Tornado Toll Hits Silverton Texas Rages Through Panhandle
Rescue workers pulled bodies from wreckage in Silverton after a red sand tornado devastated the town late Wednesday. At least 19 killed in Silverton, another victim near Lockney, Texas, with eighty injured. Homes, grain elevators, and a cotton gin were destroyed along with a workers’ barracks. Authorities fear more bodies. A baby found among debris fits a missing person report from a nearby farm. The broader Texas panhandle siege of tornadoes and floods continues.
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Silverton
Tex
Lone Star
Lockney
Highway Patrol
JW. Blackwell
al Plainview Hospital
L.C. Thompson
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Billy Stevens
Braceros
Rance Stephens Jr
Mildred
Bruce
Allen
Rhonda Kay
Veral Vaughn
Stephens
Rance Stephens Sr
Robert Proctor
Proctor
Bill
Jane Whitfield
Tulsa
James
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
School term closings mark commencements countywide
Commencement exercises for 118 Madison Heights High School graduates are set for 3 p.m. today with Barton Rees Pogue of Upland as speaker. Next week five county high schools will hold commencements in Summitville Lapel Markleville Frankton and Highland. Officials plan end-of-year activities through next Friday with class reports cards distributed then. Lapel holds baccalaureate at 3 p.m. Sunday in the S Lapel Methodist Church and graduation at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the high school gym with speakers Glenda Simpson Larry Bracken Glenn Gimple and Jayne Swinford. Highland posts baccalaureate at 4 p.m. Sunday in the school gym and commencement at 8 p.m. May 24 with Dr J A DeWeerd as speaker. Highland seniors have a busy week: senior picnic Tuesday, Awards Day Wednesday, class party Thursday, and a seven-day trip to New York City starting May 25. The article lists Lapel seniors alphabetically and notes the page continues on Page 3 Column 3.
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Madison Heights High School
Barton Rees Pogue
Upland
Summitville
Lapel
Markleville
Frankton
Highland
Varios
Robert BM. Forbes
S. Lapel Methodist Church
Garfield Steedman
H. R. Clark
Chesterfield Christian Church
Victor Owens
J. A. DeWeerd
Indianapolis
Cable Tabernacle
Mounds State Park
Thomas Bradley
Mary Lou Frank
New York City
Lapel High School
Marcella Baker
Rosalie Benefiel
Larry Bracken
Rita Bronnenburg
Sallie Brown
Ronald Byrne
Jack Davidson
Carole
Rent a Lake Cottage Through a Want Ad
Planning lakeside getaways this summer. reserve or buy a cabin by following Classifieds 56 Summer Resorts Daily in The Bulletin and Herald. An example cottage on Little Barbee offers four rooms and a screened porch at a reasonable price. weekly ads boost rental exposure. Dial 3-5371 to place cottage-for-rent notices.
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The
Bulletin and Herald
Little Barbee
The Family Car By Wally Falk
Central Indiana forecast calls for showers and cool, cloudy weather with highs near 60. Saturday should bring partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with possible showers and thunderstorms, with state highs from 62 to 75 and Friday night lows 45 to 55. Thursday readings ranged 39 to 58 degrees.
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Indiana
Two Indiana Highway Probe Defendants Refuse To Answer
Washington reports that two Hoosier defendants, Robert A. Peak and Harry Doggett, refused to answer questions on the final day of a Senate subcommittee hearing into alleged theft and embezzlement in Indiana's highway department. They, like former highway chairman Virgil Smith and right of way chief Nile Teverbaugh, invoked the Fifth Amendment. The subcommittee, led by Albert Gore, planned to recommend transcript circulation of the proceedings.
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Washington
Senate
Indiana
Robert A. Peak
Milan
Ind
Harry Doggett
Greensburg
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
Virgil
Red) Smith
Smith
Nile Teverbaugh
Teverbaugh
Highway Department
Subcommittee
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Erickson
Quest
Doggett
Dennis Chavez
Tev
Agriculture
Jerbough
Soil Bank
George Craig
Craig
Peak
Lawrence Peak
Indianapolis
Benson kicks at House vote on soil bank plan
Washington AP Secretary of Agriculture Benson warned the House vote to dismantle most of the Eisenhower soil bank would boost farm surpluses and cost taxpayers more. He called the action false economy as 192-187 backed ending the subsidy, with next move to the Senate.
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Washington (Ap
Benson
House
Eisenhower
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
State Of Terror grips Haiti as army may take control
Tension spreads beyond Port au Prince as Brig. Gen. Leon Cantave hints a military takeover could be a last resort. Officials acknowledge a state of terror in major cities while rebels oppose the government and block coastal roads, leaving the country in turmoil.
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Larry Allen
Fort AU Prince
Haiti
Leon Cantave
Ure Riderweg
Budget Bill Cuts Mark First Big Money Measure
The Senate approved a Treasury and Post Office funding bill totaling 3.88 billion dollars, trimming 2 percent from White House requests. Lyndon Johnson touted an 80.36 million savings for taxpayers, while Eisenhower’s budget appeals drew limited response. House appropriations also moved a 78.47 million dollar bill for House operations, with modest cuts.
