Weird cross-country trip ends in drowning and gunplay
In Rochester New York police investigated a 15-year-old boy’s tale of a forced out‑of‑town trip starting November 3 in Rome. He claimed Nicholas Brooks 30 coerced him to drive and that Brooks’ wife Gilda 26 drowned in Lake Ontario after a pier scene. A trade of a 1946 car for a 1939 model and $500 cash was noted, with a $1200 mortgage on the traded vehicle. Brooks faces a first degree grand larceny warrant as authorities search for him.
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Rochester
N. Y
Nicholas Brooks
Rome
Brooks
Gilda
Lake Ontario
Emil Lambiase
Orsenus D. Bitely Jr
Oklahoma City
Lambiase
Charlotte Pier
Genesee River
Young Bitely
Gage
Buffalo
Syracuse
New York City
Western Union
Thomas Brooks
Persistence Pays For City Officer
Austin police detectives T. S. Weaver and Merle Wells returned to a Guadalupe Street cafe after an initial stop and recovered a second jar of lottery tickets. The proprietor claimed the first jar was all, but officers leveraged persistence to seize the second jar.
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Austin
T. S. Weaver
Guadalupe Street
Weaver
Merle Wells
Mrs Fannie Coopwood Dies in Houston at 80
Mrs. Fannie Coopwood, 80, pioneer Dripping Springs native, died in Houston after ill health. Survived by brother J N Marshall and two daughters Mabel Brewer of Houston and Mildred Lowman of Bishop. Body to be returned to Dripping Springs for burial.
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Fannie Coopwood
Dripping Springs
Houston
J. N. Marshall
Coopwood
Mabel Brewer
Mildred Lowman
Bishop
November Heat Sets New High Across Texas
A Nov 28 heat wave pushed many cities to record high temperatures from San Angelo and Waco to Dallas and Wichita Falls. Readings reached 89 in multiple cities while San Antonio hit 89, the highest for late November. Rainfall remained sparse, with drought-like conditions persisting in North and West Texas.
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Austin
Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Texas
Dallas
Lubbock
Waco
Weather Bureau
San Angelo
el Paso
Amarillo
Childress
Bryan
Junction
Highway Hearing Scheduled Today
State Highway Commission opens a two day public hearing on 22 road improvement projects across 32 counties. El Paso airport access road and US 81 through Troy are among the items. hearings also cover fronts on US 60 59 and 69 plus new farm roads and railroad underpasses.
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Associated Press
State Highway Commission
el Paso International Airport
Charles B. Moore
el Paso
Bell County
Fred Williamson
Temple
Commission
Troy
Sweetwater
Mineola
Golden
Alba
Middle Fork
Little Wichita River
Archer City
10Th Street
Amarillo
State Highas 46
New Braunels
Texas
Taylor
Edna
Foster Field
$6.2 Million Postal Federal Building Approved for City
The post office project for Austin gains top priority with plans for a new post office and federal office building. Site selection by the Public Building Administration awaits, with four to six years expected before construction begins. Several Texas cities or projects are listed for related funding and planning.
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Pearl Harbor
Austin
Phinney
US Senate
House Senate
Lyndon) Johnson
Thornberry
Public Building Administration
Scofield
Washington
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Department
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Post Office
Congress
Truman
Frank Scofield
Austin Man Arrested On Indecent Exposure Charge
Austin police arrested a 49 year old white man after exposing himself to several young girls and a grandmother. He was found nude in a storm sewer on Hargrave Street and spoke lewdly to two girls and to a grandmother. He was being held for questioning.
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Austin
R. F. Clark
Hargrave Street
Expert Outlines Eight Problems In Health Work
Dr. W. W. Peter, head of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs medical section, outlined eight public health problems at the University of Texas in Austin. He cited socialized medicine, health education needs, risk of regressed vaccination gains, need for ongoing research, organizational and political influence issues, trained leadership, and the border between clinical and preventive medicine.
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United States
W. W. Peter
Institute of Inter-American Affairs
Peter
University of Texas
Austin
University Public Lectures Committee
Department of Physical and Health Education
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Stea Laundry
Tenth and Brazos
U. & Weather Bureau
Centra Texas
Custon
Jin
Persistance
Hubschmans
Robert Tracy
Neenah
Wis
Rose Hermsen
Kaukauna
Evelyn
New Boston
Daingerfield
San Augustine
Orange
McKinney
Garland
Grand Prairie
Waxahachie
Carthage
Killeen
Denton
Refugio
McCamey
Levelland
Galveston
Austin Orthopedic Appliance Company
Joe
ston-Salem, N.C
Mel
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