Estes Day Invites State and National Figures
Longview prepares a celebration on Tuesday night for Estes Appreciation Day honoring Carl L. Estes for securing a Tennessee Eastman plant. Invited dignitaries include Governor Shivers Attorney General Daniel Railroad Commission chair Murray U S Senators Connally Johnson and Rep Sam Rayburn as well as state leaders and bankers. The campus event at LeTourneau Technical Institute marks the Tennessee Eastman plant serving Kodak industries by using regional raw materials.
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Longview
Estes
Carl L. Estes
Eastman Corporation
Austin
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
William J. Murray
Railroad Commission
Turpie Slade
Wendell Dunbar
Dave Bergman
United States
Officers Recapture Escaped Prisoner Near Falfurrias
Kenneth Frederick who aided his escape from Brooks County jail was captured by a 35 man posse in the brush country nine miles south of Falfurrias. Cayetano de la Fuente, also a fugitive, remained at large as the search continued Monday.
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Falfurrias
Kenneth Frederick
Brooks County
Here
Cayetano de la Fuente
Frederick
Battle of the Bulge Diet Hint Promises Easy Fat Loss
An article debunks extreme dieting and promotes Barcentrate as a simple fat loss aid. It claims you can eat what you want but less, with dehydration and elimination, and offers a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails.
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Texas
Slain Secretary Buried in Dallas
Funeral services were held for 20 year old Caroline Schofield in Dallas after she was killed Friday by Keith Petersen a 21 year old journalism student at Southern Methodist University and secretary to a geologist. The shooting occurred in a downtown office building.
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Dallas
Caroline Schofield
Keith Petersen
Eight Year Old Boy Wanders City After Soda Trip
Eight year old Daniel Wayne Rogers walked to a corner drug store in minutes but wandered 17 hours before being found near St. Josephs Infirmary carrying two bottles of root beer. He told police he lived in the woods and came to the city to see his brother Donald and Donald’s wife Dorothy. Donald Rogers later reported his brother missing.
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Houston
Daniel Wayne Rogers
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Bell
Daniel
Big City
Donald
Dorothy
Donald Rogers
Gas Blowout Threatens Rig Near Rodessa
A gas blowout two miles northeast of Jefferson and 16 miles north of Marshall threatened a heavy drilling rig in the Rodessa gas field. The Algard Oil Company Dallas No. 1 Back Cypress lease crew escaped unharmed as a crater formed and equipment was lost.
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Marshall
Jefferson
Rodessa
Algard Oil Company
Dallas
Cypress
John D. Pundt
Tyler
White and Webb
Black Cypress
Judge Davidson Weds In Church at Dallas
Federal District Judge T. Whitfield Davidson and Miss Bula Rose were married Sunday night at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas. Bishop Harry T. Moore and Rev. Gresham Marmion Jr. officiated. The bride, from a pioneer West Texas family, studied at Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio. Both are Episcopalians.
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Dallas
T. Whitfield Davidson
Bula Rose
Church of the Incarnation
Harry T. Moore
Gresham Marmion Jr
West Texas
Our Lady of the Lake College
San Antonio
Davidson
Episcopal Church
King Abdullah Arrives For 11 Day Spain Visit
King Abdullah of Hashemite Jordan arrived in La Coruna for an 11 day official visit to Spain. It is the first monarchial visit in over two decades. Franco and Foreign Minister Artajo welcomed him as harbor guns boomed a 21 gun salute.
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LA Coruna
Spain
Abdullah of Hashemite
Jordan
Francisco Franco
Alberto Martin Artajo
Abdullah
British Isles Endure Record Heat Wave
A heat wave hit the British Isles reaching 90.9 F at Norwich the hottest September day since 1911. London cooled to 83 F amid storms. In Trafalgar Square a 26 year old woman named Eileen Fox stripped to swim in a fountain as crowds watched.
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London
British Isles
Norwich
Trafalgar Square
Eileen Fox
Two Potter County Prisoners Escape from Work Detail
Amarillo dispatch reports two Potter County jail inmates escaped from a work detail at the Tri State Fair Grounds. The fugitives are J. W. Atkinson, 27, serving under seven years for worthless check offenses, and John B. Dillon, under four years for burglary.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Tri State Fair
J. W. Atkinson
John B. Dillon
Texas Rancher Improves In Colorado Hospital
Giles Connell a Texas rancher ill with a heart ailment at Glockner Penrose Hospital Colorado Springs was reported slightly improved this morning after a good night and the nurse said he was very comfortable.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Giles Connell
Texas
Glockner-Penrose Hospital
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Joe Spurlock
Fort Worth
American Legion
Department of Texas
Congress
American-Statesman
The
Austin American Capitol Staff
Capital
W. 6Th Ph
Ady
Johnny Durante
Frep Astame
Margaret O'Brien
Ham Fisher
Joe Palooka
Frank Luther
Decca
Maup Toasty Fanncet
Lovely
National Association of Department Store
Scarbrough & Sons
George Bell
King Abdulla
Potter’s County
W. 6Th St
Guadalupe
Karotkin’s
Colorado
Chest of Drawers
Lle Ea
Austin Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company
DIAL
Lavaca
University Station
21St & Wichita
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