Highway program set for 1953 54 construction phase Texaswide
Texas Highway Commission approved a 93 million plan for 1953 54 highway work and 25 million for metropolitan projects. State engineer Dewitt C Greer said approval speeds engineering and right of way tasks on 1147 miles of trunk highways. A separate 50 million farm to market program will start next two years funded by federal aid and gasoline tax revenue. Urban projects include US 81 in San Antonio and Corpus Christi efforts, Beaumont grade separations, and lane work in Waco Lubbock and other cities.
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Dewitt C. Greer
Greer
Congress
San Antonio
Atlanta Avenue
Jackson Street
U.S. 81
Atlanta
Austin Street
Martin Street
Guadalupe Stret Op
Austin
First Street
Riverside Drive
Corpus Christi — Bridge
Corpus Christi Ship Channel
U.S. 181
Birthday coincidence puzzles Edward Zambi family
In Helena Arkansas the Edward Zambi family notes that their three children Sherry fourteen Janice ten and Jacqualyn seven share the same birthday. In Jackson Mississippi Rosie Dampeer reported a man who posed as a war veteran stole 110 dollars from her purse after hypnotizing her.
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Helena
Ark
iPr
Edward Zambi
Sherry
Janice
Jacqualyn
Ib - Jackson
Miss
Rosie Dampeer
Airlift To Mecca Operation Pilgrim U S Aid
U S Air Force conducted Operation Pilgrim moving thousands of pilgrims from Beirut to Jiddah for the Mecca pilgrimage. Fourteen transports carried over 160000 pilgrims from Moslem countries into Mecca, reflecting widening U S friendship in the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alhamba Hill
United States Air Force
Ir Force
United States
Kismet
U. S
Lebanon
Harold .B. Minor
State Department
Air Force
Iran
Beirut
Mecca
Holy City
Jiddah
Red Sea
America
Middle East
Bombay
India
Chester
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Baghdad
Iraq
Dhia Ahmad
Dallas Firm Barred From Using Metals
The federal government barred Texas Lawn Sprinkler Co. from using copper, steel or aluminum for the duration of the Defense Production Act. The action, which could close the Dallas firm, was announced after a hearing finding misuse of copper tubing in 1951 and ordered an immediate appeal by the company.
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Dallas
Fedral
Dallss
Texas Lawn Sprinkler Co., Inc
Morris Jaffe
Robert W. Farley
Tae
University of Mississippi
NPA
Faries
Polio Reaches New Record High in US
Public Health Service reported 3,503 polio cases last week, up 11 percent and a yearly high. Totals to date reach 18,980, still below 1949 peak. Increases occurred mainly in nine northern states after early Texas and Southwest outbreaks, with Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas among leading contributors.
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Washington
Public
Htealth Service
Texas
Southwest
Towa
Kansas
Missouri
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Baytown Sun
Fae Highway Commission
Kathorne
Ashbel
Pearce
Texas Ave
Beaumont
Gulf Coast and Santa Fe
U.S. SH
Waco
North 25Th Street
North Ninth Stree
St. Lubbock
Avenue Q
Third Street
Lubbock
U.S. 37
National Geographic Society
Wallie
Leonard Sansome
Sontis
Cousin Croswell
Gene Ahern
Boswell
Robbins Monument CO
Washington Avenue
Houston
Phig Newsom
United Press
Gordon
Gordon's
Geupger
Aula Ole
Fenness
Penney’s
Weskit
Weskit and
SK Perky Weskit
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