Soviet Union to free three Americans from custody
Soviet Russia said it will release two U S Army privates Wilfred C Cornish and Murray Fields who have been missing over seven years and a third man Frederick Charles Hopkins. The releases follow a U S State Department request in a note dated July 16. The two privates are listed as deserters and may face arrest upon return.
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Russia
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State Department
Army
Wilfred C. Cumish
Amesbury
Mass
Murray Fields
Bayside
N.Y
Cumish and Fields
Murray Feingersch
Flood toll rises as eight states reel from historic deluge
The Northeast endures billions in damage with at least 141 dead and many missing as floods sweep eight states. Rescue workers evacuate about 200 in Pellet's Island New York while Connecticut towns face fires and magnesium plant explosions. Utilities fail and water supplies come under threat as Eisenhower names six states as major disaster areas.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Gan
Pellet's Island
New York
Orange County
Wallkill River
Putnam
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
New Jersey
Rhode Island
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Youth Killed In Car Wreck Near Stratford
Stratford August 20 Harold Dean Bryan 16 believed from Dimmitt was killed about 9 30 p m when his car left a dirt road a half mile north of the Sam Wohlford farm The right rear tire blew out causing the skidding The Cecil highway patrolman said Gene Oliver Bryan 10 of San Angelo a cousin escaped injury
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Stratford
Harold Dean Bryan
Dimmitt
Sam Wohlford
Gene Oliver Bryan
San Angelo
Harold Dean
Bryan
Tragedy at Pocono Camp Leaves Dozens Dead or Missing
Stroudsburg, Aug 20. Twelve people are dead and 19 are missing after a flood swept through a Pocono mountains camp near here. Nine survivors from a two story house attic were rescued and taken to a Stroudsburg hospital. The disaster hit the Davis Camp vacation area making it the worst flood tragedy in eastern Pennsylvania history.
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Stroudsburg
Pocono Mountain
Pennsylvania
Caddy killed by golf ball at Amarillo club
A 12 year old caddy, Carlos Don Howard, died after being struck by a ricocheting golf ball during a game at Amarillo Country Club. Autopsy cited a massive brain hemorrhage from a blow to the left temple. The accident occurred near the seventh hole when a ball sliced into shrubbery, the boy standing about 100 yards away.
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Carlos Don Howard
Earl P. Howard
N. Arapahoe
Northwest Texas
Ray Moore
Parker
Moore
Walter Russell
Glenn Mabry
Glenn
Newbold
Don
Communists say plane shot down. Brown killed in Korea
The Communists told the U N command that Army Captain Charles W. Brown of West Louisville Kentucky was killed when a small training plane was shot down by Chinese Communist antiaircraft fire. They also claimed Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Guy Bumpas of Jackson Mississippi survived with a possible cracked skull. The two men would be returned at 3 30 p m Tuesday after a joint armistice commission meeting.
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U. N
Army
Charles W. Brown
Louisville
Air Force
Guy Bumpas
Jackson
Miss
Bumpas
Brown
Jung Kook Rok
Ical
Military Armistice Commission
U.N
Red
Jung
Harlan C. Parks
Bully the Bee Invades Mrs Hambrick’s Yard
Mrs Olga Hambrick at 3904 Polk reports a bumble bee, named Bully, has controlled her back yard for three weeks with diving attacks. Police respond, swat at the bee, and file a report while the lawn mower is left in the uncut yard.
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Bully
Olga Hambrick
Polk
Ambiguous Local Weather and Course Ad Mention
Fragmentary weather notes note sun days in Amarillo and comparisons at 3 p m with wind visibility and sky conditions across cities including Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo. The text also references a Dale Carnegie Course and a DR3-5530 contact.
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Houston
Esceesees
Eeesenes
Ptly Cidy
Okla
Dale Carnegie
Trout Evade Boy at Presidential Ranch Visit
Fraser Colorado August 20 young David Eisenhower seven grandson of the President posed as a fisherman at the mountain ranch where he is visiting the Chief Executive. He wore cowboy boots a Western hat a blue jersey shirt and at times a black sweater. But the trout would not bite while newsmen observed.
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Colo
David Eisenhower
Mountain Ranch
David
Rioting in North Africa Leaves Hundreds Dead
Riots, battles, and bombings across French North Africa killed more than 430 people, with Oued Zem in Morocco the scene of the worst violence. European and local victims suffered as officials vow severe reprisals amid ongoing unrest.
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Paris
North Africa
Tech Farm Action Expands After PanTech Lands Pantex Land
Dr. E N Jones of Texas Tech announces expanded agricultural research at PanTech Farms following Texas Tech purchase of a large part of the 16,000 acre Pantex Ordnance Plant east of Amarillo. A 51 page partition agreement was signed by James H Bond DEH W Dallas Col Stanley R Reiff Army Corps Tulsa and Charles C Thompson Tech board chair. Dr Jones called the signing a momentous event in Texas Tech history noting PanTech farms already show value in agriculture.
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Texas Tech
Pantex Ordnance
Amarillo
James H. Bond
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dallas
Stanley G. Reiff
Army Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
E. N. Jones
Charles C. Thompson
Tech
Dr. Jones
PanTech
Commander of Clovis Air Base Killed in Crash
Col. Henry H. Norman Jr., 41, commander of Clovis Air Force Base, died when his F86H jet crashed during a Tactical Air Command gunner meet at Wendover Utah. He had been wing commander for 15 days since joining Clovis in 1954. Survived by widow Nan Jewell and three children, plus his parents.
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Clovis
N.M
Clovis Air Force Base
Henry H
Hank) Nortman Jr
Utah Desert
Norman
Tactical Air Command
Wendover Afb
Utah
Nan Jewell
Henry T. Ill
Betsy Nan
Cheryl Shannon
Cheryl Shannon, 4, Who Reside Here, and His Parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Norman
Hardy, Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Colonel Norman
Hardy
Arkansas College
University of Arkansas
U.S. Military Academy
Downtown deal tops three hundred thousand dollars
Frank Heath bought the Southworth building at 620 Tyler for his Heath Interiors while the adjacent 60 by 140 foot parking lot was acquired by the American National Bank. The bank plans free public use for customers 9 am to 2 pm six days weekly and after hours parking for the public, with a brick wall and attendant booth to be constructed.
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Southworth
7Th and Tyler
Frank Heath
Tyler
Heath
American National Bank
Frank A. Paul Jr
Askew & Brown
H. J. Rice
Paul
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