Weather Summary for West and East Texas and Nearby Areas
US Weather Bureau forecast highlights hot and humid conditions across Texas with Monday and Tuesday partly cloudy in East Texas and clear to partly cloudy in West Texas. Thunderstorms likely in western portions and South Plains, cooler in portions near the Panhandle. Temperatures show little change with scattered showers, moon phases noted, and rainfall totals since January 1, 1977. River stage readings for Colorado River and Lake Buchanan listed with city temperatures and sky conditions across major towns.
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US Weather Bureau
Texas
East Texas
West Texas
Handle
South Plains
Austin
Pruil Rature
Rees
Lorado
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Lake Vis
Marshall Ford
Port Worth
Erence
Houston
New Electronic Discovery for Deaf Revealed
Chicago special reports Sam Posen of Beltone Hearing Aid Co claims modern electronics can recapture hearing even when loss is severe. He demonstrates improved clarity and offers a booklet detailing the invention mailed free to interested readers with a penny postcard to Sam Posen at Beltone Building Chicago.
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Chicago, Ill
United States
Sam Posen
Beltone Hearing Aid Company
Fie
Posen
West 19Th Street
Beltone Building
Chicago
Red Losses Pushed North Korea Toward South Invasion
Hong Kong dispatch reports two year setbacks that shifted North Korea toward armed attack on the South. Saboteur incursions failed, while the May 30 election exposed weakened Red organization and ideology. Moscow’s role and military balance favor South Korea in terrain and supply lines.
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William R. Moore
Hong Kong
North Korea
South Korea
Southern Assembly
Red
Korea
Russia
Seoul
Manchuria
Trailer Runs Amok Near Here Hurting Six
Six people were injured when a trailer detached from a northbound car south of Austin. Among the injured were Mary Regallado and 14 month old Jerry Ruiz in critical condition. others included Lillie Vasques, Daniel Rojo, Janie Rojo, and Ruben Ruiz. All victims were from San Marcos. Alfred Springer was identified as the car pulling the trailer.
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Austin
Mary Regallado
Jerry Ruiz
Lillie Vasques
Daniel R. Rojo
Bruisnes
Janie Rojo
Ruben Ruiz
Pas
European Leaders Rush to Assess Korean War Outbreak
European capitals halted weekend plans to convene grave talks on Korea's invasion. In London, the cabinet eyed a Monday statement as Attlee or Young prepared to address the Commons while papers urged UN action. Paris described the attack as brutal and undisguised, with officials fearing a wider war.
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London
Europe
Korea
Clement Attlee
Kenneth Young
House of Commons
Schuman
Paris
North Korea
Cinderella and Disney Features Highlight Final Day Screenings
The listing shows last day runs of Cinderella with Disney characters, Johnny Weissmuller features, Mars and Rocket Ship, Mother Didn't Do It, Boss of Boomtown, Battle Round with Knteen and Hodiak, and The Nevadan with Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone. Screen times listed include 2 42, 4 30, 6 18, 8 06.
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Kate McGuire
Pune
Ameron
Burn As Day
Randolph Scott
Dorothy Malone
Division of Korea After World War II Creates Split
The 38th parallel divided Korea into American and Soviet zones. From 1945 to 1949 talks, trusteeship proposals, UN elections in the South, and troop withdrawals paved the path to a southern republic aided by the United States. Northern forces and guerrilla fighters remained around 200,000 strong.
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Korea
United States
United Nations
Russia
Southern Republic
Manchuria
Taylor selects site for 70 unit public housing
Taylor city council approved a South Taylor site for a 70 unit public housing development. Architect Cameron Fairchild, executive director Charles Hairston, both from Taylor, lead the project with initial funds of 5600 dollars. Final approval from Public Housing Administration is awaited. The effort aims to replace substandard housing condemned by the State Health Department.
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Taylor
ANS
South Taylor
Taylor City
Public Housing Administration
Fort Worth
Washington
Cameron Fairchild
Houston
Charles Hairston
State Department of Health
Young Austinite Hurt In Boat Dock Accident
A 22 year old Austin man Billy D. Gober was injured Sunday at Bennett Boat Docks. Police said a winch brake failed causing the accident resulting in a possible fractured jaw and facial lacerations.
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Austin
Bennett Boat Docks
Billy D. Gober
Seoul Americans Begin Evacuation From Seoul Area
More than 600 wives and children of American personnel in the Seoul area began evacuation by sea with US air protection. Dependents were moved from multiple areas to Ascom City, near Inchon, for transfer to two ships bound for Fukuoka, Japan. Escorts from Japan will lead the ships to a US destroyer convoy at sea. Major J E Bartlett and Captain J H Foerch Jr. aided in calming evacuees as packing, milk supplies, and medical arrangements were organized for the operation.
