Sudden Storms Lash Several Texas Areas
West Texas faced widespread heavy rain and strong winds with Breckenridge hit hardest by 62 mile per hour gusts and a torn drive in theater screen. San Angelo saw minor flooding while Abilene and Sweetwater reported substantial rainfall and street flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United Press
San Angelo
West Texas
Breckenridge
Tom Green County
Ray Jackson
Trail Drive-In
Harold Singleton
Big Spring
Abilene
Sweetwater
Clyde
Bell Street
Pulliam
Beauty pageant highlights and lodge meeting in Baytown
Sun Spots reports Miss Baytown Janice Ellis of La Porte won third in Miss Houston Buff and competes in Miss Outboard in Galveston while Hillis advances. Realtors Picnic by Baytown Real Estate board set August 27 at Lyondell Park with 2:30 p.m. start. free for members, $3 for guests. A special Goose Creek Masonic Hall meeting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday to select New Lodge officers and name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Ellis
la Porte
Realtors
Baytown Real Estate Board
Lyondell Park
Goose Creek Masonic Hall
Carlos Worley
Honest Men Needed More Than Water
Ralph Yarborough urged Texas to restore honesty over water needs saying the state requires a revival of the spirit of ragged honesty. Speaking in Wood County he called for a code limiting private lobbyist influence and for officials to write laws with public pay rather than private retainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quiltman
Tex
Texas
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Austin
Wood County
Old Settlers
Jim Hage
Allan Shivers
Around Town Snapshot of Local Happenings and People
Ronnie McElroy nears with a two pound catfish claim but weight disputed. Winn a West avoids publicity. George Chandler preparing a new business venture. Howard Hardy changing jobs may miss Bull counters. Sharp recalls attending night but not present. Herb Mitckelroy's wedding, Lacy Tuisk adjusts to new role. ROTC cadets Holiday and Ruez delayed from Fort Sill. Norman D Olive comments on warmer climate. Carl Tronckmann back from Gilvegton vacation. Tullog returns to main drag, Beulah Miles gardeners blooms. Emmitt Hutto sunlit stroll. Bob Howell reminds others to observe traffic rules. Martha Speck rests. Grate Hargrave speeds coffee service. Anne Adams schedules fall in Texas City. Anxious actors await Eloia. Linda Pierce reports from London on a successful trip.
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Ronnie McElroy
Carol
Winoa West
George Chandler
Howard Hardy
Sharp
Herb Mitckelroy
Lacy Tuisk
Paul Holiday
William Ruez
Fort Sill
Norman D'Olive
Carl Tronckmann
Gilvegton
Beulah Miles
Emmitt Hutto
Bob Howell
Martha Speck
Grate Hargrave
Anne Adams
Texas City
Elouia
Linda Pierce
London
USSR Farm Official Visits Texas to Study Methods
Vladimir Matskevich first deputy administrator of agriculture in Soviet Russia will fly into Fort Worth to observe Texas farming practices. He will hold a press conference at Amon Carter Field, meet Texas A and M officials, visit Northwood Hereford Stock Farm, Hampton Angus Farm, and attend a Fort Worth Farm and Ranch Club dinner before visiting Ennis, Waco, Bonnet Farm, and the Texas Agriculture Experimental Station at McGregor.
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Fort Worth
Vladimir Matskevich
Russia
Texas
Amon Carter Field
A &Carey Tass
D. A. Adams
Texas A and M College
Adams
Matskevich
Northwood
Bel
Raphael
Gerald Tolleson
Ennis
Tex
Bill Bozeky
Waco
Fine Waco Farm and Ranch Club
Lan Bonnet
Texas Agriculture Experimental Station
McGre-gor
Mail Truck Delivers Despite Parking Glitch in Oklahoma City
A mail truck driven by John R. Hill continued rounds despite sleet or hail and a parking ticket placing a car in the way. Judge Demopolos noted the route would proceed without double parking as the scene unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
John R. Hill
Dames Demopolos
Midwest Cool Front Aims To Break Heat Wave
Midwestern areas await a cooling front that could end a week of extreme heat across the nation. Governors Hoegh of Iowa and Harriman of New York urged relief measures as crop damage and water shortages mount.
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Wocene
Atlantic
California
Iowa
New York
Leo Hoegh
Averell Harriman
Towa
Michigan
Plains
Dickinson
N. D
Bismarck
Sunny Skies Return After Rain Squalls Here
After three days of showers the forecast calls for sunny skies and warmer temperatures. Weather notes report 0.16 inches of rain at East Gulf station and no measurable rain at Baytown refinery, with Thursday night’s low around a low degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Baytown
Chester Rogers
East Gulf
Watermelon rind incidents plague Bay theater nights
Police report a youth in an old car has hurled watermelon rinds at the Bay theater over several nights. A car described as the Quack Shack allegedly carried watermelons and rinds when leaving, while a homeowner says boys threw rinds against his house and a neighbor warned he would wash their faces with watermelon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Theater
Families Await Identification Of 30 Air Crash Victims
Fort Leonard Wood officials and Civil Aeronautics Authority investigators examined the charred wreckage after an American Airlines Convair crash. All 30 aboard perished, including 27 passengers and 3 crew. Capt. Hugh C. Barron of Macon led the flight from Springfield to Tulsa, then New York.
