Baytown GI Honored for Bravery in France Bus Crash
Special US Army commendation awarded to Sp. 4 Jimmy D. Smith 22 for bravery during a bus accident in France. While driving an ambulance he aided injured passengers, extinguished a fire, and made three trips to a hospital with 18 patients. Smith’s actions boosted the image of American soldiers serving in France.
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France
Army
Jimmy D. Smith
E. J. Smith
Amelia
Amy
Smith
Robert BE
Lee Hugh Shred
Peter B. Hope
Vth
Camp DuOhalon
Col
Earl 8. Hallinger
Bulance
Commerce
Baiten
Neerest Joon
U Army
Vserying
Hope
U.S. “Army
Jimmy Smith
Baytown
Peter 8. Hope
Camp DeChalon
Local Catholic and Christian Program Log Brief Mix
A radio program log lists KWBA 1380 and 1360 schedules including Life Line Mutual Sports, Heaven and Home Hour, Morning Chapel, Gospel Hour and World Today segments. Also noted are Paul Stephens Gospel Hour Karen Lehman Femine Fancles and Fulton Lewis Jr. updates with football and Texas news at Bates Post.
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Charles Starr
Life Line
Mutual
Heaven & Home Hour
Paul Stephens
Wall Street
Karen Lehmanfemine
Joz Ladd
Will. Stern Sports
Fulton Lewis JR
Brinks Vault Robbery Tracked After Cannon Blast
Syracuse police pursue a global gang after a 20mm cannon blasted open the Brinks vault. About 100000 in cash and securities were taken, with the rest in checks. Investigators noted nitroglycerine traces, masks, and acetylene torches at the scene as they widen inquiries to Canada and nearby states.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Brinks
Brinks Inc
FBI
Albany
Frm
Railway Express Agency
Plattsburgh
Alexandria
United States
Canada
Redford Early in Studio Treatment and Home Life
AP writer Bob Thomas notes Robert Redford is enjoying rising studio attention with roles like This Property Is Condemned and The Chase and Inside Daisy Clover. The piece describes his shift from Broadway to film, his Utah mountain retreat 43 miles from town, and his calm approach while colleagues urge him to stay in Los Angeles.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Ion
Robert Redford
Daisy Che
Natalie Wood
Christopher Plummers
Chase
Marion Brando
Jane Fonda
Big
Miss Wot
Tennessee Williams
Eis
Fam Iliac
Los Angeles
Broadway
Red
Audren
Aspermont Receives $29890 Grant for Center in Texas
The Office of Economic Opportunity approved a $29890 grant to establish a small business development center in Aspermont Texas. It will serve West Texas counties including Childress Cottle Dickens Foard Fisher Hardeman Hinsker Jones Kent King Knox Stonewall Moves and Briscoe. Programs aim to boost incomes and stabilize the local economy via SBA loans to low income residents.
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Washington
Office of Economics
Apermont
Tex
West Texas
Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Fisher, Hardeman
Hinsker
Jones, Kent, King, Knox
Stonewall
Moves
Briscoe
Small Business
Nielsen ratings deliver jolts as World Series boosts networks
Three major networks faced a rough start as Nielsen published second season ratings and the World Series lifted the airwaves. CBS and NBC posted a top showing with averages near 18.0, while ABC trailed at 17.0 as viewers gravitated to sports and familiar programs.
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Nielsen
Monkley
A.C. Nielsen Co
NBC
Andy Griffith
Don Knotts
Jim Nabors
Andy Grifffith
Gomer Pyle
Nabors
NPC
ABC
CBS
Red Skelton
Lucy
Jana
ALC
INBC
Bacliff Generating Station to Add Power Units
The new Bacliff plant will start with a 150000 kilowatts generating unit in early 1966 and, in 1967, a second unit of 450000 kilowatts will be commissioned.
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Houston Lighting & Power Company
Bacliff
Wharton, Tomball
Galveston
W. A. Parish
Southwest
Did You Know The Great Barrier Reef Lengths Reveal Fact
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia stretches about 1260 biographical miles and ranks as the world’s longest reef measuring its vast span across the coast.
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Great Barrier Reef
Hospital Dog Nap Draws Cash Payment Mystery
Petersburg AP reports an unusual dog nap in an animal hospital. A stranger entered, paid a $21 bill, and left with A T Stone’s French poodle. Stone only learned of the loss after calling about the poodie’s death.
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Petersburg
A.T. Stone
Stone
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Xas
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Wiggerat
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Johnston
Redford
Aspermont
Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Fimel
Hesef
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Electric Service Company
Thad Felton
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