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Seoul
Korea
Ascom City
Inchon
South Korea
Fukuoka
Japan
J. E. Bartlett
J H. Foerch Jr
Sun Streak in Sky Over Southern U S Explained
Lieutenant Commander Cy Lee attributed the Friday night sky streak to sun reflections on high thin clouds. From Pensacola to Corpus Christi observers saw a white line between 7:30 and 8 p.m. at 50 000 to 60 000 feet, dismissing meteorite theories.
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Corpus Christi
Cy Lee
United States
Lee
Ernest Litch
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Corpus Christ
Florida
Texas
Reservist Rushed 900 Miles to Canal Zone Hospital
A US naval reservist underwent emergency appendectomy at the Canal Zone Army Hospital after a destroyer rushed him from 900 miles out in the Pacific. The unnamed reservist traveled aboard the USS Wedderburn, arriving ahead of three other destroyers during an 11th Naval District training cruise.
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Balboa
Canal Zone Army Hospital
Pacific
Wedderburn
Ulmann
Panama Freighter Aghia Anastasia Sinks Near Tobago
The Panamanian freighter Aghia Anastasia sank in the Caribbean after grounding near Drew Shoals on Tobago’s south coast. The crew abandoned ship as the 4,000 ton vessel went down following a self powered freeing maneuver Friday night.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Caribbean
Here
Drew Shoals
Tobago
Korea Invasion Surprises U S Leaders In 1950
The June 1950 invasion of South Korea shocked Congress and the public as officials debated immediate U N action and arms for Korea. GOP criticisms blamed U S China policy while senators urged military aid and UN pressure. Congressional leaders urged calm and a UN-led response to deter further aggression.
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Washington
South Korea
Aepreach
United States
Korea
United Nations
U. S
Orient
Armed Services Committee
Fore Relations Committee
Senate
Congress
Connally
Wherry
R-Neb
GOP
China
Smith
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
State Department
Defense
Hunt
D-Wye
Sen. Hunt
Knowland
R-Calif
Armed Services
UN Security Council
House
Martin (Mass
Peace House
McCormack
Mass
Pflugerville Vacation Bible School Ends With 61 Enrollees
The Immanuel Lutheran Church daily vacation Bible school in Pflugerville closed with 61 students enrolled. Twenty six children achieved perfect attendance. Teachers were Rev. Kurt Hartmann and several named aides with assistants Juanita Hines and Helen Ruth Bohls.
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Pflugerville
ANS
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Kurt Hartmann
Otto Wurthrich
Ja Krienke
Nelda Pfluger Anss
Winnie Mae Kuempel
Juanita Hines
Helen Ruth Bohls
Prominent Baptist Dies In Abilene
Mrs. Co. M. Caldwell, 69, noted Baptist church leader and philanthropist, died in Abilene late Saturday night.
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Abilene
Co. M. Caldwell
New Scout Group Arrives at Camp Tom Wooten
A new Boy Scout contingent moved into Camp Tom Wooten to begin the second week of summer camp. The Friday night campfire announced three candidates for the Order of the Arrow from Troop 138 and Troop 35. Awards were given for fishing, archery, swimming, and a non swimmer wading race. Read lists name many troops and scouts from Austin and surrounding towns joining the camp, including numerous Troops and scouts across the region.
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Tom Wooten
Order of the Arrow
Organization of Honor
Marvin C. Nebgen
Harvey Eckert
Stonewell
Gillespie County
W. E Sterzing
Austin
Deaths and Funerals in Central Texas Locales
Notices from Taylor San Marcos and nearby areas list multiple deaths with funeral details. Jimmie Estelle Cooley wife of Rev. Robert Cooley dies from injuries in an auto crash in Waco with services at Cook Funeral Home. Other obituaries include Ray Sternberg Charles Lux Emma K Moore Charlie Zachas C J Engdahl Mary Lee Menn Katherine Mae Blaha Mrs W W Martindale and Mary D Cape plus relatives and burial sites in Memorial Park Masonic Cemetery San Antonio San Marcos Granger Yorktown and Beaumont.