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Fort Leonard
Wood
American Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Springfield
Tulsa
New York
Barron
Sinex
Baytown Oil Industry Panel Names 1960 Committees
Baytown Oil Industry Information committer announced Friday by Chairman N. Shaffer. Members include Jennie Chenet publicity and women's activities. B Lee press. Joe Spivey displays and events. G G Young dealers' program. D'Olive radio. Plans for Progress Week October 4 to 5 set, highlighting industry contributions and future gains.
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Baytown Oil Industry Information
Shaffer
Jennie M. Chenet
D'Olive
B Lee
Joe L. Spivey
G. G
Grarts
Baytown Postal Receipts rise in first half of 1955
Baytown post office revenue grew nearly seven percent in the first half of 1955, totaling 101 423.54 dollars versus 95 080.61 the prior year. Postmaster M L Neal cited gradual monthly increases and noted postal savings accounts remained stagnant due to low interest rates and caps on individual deposits.
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United States
Baytown
M. L. Neal
Federal Post Office Department
Post
Master Neal
Neal
Baytown Bank
Nenissid
White House silent on Air Force secretary successor
Talbott has resigned effective Aug. 13. President Eisenhower, urged by cotton state lawmakers, sends the cotton surplus issue back to Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson. Efforts to win early release of 40 Americans held by Peiping bogged down amid Communist stalling. A Life photographer and writer were threatened and beaten in Galveston after photographing a reported gambling casino. In San Antonio the UIL did not rule on the eligibility of a Negro athlete transferring from an all Negro to a desegregated school.
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United Press
White House
Air Force
Harold BE. Talbott
Talbott
Washington
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Geneva
W.S
Peiping
Galveston
Tex
Life Magazine
SAN Antonio—Ii
Hex
FDL
Modney Kiddssid Vriday
Tropical Storm Connie Becomes Hurricane In Atlantic
A tropical storm named Connie intensified to hurricane strength with estimated 125 mph winds. Moving west-northwest about 225 miles northeast of Antigua, it prompted warnings for the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Hurricane hunter planes confirmed the status and the Miami Weather Bureau issued advisories urging precautions for northern Leeward Islands as conditions worsen.
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Miami
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
Antigua
Atlantic Seaboard
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
The
Leeward Islands
Leaward Islands
Bridge damage settlement accepted by Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports the state accepted a 15000 settlement for a bridge ruined by a Texas gasoline truck. The Kemp Petroleum Co. of Dallas insured the vehicle. the incident occurred near Marietta last January when a truck rammed the bridge over Hickory Creek, bursting into flames. Replacement bridge cost is 95693.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Highway Department
Leroy Powers
Kemp Petroleum Co
Dallas
Hickory Creek
Marietta
Bulganin signals openness to Eisenhower plan
In a two day Supreme Soviet session Bulganin said the Soviet Union would examine Eisenhower's proposal for arms inspections with seriousness while denying a flat rejection. He invited all heads of diplomatic missions to his villa for a country day, a gesture seen as a thaw in Moscow.
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Kenneth Brodney
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisemhower
Russia
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Unon
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Monnlais
Netinnia
Soviet Union
Bulginia
Gooling
Cishinye
Ty Whyea
Chile
Highland child Karen Anderson struck by car on tricycle
Four year old Karen Lynn Anderson of 206 Harris Road was struck by a moving car while riding a tricycle near her Highlands home late Thursday. She suffered head injuries, broken collarbone, and body bruises. transported by ambulance to Sanducinto Memorial hospital and later to San Jacinto Memorial for X-rays. Driver Mrs. Toone Congleton of 414 Morris Road remained at the scene. no charges filed. Deputy Sheriff Steve Goodnight investigated the accident and preliminary report cited about 15 mph travel.
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Highlands
Sanduc Into Memorial Hospital
Karen Lynn Anderon
W. T. Anderson
Harris Road
Steve Goodnight
Toone Congleton
Morris Road
Congleton
Barrimona
Mintle
Highland
W. C. Congleton
RL. Burkney
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Ex-POWs Testify on Survival in Officer Collaboration Trial
In Vort Lewis Washington UP report, ex prisoners of war detail their struggle to survive as testimony unfolds in the officer Jefferson D. Erwin collaboration case. Witnesses describe self preservation amid harsh camp conditions at PAW camp No. 5 North Korat and allegations that Erwin and other officers dined with captured Chinese Reds while serving on a peace committee.
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Vort Lewis
Wash
Prisoners of War Ac
Ralph Adello
Fairlawn
Hrwin
Nardolia
Erwin
Sponsoreit Peace Committee
Spot Where 30 Perished At Fort Leonard Wood Crash
Reporter describes the Fort Leonard Wood crash site where a American Airlines Convair burned after a near vertical descent. Debris and a partial wing tip remain visible in a ravine as Army personnel, privates, and a state trooper corral the scene. The coroner arrives while crews begin recovery in a somber, funeral pyre setting.
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Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood Military Reservation
Convair
Army
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King Johnson
Anaheim
Calif
Ussr
Midwestern
R. D. Sinex
Army Public Information Officer
Hugh C. Barron
Macon
Siex
Hosing
Ike
Una Fine
Alford
Wushand
Daniel Schmidt
Red China
Mexiine
Finow
Louhg
West Ciico
Marx
Flae Wate
Schmidt
International
Karen Anderson
Saptaba
Linder
Berwin
Lailie Dikoh
Baton Rouge
Napdello
Edward Sewers
Rolla, Mo
By Edward Lowers
Highway Patrol
Richland
Billy Hedges
Olark Forest
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