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[Bill Myres wearing Jack Thompson's Buscadero belt] (open access)

[Bill Myres wearing Jack Thompson's Buscadero belt]

Newspaper clipping that depicts Bill Myres in a brown suit wearing a Buscadero belt. The article that is under the picture talks about Sam Myres' longevity as a leather maker. His business is known to produce dependable and good quality items. Now that Sam Myres has passed, his son, Bill Myres, has taken over the business and continues to produce S.D. Myres Saddle Company products.
Date: June 2, 1957
Creator: Wilke, L. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 100 Galveston Men Bet $50,000 on City] (open access)

[Clipping: 100 Galveston Men Bet $50,000 on City]

Clipping from the Houston Press describing a public relations campaign to lure tourists and business to this port and resort city.
Date: March 11, 1957
Creator: Howard Stentz
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Academy Elects 2 Med Branch Profs] (open access)

[Clipping: Academy Elects 2 Med Branch Profs]

Clipping describing the election of two University of Texas Medical Branch professors to the National Academy of Microbiology.
Date: February 22, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: AWVS Presents Chair in Memory Of Dan Kempner] (open access)

[Clipping: AWVS Presents Chair in Memory Of Dan Kempner]

Clipping describing a donation of children's wheel chairs to John Sealy hospital in memory of Dan Kempner.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Bertner Award Winner Here For Symposium] (open access)

[Clipping: Bertner Award Winner Here For Symposium]

Clipping describing Dr. John J. Bittner, winner of the Bertner Foundation Award, being among the 25 virologists attending the cancer symposium.
Date: March 9, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Cancer Researchers To Meet Here Today] (open access)

[Clipping: Cancer Researchers To Meet Here Today]

Clipping describing a meeting between cancer researchers at the University of Texas medical branch.
Date: March 9, 1957
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: Daniel Administration Theme To Be Progress With Economy] (open access)

[Clipping: Daniel Administration Theme To Be Progress With Economy]

Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing the various economic proposals by the incoming governor, Price Daniel, including the budget, welfare improvements, and etc.
Date: January 13, 1957
Creator: The Houston Chronicle
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Deposits and Diseases] (open access)

[Clipping: Deposits and Diseases]

Clipping from Dr. John B. Truslow describing the fear of banks.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Truslow, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Foundation Offers To Build Building (open access)

[Clipping: Foundation Offers To Build Building

Clipping describing the offer to build a building to house a Cobalt machine for cancer therapy by the Sealy & Smith Foundation for the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Funeral Services Here Today For Mrs. David C. Leavell] (open access)

[Clipping: Funeral Services Here Today For Mrs. David C. Leavell]

Clipping describing funeral services for Mrs. David C. Leavell and her life.
Date: August 27, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Galveston Under Wraps: How's It Doing?] (open access)

[Clipping: Galveston Under Wraps: How's It Doing?]

Photocopy of page from The Austin American including an article discussing the development of Galveston entitled: "Galveston Under Wraps: How's It Doing? The Crowds Are Different But Money's Rolling In." Included with the article are photographs of a beach scene, hotels, and port views.
Date: September 10, 1957
Creator: Williams, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Harvard Cries A Warning] (open access)

[Clipping: Harvard Cries A Warning]

Clipping describing the appeal for more funding to Harvard and why it should be taken seriously.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Hospitals in Dallas To Get Ford Gifts] (open access)

[Clipping: Hospitals in Dallas To Get Ford Gifts]

Clipping describing payments to Dallas hospitals and medical centers in Ford Foundation grants.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Kempner Fund Set Up for Med Students] (open access)

[Clipping: Kempner Fund Set Up for Med Students]

Clipping describing the recent creation of a $100,000 scholarship fund for students attending the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Med. School...] (open access)

[Clipping: Med. School...]

Clipping from the San Antonian describing an argument for a fourth medical school for Texas to be built in San Antonio.
Date: January 3, 1957
Creator: San Antonian
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Medical Branch Graduate In London on Kempner Grant] (open access)

[Clipping: Medical Branch Graduate In London on Kempner Grant]

Clipping describing the Jeane B. Kempner scholarship fund and its first recipient.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Mental Hospital Here Would Train Vitally-Needed Workers] (open access)

[Clipping: Mental Hospital Here Would Train Vitally-Needed Workers]

Clipping from The Houston Post describing the need for a proposed mental hospital in the Texas Medical Center.
Date: May 6, 1957
Creator: The Houston Post
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Need of University for Public Support Cited as Donors Honored] (open access)

[Clipping: Need of University for Public Support Cited as Donors Honored]

Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing the need for financial support for the University of Houston by James H. Pipkin.
Date: March 16, 1957
Creator: The Houston Chronicle
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New Harris Hospital Plan Okd by Panel] (open access)

[Clipping: New Harris Hospital Plan Okd by Panel]

Clipping describing the passing of a bill, in the House Committee on Counties, that would give Harris County an alternative method of setting up a countywide hospital district under the administration of the Commissioners Court.
Date: 1957
Creator: Post Austin Bureau
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Offers to Drop Bond Issue For Tax Hike] (open access)

[Clipping: Offers to Drop Bond Issue For Tax Hike]

Clipping from The Houston Chronicle describing a proposal from Police and Fire Commissioner Walter Johnston to withdraw a $475000 fire department bond on the may ballot in exchange for an allocation of $75000, used for indigent sick, to the fire department.
Date: 1957
Creator: The Houston Chronicle
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Phillips Asks State Accept Cobalt Device] (open access)

[Clipping: Phillips Asks State Accept Cobalt Device]

Clipping describing the call by Senator Phillips to accept the $50,000 Cobalt-60 machine donated last week to the University of Texas medical branch.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plan More Money For Houston Schools] (open access)

[Clipping: Plan More Money For Houston Schools]

Clipping from the Houston Chronicle describing more appropriations of funds being assigned to the University of Texas medical units at Houston and Galveston.
Date: 1957
Creator: Wall, E. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pointers on Costs For Medical Care] (open access)

[Clipping: Pointers on Costs For Medical Care]

Clipping from the Galveston Tribune describing a few points about the costs of medical care.
Date: 1957
Creator: Bauer, W. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History