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Jimmie Estelle Cooley
Robert Cooley
Church of Nazarene
San Marcos
Waco
Bobbie Lou
Mary Rebecca Cooley
Fannie May Holder
Austin
Helen E. Drummond
Cook Funeral Home
Hadley A. Hall
J. Erleen Moore Jr
R. V. Jackson
Leroy Land
Memorial Park
Ray Sternberg
Joe Love
Masonic Cemetery
Charles Lux
Reibe
San Antonio
San Jose
Emma K. Moore
O. F. Dingler
Georgetown
Taylor
Condra Funeral Home
David Shepperson
First Presbyterian Church
Hutto City Cemetery
Roland Anderson
Houston
Mary Lee Menn Taylor
Yorktown
Mary Lee Menn
Taylor Public School
Miss Menn
Condra
Shepperson
Campbell
Twelfth Street
Leonard Menn
Herman Menn
ANS
Katherine Mae Blaha
Daniel T. Blaha
Granger
Frank D. Svoboda
Anton Machu
J. F. Blaha
W. W. Martindale
H. C. Withers
Allen C. Roe
John D. Cape
Withers
Elliott McKie
Clive M. Farmer
Beaumont
Fred Heard
Irvin Rylander
Charles Bass
Will Joiner
Fentress Thompson
Henry Kyle
Two Sunday Wrecks Injure Two People in Austin
Two people were injured Sunday in separate crashes in Austin. Jim Hoyle 24 of PHA Dormitory E sustained abrasions and lacerations after his motorcycle collided with another bike near Barton Springs Road and skidded 55 feet. He received eye treatment at Brackenridge Hospital. Annie Ruth Johnson 35 of 77 Chalmers Courts suffered a fractured hand in a two car collision at Seventh and East Avenue while riding as a passenger in a car driven by Elizabeth Bohls. Layon A Mahlow was the other driver.
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Jim Hoyle
Pha Dormitory
Barton Springsoad
Hoyle
Kyle Orsman
Brackenridge Hospital
Annie Ruth Johnson
Chalmers
Irate shoplifter destroys glass door in drug store
A 24 year old man entered Arbuckle's Drug Store at 409 East Sixth Street and stole cigars. He smashed a glass case and the front door during a confrontation with police, then fled toward Seventh and Red River Streets and was arrested after a short chase. He was treated at Brackenridge Hospital for cuts on both arms and his back. No charges filed Sunday.
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Arbuckle’s
East Sixth Street
Seventh
Red River Streets
Brackenridge Hospital
Train Mishap Kills Sister of Austinites
SANTA ANNA, June 25. Mrs. Lucille Baxter, 67, widow of former Mayor Ed Barter, was killed walking into a moving freight train at a crossing while en route to church. Witnesses said she walked into the second or third car behind the Santa Fe locomotive. the train paused and then continued to Brownwood. She leaves a daughter in Dallas and four sisters in Fort Worth Austin and Santa Anna.
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Santa Anna
Lucille Baxter
Baxter
Ed Barter
Church
Santa Fe
Brownwood
Houstonian Re elected Printers Council Head
Texas Allied Printing Trades Council met in San Antonio on Sunday to elect officers. R. Saunders of Houston was chosen to serve a eleventh term as president. Ethel Still of Fort Worth was named first vice president with G. M. Sweeney of San Antonio as second. Michael Cerre and H J McCormick of Houston plus F C Little of Houston and William Reinie of Dallas were elected vice presidents, and M M McKnight of Fort Worth was secretary for his ninth term.
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San Antonio
Texas Allied Printing Trades Council
R. Saunders
Houston
Ethel Still
Fort Worth
G. M. Sweeney
Michael Cerre
H. J. McCormick
F. C. Little
William Reinie
Dallas
M. M. McKnight
Boiling Argument Wounds Austin Man
An Austin man was hospitalized at Brackenridge Sunday after his girlfriend poured boiling water on him while he slept following an argument. He sustained burns to the chest neck and shoulders.
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Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
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Cinderella
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Pflugerville Vacation Bible School
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Jack D. Jordan
Jay Lew Len
Don McCracken
Bill McCown
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Carroll W. Lanier
Gary Long
Roy Davis
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Tex Fitzhugh
R.H. Flachmier
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Donald Schneider
James Sheffield
Scott Covington
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Kenneth Isbell
Henry Lewis Heath
Jimmie Gattis
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Tommy Lott
Herbert Wilson Jr
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Pat Noack
Henry Driggs
Forrest Faulkner
Harold Propsma
Luling
Henry Freytag
Willard Simmons Jr
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Joe Newson
Hutto
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Pat Kelly
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Robert Bailey
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Hallettsville
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David Pulkrabek
Robert Dornak
Bennie Fuller
Anton Janek
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Werner Baylor
John E. Sitka
Shiner
Larry Sedlmeyer
Lawrence Matula
Victor Novak
Ted Siebenhauses
Vivian R. Riddle
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Jimmie E. Cooley
Charlie Zachas
Sealy
Katherine Blaha
Mrs. W. W. Martindale
Houstonian
Council
Austinite
VTL
Gine Sbt
WEED
Corley Funeral Home
Avaca Ai
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
Acousticon
Littlefield
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Rowe Tire CO
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