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J. W. Davis Washington
Congress
White House
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Tax Court
Eisenhower
Nation
House
Senate
Treasury Post Office
Johnson
Dirksen
R-Di
House Appropriations Committee
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
U.S. Information Agency
Arthur Bender Receives First Adair Award
Arthur Bender Jr staff engineer in charge of quality control at the Delta Remy Division is named the first Adair Award recipient by the American Society for Quality Control. He accepted the honor in Indianapolis from William Visiting, president of the Indianapolis Section. The award recognizes his loyal and outstanding service as a former national quality control leader and current national board member.
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Arthur Bender,Jr
Delta-Remy
American Society For Quality Control
Adair
Bender
Indianapolis
William Visiting
National Industrial Quality Control Organization
National Board of Directors
Arthur Bender Jr
Delco-Remy Division
American Society For Quality Central
Shop Anderson Days kicks off three day sale drive
Anderson retailers launch a three day Shop Anderson Days with 44 stores offering specials at 10 am 4 pm and 7 pm and thousands of other bargains. Editor note Mike Martin chairs the Anderson Retail Association event joined by Francis Creek with plans for a heavy shopper response in the Anderson area through Saturday.
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Wnursany
Anderson Herald
Daily Bulletin
Anderson
Anderson Retail Association
Mike Martin
Francis Creek
Anderson Man Named Acting Head At State Farm
Morris J. Carter of Anderson, a former police chief and State Police member, was named acting superintendent of the Indiana State Farm at Putnamville pending a permanent appoinment to replace Thomas Tiffee who resigned for health reasons. Gov. Harold W. Handley announced the move in Indianapolis. Carter previously led the Anderson Police Department and served as State motor vehicle commissioner. Paul Myers said several candidates are under review and Carter may serve ten days to two weeks.
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Morris J. Carter
W. 5Th St
State Correction Board
Indiana State Farm
Putnamvile
Thomas Tiffee
Correction Board
Carter
Anderson College May Festival Opens With Coronation Today
Queen Barbara Harris Rhoda to be crowned at 6 15 as festival begins at 5 on West Campus lawn. A public gymnasium concert follows at 8 15 featuring student and town talent with Dr John A Morrison crowning, Miss Ingyr Marie Lien directing music from the faculty. The festival includes a Maypole, campus groups, and a specially formed Festi trio orchestra with local and visiting performers.
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Barbara Harris Rhode
Niagara Falls
Anderson College
Anderson College Nold
Barbara Harris Rhoda
Robert A. Nicholson
John A. Morrison
Blevins
Louetta Beard
Anderson
Len Blevins
Gordon Kane
Toni Romano Harris
John S. Kane
Eatur
Lois Steph
Hester Click
Val
Frankfort
Ind
Miss Carols
di Renz
Baltimore
Ingyr Marie Lien
Julia Stephenson
Ajof
Barbara
Saj
Royal Court
County permits total 213 500 in week
Building Inspector Everett Johnson issued permits for 15 construction projects over the past week totaling 213 500. A lumber yard permit costing 80 000 was issued yesterday to Charles Wolahan Inc of Saginaw for a site in Pipe Creek Township near Ind 3T and P St Road. Permits also went to Forkner Manger Timber Company for six homes in Anderson Township for 60 000, plus a 30 000 business permit, two remodels at 5 000, and 12 new homes totaling 123 000.
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Everett Johnson
Elwood
Charles Wolahan
Wickes Corporation
Saginaw
Mich
Pipe Creek
Ind. 3T
P St
Forkner Manger Timber Company
Anderson Township
Johnson
North Oklahoma Braces For Record Flood After Torrential Rains
Severe flooding along the Cimarron River crippled Dover Enid and Hennessey as 13.07 inch rainfall caused up to 12 foot waters. Dozens evacuated in Dover and Enid, roads closed, communications cut, and a tornado alert persisted across western Oklahoma amid destroyed buildings and cattle losses.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Cimarron
Dover
Enid
Alva
Hennessey
Waynoka
New Arrivals Hospital Births at St. Joh
Mr and Mrs John McGuire 1905 Whittier Ave welcome a boy. Mr and Mrs Frank Druschel 2913 Pearl St announce a boy. Mr and Mrs John Carlson 1343 Arrow Ave have a boy. Mr and Mrs James Gale 2918 W 11th St welcome a girl. Mr and Mrs Wallace Thornburg Middletown report a girl. Mr and Mrs Robert Swain 725 W 17th St announce a girl. Mr and Mrs James Triplett 2082 Forkner St have a girl. Mr and Mrs Lonnie Grigsby 12917 Apache Dr welcome a girl. Mr and Mrs Forest Kennerly 105 Mohawk Dr announce a girl.
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John McGuire
Whittier Ave
Frank Druschel
Pearl St
John Carlson
Arrow Ave
James Gale
11Th St
Wallace Thornburg
Middletown
Robert Swain
17Th St
James Triplett
Forkner St
Lonnie Grigsby
Forest Kennerly
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Pena
Arthur Bender
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National Broadcasting Co
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