Laredo Bridge To Reopen With Temporary Span Replacement
Laredo Texas Aug 7 UP Rail officials say trains will cross the Rio Grande again Aug 15 as a temporary wood span is replaced after the June flood swept away three spans. The steel bridge will follow within six months and international traffic is not to be interrupted.
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Laredo International Bridge
Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande
Mexico
Association of American Railroads
Texas-Mexican
Missouri-Pacific
National Railways of Mexico
Chacon Creek
Texas-Mexican Railway Ca
Sick List Names and Addresses From US City Directory
A fragmented sick list includes names such as James Colemen Godin Vernon Skrabanek a Mrs Ernest W Lamell in High lands and Charlie Harrell with scattered addresses in Baytown Cedar and Dayton. The garbled OCR also mentions Wooten and Vaught street numbers like 421 102 North Bur Bradley and 316.
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Mra
James Colemen Godin
James. Vernon
E. Skrabanek
Jones Road
Ernest W. Lamell
Highlands
Charlie Harrell Dayton
Baytown
MeManua
Cedarayne Zavadny
di Vaught
North Bur Bradley
Wooten
Traill to Chicago for Elks regional deputy conference
Traill, named District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler for the Texas southeast district of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, left Saturday for Chicago for a regional deputies conference. Grand Poobah William J. Jernich announced the appointment. The Texas southeast district includes Pasedena, Houston, Baytown, Beaumont, Port Arthur, El Campo, Galveston, Brenham and Victoria. Traill chairs the youth activity and scholarship committee and is a past exalted ruler of West University Lodge No.1828.
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William 8. Traill
Texas
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elits
Chicaga
Grand Palleq
William J. Jernich
Trail
Pasadena
Houston
Baytown
Beaumont
Port Arthur
el Campo
Galveston
Brenham
Victoria
Texas Elks State Associaion
West University
Mundt Sees Difficult to Pin Down McCarthy Inquiry
A report deadline nears as the Army McCarthy dispute subcommittee works toward an end of week target. McCarthy to hold more hearings on Communists in defense plants. two witnesses refuse to answer questions on grounds of possible self incrimination in a closed session. A bipartisan group blocks Owen Brewster as chief counsel amid McCarthy assurances. Roy Cohn has left the post. A six member panel will decide next week which censure charges against McCarthy to drop after weekend review. Peress refuse to state if Communist, later discharged.
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Mundt
McCarthy
Brewster
Sey
Owen Brewster
R-Me
Roy M. Cohn
Abey
Sixman
Army
Peress
New York
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Emile Dionne Quintuplet's Death Inquest Fails to Determine Cause
The Montreal inquest failed to establish why Emilie Dionne died as coroners issued a death certificate noting the cause of death to be determined. Emilie, aged 20, had fainting spells since age three and wandered Montreal in a daze last month. Her sisters Annette Cecile Yvonne Marie and siblings were abroad or in institutes as the family mourns, the father Oliva Dionne said. Emilie loved to dance sing and play the piano like her sisters.
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Toroner Jean-Louis Taillon
Emilie
Montreal
Quebec City
Marie
Callander
Ont
Annette
Cecile
Institute
Nicolet
Que
Yvonne
Notre Dame
Corbeil
Uni
Stork Delivers Son for Maley Family in Cedar Bayou
Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Maley Jr. announce the birth of a son, Terry Lynn, at San Jacinto hospital Tuesday. He weighs seven pounds, one ounce. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs W. Carter of Decrnter, and Mr and Mrs G. W Maley of Cedar Bayou. Also noted is Maj. Gen. J. C. Mauborgne, an Army scientist, who first transmitted a radio message from a military airplane.
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J. C. Mauborgne
Wife Defends Shorts Ban Under Colonel Dior Title
In Frankfurt on August 7, the wife of Col John H Dilley defended a new order banning bare midriffs shorts and similar dress by Army dependents. She claimed responsibility for the controversy sparked by the directive which may spread to European headquarters affecting up to 50000 American women. An Army spokesman noted some cases could affect US interests and that attire deemed inappropriate included shorts plunging necklines bare backs jeans and hair curlers.
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Frankfurt
Germany
John H. Dilley
Colone Dior
de Geney Dilley
Kansas’ City
Kan
Dil
United States
Dilley
McCarthyist list stirs dispute over party ties
Sen Joseph McCarthy resigned as U S public affairs officer and listed hundreds as party members fueling debate over loyalty. Clucas says he never knew why named a member. In Morocco Berber tribesmen attacked cities while Fez sealed, and Europeans were barred. In Berlin the Soviet high commission relocated to the Soviet embassy as East German control rises.
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Joseph McCarthy
U.S
Bavaria
Clucas
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Berlin
Soviet High Commission
High’ Commission
Governor Shivers on election wins and segregation policy
Governor Shivers claimed to carry every traditionally Republican precinct in Texas and the border counties except one supervised by his Rangers where he lost two to one. He warned against obeying a May 17 Supreme Court ruling on segregation, saying it would ruin gains and jeopardize the education of white and Black children alike.
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Page One
Shivers
Austin
Arborough
Supreme Court
White Will Address Nurserymen's Meeting
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John White will speak at the 18th annual Texas Association of Nurserymen convention in Fort Worth at Hotel Texas from August 22 to 28. He will cover the Texas nursery inspection law on the opening program as delegates are welcomed by 3. B. Baker Jr., recently elected president of the American Association of Nurserymen at the Minneapolis national convention.
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Fort Worth
Texas Agriculture
John White
Texas Association of Nurserymen
Hotel Texas
3. B. Baker Jr
American Association of Nurserymen
Minneapolis
Date With the Duke Radio Scheduling Fragments
A scrambled broadcast grid lists nearly legible program titles such as Date with the Duke News Headlines Night Train and Seances, with scattered times across morning, afternoon, and evening slots, including channels for religious programs and sports. The OCR yields a jumble of names like Bethel Faith Temple Channelview Assembly and Major Jake Bacehal, plus recurring Duke segments and headline blocks.
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Duke
Bethel Faith Temple
Channelview Assembly
the Christophers
Po—La
Aunday Attenoon
Irvin Joe
Chireh
Uniovers Ia
Jake Bacehal
Puserr
Tate
Fee Duke
Cucumber Beetle Protection Starts at Germination
Gardeners are advised to begin spraying or dusting to shield cucumbers and related plants from cucumber beetles as soon as seeds germinate. A separate population statistic notes that twice as many women as men live to age 100 or more.
Progress Report on Soil District Six Month Totals
The alstelate announces the first six month progress report ending June 30 1954 from the Houston work unit of the Soil Conservation Service. It lists land leveling for rice 6648 acres drainage 5911 acres open drains 23 miles cover cropping 721 acres crop residue management 1827 acres pasture seeding 500 acres rotation grazing 2810 acres irrigation reservoirs 1 farm pond 2 rotation hay and pasture 245 acres. Acknowledging 6448 acres leveled, officials urge more leveling across 60 000 acres and provide contact numbers for Houstonians Walter Whitehill and Mack McConnell for information. General George Washington policy note added.
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Alstelate
Wilburn
Houston Worl
Soil Conservation ‘Service
Farmeeher
Fice
Houstonians
Livestock Market Roundup and Budget Rail Claim
Livestock receipts edged up with slaughter steers and cows steady, bulls weak. stockers and feeders higher. Calves and hogs show mixed gains with tops recorded for slaughter calves and stocker calves. Rail claim reports Britain moving family budget items long distances, with butter at 329 miles and several other goods listed.
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British Railways
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