Newport News by Versel Reports Local Crashes and Visits
Jack Nichols a 40 year old single man from Newport was critically injured in a Sunday night accident between Henrietta and Wichita Falls after colliding with a truck and hitting a concrete culvert. He sustained two broken vertebrae and extensive facial and body lacerations and was taken to Wichita General hospital. The text also notes revival services led by Reverend FE L Moody and multiple social visits and family travels in the area, including relatives from Oklahoma and Texas.
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Newport
Jack Nichols
Henrietta
Wichita Falls
Wichita General Hospital
Frank Baldridge
New Mexico
RE. M. Carmen
Wastiti
Edd F. Bulls
Lavern Pickett
Vershel Wall
H. F. Groner
Ruby Wall
Reba Nell
Conwhy
Ark
Walls
West Texas
L. E. Catlin
Mary Dene Swagerty
Oklahoma
Boone Whitaker
Hereford
Terry
Hazel Arnold
Jacksboro
W. B. Arnold
Pauline
Ruby Dunn
W. M. Hickman
Earnest Dunn
Lancaster
Texas
C. H. Hickman
Robert Monroe
R. Barker
Bowie
Virgil Miller
Jno. Tangston
Willis Ezelle
G. W. Lemons
Edwin Goodjoin
Bill Gardner
Shawnee
W. M. Elenburg
Hubert Farmer
Other Editors Say In Their Papers
A compilation of humorous and pointed quotes from editors and columnists. Items include satirical takes on zipper failures in Wichita Falls, political quips about Roosevelt and hay fever, Ford predictions, and human interest vignettes from across the United States.
Hopeful Sign in Traffic Fatalities Decline in 1986
The National Safety Council reports an 8 percent drop in traffic deaths for the first half of 1986 compared with 1935, with 15 390 deaths up to July 1, about 527 per week or 84 to 85 per day. The six month total is about 500 fewer than last year, despite more cars in operation. The urban areas show a larger decline than rural areas, suggesting progress in making automobiles less deadly.
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National Safety Council
Hogs Fetch Record $10.60 At Fort Worth Market
A top hog price of $10.60, the highest since September 1935, was quoted at Fort Worth Livestock Market on Monday with outside buyers paying that figure and packers taking hogs at $10.50. Separately, Robert Harold Ickes, son of the Interior Secretary, secured a clerk job on a Medford PWA sewer project at $20 weekly.
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Fort Worth
Star Telegram
Secretary of the Interior
Robert Harold Ickes
PWA
Medford
Mass
Enrich brothers report milk yield up ten percent
W. J. and W. G. Enrich of Lodi California say installing radio sets in their milking sheds raised milk production by 10 percent.
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W. J
W. G. Enrich
Lodi
Calif
Editorial backs Gossett in August congressional runoff
The Wichita Falls crowd supports Ed Gossett over McFarlane in the August 22 runoff. The piece argues McFarlane is faithful and sound, while victory for Gossett would yield leadership beholden to special interests, urging voters to stand with the proven representative.
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Wichita Banner
McFarlane
Wichita Falls
Ed Gossett
Texas
Montague County
Globe Trotting Reporter Jack Lloyd Visits Bowie
Jack Lloyd a 68 year old adventurer and veteran of many wars known as Burning Daylight visited Bowie last Friday. He claims a front page boom in the last 50 years and cites World War I era service with British Intelligence and other conflicts. Lloyd predicts another world war soon and comments on Roosevelt’s likely victory and Texas Florida prospects amid regional development.
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Wichita Falls
John Gould
Wichita Times
Jack Lloyd
Globe
Jack
the News
Nocona
Kimberly
Liegvd
Johannesburg
Apa
Lloyd
Yukon
Klondyke
Jack London
West
Leadville
Tombstone
Galfield
Tonanah
Virginia City
Silver City
Butte
Deadwood
British Intelligence Department
Kitchener
Teddy
Pancho Villa
Sandino
Nicaranga
Jacks
Roosevelt
Texas
Florida
Bowie
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Baptist Church
Mr. Kidd
Newport String Band
Taylor School
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Br’er Farley
Dallas News
Tyler Courier-Timees
Henry Ford
Marshall News
Denison Herald
Louisiana
Huey Long
Clarksville
Claud Collan
Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram
University of Texas
Washington, D. C
Mexico
University Extension Teaching Bureau
J. M. Peterson
Whitesburg, Ky
Mrs. H. Nelson
Los Angeles
Globe Trotter
Soldier of Fortune
Puidhies
Peneer T
Re Rnglobetil
Chatham Wool
Chatham
Kenwood Blankets
Norwood
Ian Adams
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Nashua
King
Surrey
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Ascot
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