Amarillo Cattle Auction Sets New Record
Amarillo cattle auctioneers eyed a record as 11,011 head sold for 1.789 million dollars at the Amarillo Livestock Auction Company. The previous record stood at 10,888 head for 1.376 million last January. Cattle are moving to grass pastures in California, Colorado, Montana, and Arizona amid wheat crop losses from drought, insects, and cold. Traders noted potential meat price controls and mixed bidding, with stocker cattle down and feeders steady to lower.
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Services Set Today For Shooting Victim
Funeral services for Hugh Spencer Eaton, an Elgin garageman, are set for Tuesday at 2 pm. Eaton was fatally shot Saturday night in Elgin. Burial will be in Garfield Cemetery. O A Deal, charged with the slaying, has been released on bond from Bastrop County jail.
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Miller Mortuary
Austin
O. A. Deal
Bastrop
Deaths and Funerals Casey C L Case y
C. L. Casey, 70, died in a Houston hospital. The body will arrive in Austin Tuesday. Funeral arrangements announced by Willie-Donnelly Funeral Home.
Aptitude Tests Suggested For Deferment Base
Advisers to the Draft Director urged deferment of college students be tied to their ability to pass intelligence or aptitude tests. The 27 advisors from six committees proposed a special 2-A (S) classification for students showing educational aptitude and enrolled in accredited programs. If not placed in essential jobs after graduation, a deferment period would move to induction, with one year added per year deferred beyond age 26. The exact scoring method would be decided by the Selective Service Director.
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Selective Service
Grand Jury Called In San Saba Killing
A special San Saba County grand jury session is convened Tuesday to probe the shooting death of George Zucha a 43 year old laborer at Owen Ranch. W O Caldwell 46 of Raymondville faces murder charges after posting 3900 bond. he was part of a hunting party when the slaying occurred. Funeral services for Zucha were held Monday. Survivors include his widow two sons serving in Korea two daughters and a young son.
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Auto Injuries Fatal To Abilene Woman
An Abilene woman, Mrs. Clara Grimes, 46, died in San Saba County Hospital after a two car crash Sunday night. Injured were Bady Putnam and Barton Livingston of Liano and Carl Holden. Grimes’ husband Earl Grimes resided in Abilene. Burial planned in Kansas.
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Barton Livingston
Liano
Putnam
Livingston
Carl Holden
Grimes
Weather outlook for Centex as skies clear and temps rise
Centex skies are forecast to clear with little temperature change. Tuesday highs near 75 and lows around 45, then warmer or partly cloudy conditions midweek. West Texas remains fair through Wednesday with no major swings expected.
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Saat
Marshal Borg
Port Worth
Alveston
Full Credit For UT Servicemen Enlistees
Registrar H. McCown said UT students entering the service before semester end will receive full credit for their term. Regulations grant credit if half the semester is completed, with the midway point on Nov. 16. Enlistees leaving campus to join service are covered like drafted or reserve students.
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University of Texas
McCown
National Guard
Revenue Bonds Proposed For Teachers Colleges in Texas
The Board of Regents of Texas state teacher colleges may issue revenue bonds to fund a classroom building and a dormitory. The bonds would be secured by dormitory revenues and at least 80 percent of the building use fee from the classroom structure.
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Five Central Texans Reported Wounded on War Casualty List
Five Central Texas servicemen were listed as wounded on the Defense Department casualty list released Monday, the 179th such list since the Korean War began. Names include Army personnel Sergeant Sam Loftis Cates Liano Private First Class Curtis H. Johnson Gonzales Master Sergeant Edward Frank Penak Taylor and Private Horace R. Tiller San Marcos, plus Marine Corps Sergeant Jim Perez Domingues Bastrop, previously wounded.
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Defense Department
Sam Loftis Cates
Liano
Curtis H. Johnson
Gonzales
Edward Frank Penak
Taylor
Horace R. Tiller
San Marcos
Army
Marine Corps
Jim Perez
Great Britain reports 40000 missing girls and women found
The annual tally shows forty thousand missing girls and women reported in Britain, with the greatest share later located. Authorities track disappearances and recoveries, highlighting ongoing child welfare efforts and search operations across regions.
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Great Britain
Navy Patrol Plane Believed Lost Over Pacific
Seattle December 18 officials said a naval patrol bomber with seven aboard is presumed down somewhere in the Pacific Ocean after failing to return from a 8:30 am CST flight. The craft was due back to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station at 3 pm.
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