Youth shoots bullseye then wounded by own slug
James E. Watson, 15, was practicing with an air gun when a .45 caliber bullet struck his arm after he hit the target. Police report he used a .45 slug as the target and sustained a direct hit.
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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
4
James E. Watson, 15, was practicing with an air gun when a .45 caliber bullet struck his arm after he hit the target. Police report he used a .45 slug as the target and sustained a direct hit.
The blue-winged teal is the most common nesting duck in northwestern Iowa. It dominates local wetlands and marshes, with males in striking blue wing patches and females camouflaged for incubating nests across the region.
Governor Allan Shivers accepted the Liberty Bell replica used in the regent savings bond drive and entrusted Texas A&M President M T Harrington with its custody. Shivers lauded A&M for training tens of thousands in military service and honored Texans who died in war, calling the campus a logical depository.
Mrs Shelton Brant Biles Jr from Chattanooga extols Kellogg's Raisin Bran as a hearty morning meal. The ad claims exclusive features like a honeycomb seal control-toasting and welded inner bag to keep raisins soft and flakes crisp.
CORAOPOLIS Pa July 5 Two men drowned in a flash flood that swept a trailer camp in Moon Township Allegheny County A mother and her baby are missing and believed drowned Bodies of Camp Proprietor Bill Ward and an unidentified man were recovered from the swirlin waters A J Bentz innkeeper aiding rescue work said Mrs Millsap and her daughter Rita are missing
In Tucson on July 5 a mother and her 12 year old daughter Patricia, critically injured May 14, after a Mother's Day car crash, remained in a coma. Mrs Marjorie Murphy visited the hospital, hoping for words as Patricia lay unresponsive.
The Burlington Zephyr runs 54.6 miles from East Dubuque to Prairie du Chien in 38 minutes, averaging 86.2 miles per hour, the fastest scheduled US train on the Burlington line.
In Boston on July 5 Jacob Garfinkle of Stoneham crawled for two miles in heavy rain muttering to his wife about the car. He could not get over 15 mph in high gear and the squeaks grew louder until he turned into a gasoline station.
An attendant tells a man to fix a supposed flat while he questions the claim. Police arrive to unhook a car towing incident and find the vehicle belongs to Chu E. Quong, a Boston Chinese resident.
Illinois entered statehood in 1818 and decades later the Legislature granted official status to a state flag in 1915. The move established a formal symbol of state identity and pride.
A British Admiralty spokesman said the Devonport incident was malicious damage rather than sabotage. Civil Lord W. J. Edwards told Parliament there is no evidence of organized saboteurs and the Navy favors a malice explanation for the June 17 topping of the Tally-Ho's engines during refitting.
This advertisement promotes T-4-L, a strong penetrating fungicide, claiming germs are killed on contact within one hour. It offers a 40 cent money back guarantee and urges customers to buy today at Renfro Drug Stores.
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