Nothing spectacular but easing off seen in 1955 home boom
Airing the 1955 housing surge, officials say starts rose in August but remain well below earlier highs. Forecasters warn that higher interest rates, tightened credit, and material shortages curb momentum. Officials expect a possible yearly total near 1.3 million if the rate continues, with signs of a market cool.
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U.S. Savings & Loan League
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
S and Loan
Home Loan Bank Board
Federal
Home Loan
Johnson Assured No Economies In Combat Readiness
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson said the Defense Department assured him no economies would hurt combat readiness. He released letters with Deputy Defense Secretary Reuben B. Robertson Jr stating reviews aimed at wasteful practices, while promising no drastic force reductions. Johnson urged committee review before any actions are taken.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Defense Department
Johnson
Senate Preparedness Committee
Austin
Defense
Reuben B. Robertson, Jr
Robertson
Six Cars In Pileup With No Driver Involved
Six cars were involved in a Duluth traffic pileup Monday with no drivers in any vehicle. A parked car rolled forward and nudged another, causing a chain reaction that damaged several cars heavily according to police.
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Duluth
Minn
Deer Park Troop 268 Plans Rally
A Scout rally for Troop 268 will be held at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday at the San Jacinto elementary school little gym in Deer Park. Troop 268 is sponsored by the Lubrizol corporation and is promoting the rally to enlist new members. Roy Whitley is Scout master, Frank Lewis assistant Scoutmaster, H. A. Willis institutional representative and J. T. Foulds, W. Seale, Jim O'Banion and Paul Stewart committee men.
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San Jacinto
Deer Park
Lubrizol Corporation
Roy Whitley
Frank Lewis
H. A. Willis
J. T. Foulds
Statewide survey at UT to boost Texas social workers
A UT led statewide survey aims to increase trained social workers across Texas. Charles Laughton leads the initial agency listing with later questionnaire rounds from welfare executives. Results will guide long term recruitment and education efforts, with co chairs Gretchen Abbott and Rosa Und Giles. The project includes the Texas Social Welfare Association and other groups, funded by the Hogg Foundation.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Charles Laughton
Graduate School of Social Work
Gretchen Abbott
Dallas
Rosa~ Und Giles
Texas Social Welfare Association
State Department of Public Welfare
Texas Research League
Rocal
University of Texas Hogg Foundation For Mental Hygiene
Charles B. Mitchell of
Anglin
Stomach Ache Turns Out To Be Baby
LOS ANGELES UP Mrs Geraldine Mawhinney 33 said she went to general hospital Friday for abdominal ailment and gave birth to a six pound six ounce girl Saturday. Her husband Clyde 44 said they had no idea she was expecting a baby. We are really green. They have been married 10 years but this is their first baby.
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Los Angeles
Geraldine Mawhinney
General Hospital
Mawhinney
Clyde
Harris Wins Westinghouse Television During Glen Arbor Opening
Mrs. Georgia Ruth Harris of 7308 East Fayle won a Westinghouse television set in a Sunday drawing held by Walker Homes Inc to celebrate the Glen Arbor subdivision off Garth Road. Kenneth B. Vines of Walker Homes announced other prizes: a roaster and table to Mrs. Bilis of 400 Hast Pearce and a rotisserie to Mrs. Erwin of 2706 Wilburn.
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Georgia Ruth Harris
East Fayle
Westinghouse
Walker Homes Inc
Glen Arbor Subdivision
Garth Road
Siudivsian
Kenneth B. Vines
Walker Homes
QO. Bilis
Hast Pearce
FB. K. Erwin
Wilburn
Mexico Train Wreckage Searched For Missing Bodies
In Gomez Palacio Mexico medical teams comb the blast site after a dynamite explosion struck a three car train. Twenty bodies identified, 14 missing and presumed dead. About 100 injured, some critically, amid reports of extensive debris and burned survivors including teen Rodolfo Astorga who witnessed the crash. Two dynamite-laden trucks racing apparently collided with the train.
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Gomez Palacio
Mexico
Red Cross
Here
Rodolfo Astorga
Torreon
Astorga
Military School Exams To Be Held Nov 14 In Texas
Texas boys seeking appointments to Army Navy and Air Force service schools may take examinations on November 14 in 71 cities and towns. Sen Lyndon B Johnson announced the date and said the exams will guide his appointments to military academies. Entry demands include citizenship and age 17 to 21 with a rigid medical and aptitude screening.
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Texas
Army
Navy
Air Force
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Senator Johnson
Senate
Washington, D. C
Methodists Accept Grant for Interracial Study Conf
A national Methodist board accepted a 25000 grant from the Fund for the Republic to fund interracial study conferences across the United States. Bishop Lloyd Wickey, Pittsburgh, said the funds support the church's board on social and economic relations and will be used to promote dialogue and understanding nationwide.
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Chicago
The
Methodist Chores
Fund For the Republic
Lloyd ¢. Wickey
Pittsburgh
Church
Board of Social and Economic Relations
Four Killed In Galveston Causeway Crash
Four Houston residents died when their car struck the Galveston causeway drawbridge as it rose to let a long barge pass around 1 30 a m. The victims were Lonzo Canady 25 Catherine Jones 12 Mrs Linnie Henry 47 and Lester Acosta. The engine wedged between the bridge and upright section as the car headed toward Galveston.
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Galveston
Tex
Galveston Causeway
Houston
Lonzo
Charles Canady
Catherine Marie Jones
Linnie Henry
Lester Red Acosta
Crosby Youth Serves With Army In Japan
Crosby youth Chenche Aguero 20 son of Mr and Mrs C C Aguero Crosby is a member of the 40th Anti Aircraft Artillery brigade in Japan. He serves as a generator operator in Battery B of the brigade 32d Battalion. Aguero entered the Army in September 1954 and completed basic training at Fort Bliss Texas where he was last stationed. He was graduated in 1953 from Crosby High School.
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Yokchama
Chenche Aguero
C. C. Aguero
Crosby
40Th
Japan
Aguero
Fort Bliss
Tex
Crosby High School
No Relation MINEAPOLIS Roots of Six Fat Dutchmen Band
In southern Minnesota a local old-time orchestra named Six Fat Dutchmen now has 18 members all shiny. An elder member recalls it began with seven players and asks where the name originated.
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Mineapolis
Minnesota
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