New Town Rising From Matagorda Bay Debris
Port O Connor bounces back after Carla with rapid reconstruction. A brick town center rises beside a rebuilt wooden building as a theater school and trailers fill lots. An emergency provisional government formed. Mayor Mrs Louise Sharp dissolved the post hurricane authority.
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Port
Ogonner
Tex
Harvis
Matazorda
Port O'Connor
Allan Berger
Carla
Inter
Stryker's
Cafe
Relstorm
Rae Pa
Presa
Ing
M-Sgt
Bill Young
Youngs
Hurricane Junction
Young
Air Force
Matagorda Island Air Force Base
Louise Sharp
Writers Benefit From Americans Technical Likes
Weekend writers among the nation s 900 000 scientists and engineers benefit from growing demand for technical books. Publishers print about 2000 new technical titles yearly. authors earning 12000 to 15000 if a book sells 10000 copies in five years. Space research becomes hottest topic as Sputnik spurred interest.
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New York
U.S
Carsbig Adams
Allanta
Sputnik I
Adams
Roberts Wins Texas 4th Congressional Seat in Runoff
In a special runoff held January 30, Ray Roberts defeated R. C. Slagle to secure the Texas 4th District seat. Final tallies show Roberts leading in Collin, Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall counties with Slagle carrying Grayson but trailing overall by 2,537 votes. Slagle had 7,851 votes to Roberts 4,340 in the runoff county results.
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Austin
Ray Roberts de Roberts
Collin County
R. C. Slagle
Fannin County
Texas
Hunt County
Kaufman County
Secretary of State
Rains County
Rockwall County
Roberts
Grayson
Slagle
Sam Rayburn
Hopalong Cassidy’s star fades as he seeks quiet life
Bill Boyd, once TV’s Hopalong Cassidy, explains his shift to a private California desert home with Grace Bradley. After early fame on film and widespread merchandise, Boyd says the relentless spotlight and crowd life wore him down. He recalls DeMille and Davy Crockett era fame and selling TV rights as Hoppy faded from the screen.
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Palm Desert
Calif
Bill
Hopalong Cassidy
Ocean
Dana
Boyd Saga
Saturn
Bill Boyd
Cecil B
Mille
Cary
Davy Crockett
Hopalong Cass Slide
Hoppy
Boyd
UFOs Not Spacecraft Despite 15 Year Air Force Probe
Washington AP reports the Air Force says unidentified flying objects from 1947 through last year showed no evidence of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Of 7,369 studied, none were ships from distant planets or threats to national security.
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Washington
Air Force
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Fayle
Brown
Breck
RAND
Jack Pear
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Moore's Shoe Store
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Charming
Yesteryear
Valentines
Lakewood Pharmacy
Bayway Drive
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Rainbo
Staauy
Cat Lown
W. Teles
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