Kiwanis speaker touts future homes amid La Porte roundup
Col Paul M Brewer of Houston, retired U S Army Corps of Engineers, spoke to La Porte Kiwanis on The House of Tomorrow. Attendance contest runs to July 25 with Kenneth Adams leading. Also installation events for La Porte Lions and Rebekah officers noted, plus Bible school and local travel updates.
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Alice
Paul M. Brewer
Houston
Southwest American Houses
la Porte Kiwanis Club
Brewer
U. S. Corps’ of Engineers
Kiwanis Club
House of Tomorrow
Man Sought In Wisconsin Jail Escape Case
Green Bay Wisconsin authorities seek Lynn Ray of St Louis Missouri for escaping from Brown County jail where he was held on robbery charges. A postcard from Ray claimed he would return only with proof of innocence referencing MacArthur.
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Green Bay
Wis
Bernard Bertrand
Lynn Ray
MacArthur
Ray
St. Louis
Brown County
Bus Crashes Tank Truck Killing Ten in San Pedro
A passenger bus collided with a gasoline tank truck in San Pedro killing nine and injuring 29 seriously as both vehicles skidded on wet pavement at high speed. Police cited excessive speed and slick roads as causes. A separate report notes William G. Lias, known as Big Bill, ordered deportation to Greece by a special immigration officer amid IRS tax debts of about $2 million.
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Havana
San Pedro
Washington
William G
Big Bill) Lias
Wheeling, W. Va
Greece
Lias
Internal Revenue Service
Stevenson 1952 Democrat candidate released after pneumonia
Ebaunee T. Stevenson was discharged from Lake Forest Hospital after a four day fight with chronic pneumonia. He planned to rest at his Libertyville farm for a week or 10 days. The article notes a Vermont hotel jail serves meals to paying guests and prisoners in the same kitchen.
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Lake Forest
Adlai E. Stevenson
Libertyville
Inl
Windham County
Newfane
Pasadena Man Seeks Donkey For Alaska Vacation
Pasadena, Tex. Melvin G. Coplin a Sheffield Steel mill oiler hung out a wanted sign and plans a year long trip to Alaska on a donkey. He will carry food and clothes by pack and replenish along the way. Coplin has not set a start date and his wife and six year old daughter Rebecca will wait at home.
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Pasadena
Tex
Melvin G. Coplin
Alaska
Coplin
Pye
Sheffield Steel Corp
Con
Rebecca
Deer Park seeks financing for south end sewer line
E G Moss asked Deer Park City Council Monday night about reimbursing builder M C Watson for extending the south end sewer line. Mayor Earl Dunn indicated Watson would likely receive the same deal as other contractors if he asked. Watson, who built homes in Lone Oak and Hast Forest, said tying into Twelfth Street would be costly. he argued it would be cheaper for the city to extend the line itself.
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E. G. Moss
Deer Park
Moss
M.C. Watson
Watson
Deer Park Terrace
Mass
Earl Dunn
Dunn
Lone
Houston Nursing Home Success With Radioactive Dirt
Houston nurse Ida Dentzer reports patients at her nursing home improved with soiled baths using mildly radioactive dirt from her seven and a half acre site. Geiger counter readings show low radioactivity, similar to Comanche Texas mud ponds cited for therapeutic claims. One patient, 78 year old Hiva Lano, says she regained mobility after treatment.
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Houston
Comanche
Tex
Ida Mae Dertler
Catholics Visit Argentina on Pilgrim Route to Brazil
A large North American Roman Catholic delegation led by Msgr. Joseph Rummel, Archbishop of New Orleans, visited Buenos Aires en route to Rio de Janeiro for the eucharistic congress. About 1,000 Argentine Catholics gathered at the Metropolitan Cathedral as plans for a Mass by Archbishop Rummel were altered, with no immediate reason given. The group traveled aboard the Delta line steamer Del Sud, joined by Archbishops and bishops from Texas Oklahoma Ohio and California.
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Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Msgr
Joseph Ruminiel
New Orleans
Metropolitan
Rummel
Delta Line
del Sud
Sergeant Friday tickets red light violator in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles police Sgt. Lester Friday issued Davy W. Crockett a ticket for running a red light after officers gathered the facts. Crockett, age twenty, was noted as from Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Sergeant Friday
Davy
Eit
Lester Friday
Davy W. Crockett
Fort Worth Taxes Up
Fort Worth property owners face the biggest tax increase in history with a total levy of 1,200,694 dollars. City, school district, and county taxes rise, with the city adding 565,000, the school district 393,900, and the county 241,794. Assessed valuations are planned to rise from 45.5 percent to 66 percent of market value next year.
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Fort Worth
Tarrant County
National Cowboy Hall of Fame campaign planned in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City hosts trustees to launch a nationwide fundraising drive for a proposed Cowboy Hall of Fame on a 40 acre site off U S 66 northeast of the city. Founders and officials from western states praise the project as a national monument to western tradition and independence.
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Oklahoma Shrine
Oklahoma City
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
America
A. Reynolds
Reynolds
Kansas City
U. S. 66
Dodge City
Kan
Ray Schnell
Dickinson
N. C
Mount Vernon
Will Rogers
Claremore
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M. P. Fuller
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Hasty Transfer & Storage Co
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