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Hurricane Carla Left Baytown Reflects on Civil Defense Success
An Associated Press dispatch from Miami notes Carla's approach to Texas and highlights Baytown Civil Defense efforts. Volunteers manned posts amid flooded homes, evacuations, and power outages while the Wooster Fire Department led operations. Emergency shelters, mass feeding, and medical measures, including 25 000 typhoid shots, supported a comprehensive relief effort as responders remained on duty two weeks later.
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Associated Press
Miami
Atlantic
Carla
Swan Island
Honduras
Baytown Sun
Civil Defense
Robert G
Bob) Feinberg
Texas
Feinberg
Baytown
Civil Defense Corps
Wooster
Brownwood
Co. D
1St Battle Group
36Th Infantry Division
Texas National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Dallas
Harrie County
Texas Department of Public Safety
Harris County
National Guard