas History