Bud Smith Dies After Heart Attack At 53
Bud Smith 53 died Tuesday morning at M&S Hospital after a heart attack the previous day. Born August 3 1900 in Goher he was a longtime Bonham grocer later running stores in Bonham and West Nth Street. Survived by wife a son Eddie of Irving a daughter Mrs Roso Van Ripper of Irving and sister Mrs Bryan Gaskill Wolfe City. Service at Wise Chapel Wednesday at 4 with Rev James A Underwood and J T Gregory. burial Willow Wild Cemetery.
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Anek Wee Buds Smith
M&s Hospital
Smith
Eddie W. Smith
Irving
Roso van Ripper
Bryan Gaskill
Wolfe City
James A. Underwood
First Christian Church
J. T. Gregory
Wise Chapel
Willow Wild Cemetery
Kiwanis hear about court awards and insurance roles
Mr. Noyd argues that sympathy in juries leads to excessive awards paid by the motoring public. He warns against treating insurance firms as owners of Fort Knox and urges sober driving, noting many rural Texas drivers in their twenties. H Bowden chaired the Kiwanis meeting for a statewide safety education program.
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Noyd
Fort Knox
Texas Draft Calls 1092 Men for August
A Texas draft update from State Selective Service head Jg. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield says 1,092 Texans are to be called in August with 2,416 to be examined and local board quotas to be mailed. The August induction quota is part of a national 23,000 figure, amid higher July and August drafts. Wakefield notes more men are leaving college and entering service to sustain armed forces strength.
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Austin
State
Selective Service
Texas
Paul L. Wakefield
State Selective Service
Wakefield
City considers routing changes for trunk line
Wisenbaker Fix & Associates will run lines on proposed trunk line routing today and Wednesday to identify money-saving plant efficiency changes and report to the commission at a Wednesday night meeting. Twenty five bids were submitted across three phases with the three lowest bids to be retained for 30 days. The commission also approved purchasing just over seven acres from R M Spivy for the disposal plant site. City Manager Grady Fisher and others oversee the action.
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Wisenbaker, Fix & Associates
R. M. Spivy
Grady Fisher
Cancer facts and flood aid details from wartime era report
The document cites cancer mortality during the Korean War era and compares it with Korean War deaths, noting high cancer death tolls and potential preventable cases. It also covers flood emergency actions including condemnation powers for easements, Red Cross relief from Goodfellow AFB, and water safety measures for Rio Grande refugees with typhoid vaccination efforts.
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Red Cross
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Goodfellow
State Health Department
Rio Grande
Gunmen Rob Dice Game In Tennessee Heist
Three bandits armed with a shotgun and pistols held up a 20 man dice game in a corn field near Atwood Tennessee and escaped with 9000 dollars, authorities reported. The victims were reluctant to name the assailants but confirmed their losses.
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Atwood
Tenn
Highway Patrol
Leaders pledge collective defense in southeast Asia
A joint statement by the President and the British Prime Minister vows to press forward with plans for collective defense in southeast Asia, though the declaration notes no specific reference to the region. The countries involved aim to render appropriate aid to associations as needed.
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Asia
Southeast Asia
Wednesday Radio Schedule Listings
A scanned daily program grid lists shows from 6:32 sunrise serenade to 7:15 sign off including News Headlines Breakfast Club Chuckwagon Melodies Parade of Western Hits and Major League Baseball with Intervening News.
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Zeke Green
Finley Insurance Agency
Shivers Refers to Old Age Law and Constitutional Amendment
Governor Allan Shivers recalls Texas old age assistance law as he cites a constitutional amendment plan and his opponent’s inaction. Senator Yarborough frames five voter decisions on leadership and government checks and balances ahead of the July 24 Democratic primary with multiple campaign stops and a statewide radio broadcast.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
Yarborough
Democratic Party
Austin
Texarkana
Bryan
San Antonio
Pharr
Weslaco
Brownsville
Moon Eclipses Across North America Path Of Totality Revealed
The eclipse will blot out the sun along a 75 mile wide path from northeast Nebraska through Minnesota, Canada, the North Atlantic and beyond ending in India. The New Orleans area will see about 60 percent of the sun obscured while regions along the path will experience totality for a minute or two.
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New York
Rockies
Nebraska
Minnesota
Canada
North Atlantic
Scandinava
Soviet Russia
Iran
India
New Orleans
Bond proposal figures rise on engineering cost estimates
Estimates cited by engineers show labor and material costs edging upward for the project. The bond issue size was to be set based on the firm’s recommendations after its planning for the system.
Weather bureau faces rent hike amid heat record
In Birmingham Alabama on June 29 weather officials faced a proposed rent increase from $480 to $943 per year after a week of extreme heat. The complaint notes the July high temps and ongoing security costs at the station.
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Birmingham
Ala
Weather Bureau
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N. Main
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Princess Royal
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ASC
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Earnest
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