No More Cripples In Reuben's Half Acre
Mrs Murry Lewis shares a story of the fight against the word cripple and a tale of a one legged man who makes tools for living to inspire resilience. The piece underscores changing language about disability and highlights a local Texas farm and livestock note with contest notices and market remarks.
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Murry Lewis
Hackberry Johnson
Austin
Ana Erie
Reuben
Johnson
Lewis
Freeport
Mrs. Lewis
FFA
Travis
C. J Martin and Sons Company of
Fox
Texas School For Deaf
Buddy Wyatt
Billy O'Hara
Capitol Livestock Auction Company
Andylexander Jr
Cedar Creek
del Valle
Andy
Wyatt
Hutto
Bill Sandifer
Dallas bookkeeper survives icy river jump
A 31 year old Dallas bookkeeper attempted death by own action by leaping from the Houston Street viaduct into the Trinity River. He surfaced, walked ashore, and was taken to a hospital to thaw out after saying he had been overworked and worried.
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Dallas
Houston Street
Trinity River
L. R. Keener
W. Bryant
Kenner
Bryant
Truck Driver Killed in Collision with Train Near Dallas
Jesse Wilkins, 33, of Seagoville was killed when his gravel truck collided with a Southern Pacific freight train half a mile south of Wilmer Hutchins High School in Dallas County. He died at Parkland Hospital with a broken neck, according to attendants. He worked for contractor John Hark rider and was alone in the truck.
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Dallas
Jesse Wilkins
Seagoville
Dallas County
Wilmer Hutchins High
Randolph Postoffice Safe Looted in Night
Robbery at Randolph Air Force Base postoffice reported by air base officials. Entry gained through a hole in the roof of the temporary building. the safe door blown open with gunpowder. Loot included 160 dollars and 180 money orders ranging from 1 to 100 dollars. The blown safe found at 5 am by a clerk. A flashlight, hammer and tool kit were left behind.
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San Antonio
Randolph Air Force Base
Postoffice
Double Duty Isles Straddle Equator and Date Line
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands are the world’s only territory crossing both the equator and the international date line, a fact cited by the National Geographic Society.
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Gilbert and Ellice Islands
National Geographic Society
Personality can be developed through training says Dr Link
Reader's Digest now on sale features Dr Henry C Link explaining that personality can be grown by deliberate training. The March issue outlines the basic secret of a growing personality and happiness and how to overcome fear blocking social contact formation.
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Reader's Digest
Henry C. Link
Lockhart Solon Won't Run Again
William George Richards, state representative for Hays and Caldwell Counties, will not seek reelection or any other elective office this year due to private affairs. A World War II veteran and University of Texas law graduate, Richards works with his father C. F. Richards in law and operates the Lockhart Savings and Loan Company.
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Lockhart
ANS
William George Richards
Hays
Caldwell
Richards
University of Texas Law School
C. F. Richards
Lockhart Savings and Loan Company
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