Construction Blast Blinds Two Workers in Houston Tower
An electrical explosion on Saturday at the 28 story Southwest Towers construction site in Houston temporarily blinded two workers. Jerry Stracenter aged 22 and Lloyd G Sardenes aged 44 were treated at a Houston hospital for mud removed from their eyes.
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Houston
UPI
Southwest Towers
Jerry Stracenter
Lloyd G. Sarders
Boy Killed Riding Bicycle Near Austin
Nine year old James Patrick Delaney ran away from home Friday night and was struck by a car driven by Mrs Jess ie D Scholars of Baton Rouge Louisiana while riding his bicycle near Oak Hill Community west of Austin.
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Austin
UPI
James Patrick Delaney
Jessie D. Scholars
Baton Rouge
Oak Hill
Church District Listings Name Supervisors in Texas
Long list of district supervisors and appointive stations across Texas towns including Pampa Stamford Plainview Whiteface Lubbock Seymour and more. Names such as Marvin Boyd J. EF Shewbert C. Holcomb Jr. and J. Lloyd Mayhew appear with many To Be Supplied annotations reflecting upcoming staffing assignments.
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Brownfield
Dallas
D. Denison
Amherst
E. R. McGregor
Anton
William H. Watson
J. Lloyd Mayhew
Parkview
Buin
E. B. Thompson
Denver City
Horace Brooks
Draw
C. R Smelser
Enochs-Bledsoe
Joe A Walker
Grassland
Cleveland
Levelland
J. B. Sharp
Wesley
R. C. Adair
Littlefield
Jack Ellzey
Meadow
Weldon Rives
Morton
H. Floyd Dunn
New Home
Hardy Cole
O'Donnell
David Hamblin
Plains
Walter Driver
Roscoe Trestle
Ropesville
Jesse Yojg
Seagraves
Wesley N. Daniel
Seminole
N. S. Daniel
Spade
A. I. Mitchell
Sundown
H. W. Kile
Tahoka
Aubrey White
Three Way
Ruth Cooper
Welch
Wilton E. Lynn
Wellman
L. O. Cleveland
C. C. Dorn
Wilson
W. C. Rucker, Jr
Tiden
C. B. M. Hester
Shamrock-Lela
C. B. Melton
Spearman
J. Ward Griffin
Stinnett
Claud M. Butler
Wheeler
Robert S. Ely
Plainview
J. EF. Shewbert
Bovina
Harold L. Morris
Cone
L. V. Grace
Cotton Center
Oran D. Smith
Dimmitt
Hugh F. Blaylock
Earth
S. H. Salley
Floydada
Charles E. Latrick
Hale Center
Clarence Stephens
Halfway
Delton E. Fisher
Happy
Wm. C. Pearce
Hart Walter Cartwright
Kress
H. M. Secord
Lazibuddie
Don R. Davidson
Liberty
Tommy Ewing
Lockney
James T. Carter
Matador
Roy Patterson
Mule
Shoe
J. Frank Peery
Oklahoma Lane
Douglas W. Gossett
Orton
Wilbur F. Gaede
Petersburg
Elton Wyatt
Plainview First
J. H. Crawford
Richard I. Tucker
St. John
C. W. Williams
Trinity
James EF. Price
Progress
Tommy Gleaton
Quituque
Kenneth Metzger
Silverton
Marvin KE. Fisher
Sterley Akin
Cecil Guthrie
Sudan
Frank Akin
Franklin Weir
Tulsa
First
H. D. Coggin
Ray Forbes
Turkey
Johnnie F. Williams
Valley View
Carr’s Chapel
Doyn Merriman
Vigo Park
Wayside
Whiteflat
Fremont
Y. L.muleshoe
T. G. Craft
Stamford
C. A. Holcomb, Jr
Albany
Robert W. Brown
Aspermont
Melvin R. Mathis
Avoca
Howard D. Quiett
Elbert
Jim F. Coulston
Goree
Neeley Motes
Hamlin
Faith
W. H
Fred) Brown
Jim Boswell
Haskell-Paint Creek
Claude R. LeMond
Jayton
Raymond Elmore
Knox City
Jarrell H. Sharp
Longworth
Euenger Dickson
Lueders
Harold King
McCaulley
Throckmorton
Wayland Dawden
Vera
Donald C. Yarbrough
Weinert
Lloyd H. Jones
Woodson
James R. Taylor
Army plans enlistment for Abilene Nike Hercules sites
Captain Huffman announced a special Enlistment plan recruiting nine cities for the Abilene Nike Hercules missile site unit. Enlistees prequalify June 3 to 25 and are sworn June 27 before nine weeks of basic at Fort Chaffee Arkansas. Eligible men can contact Maurice A. Wilson in Childress or call Sgt. Wilson for details.
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Abilene
William L. Huffman
US Army
Huffman
Snyder
Big Spring
San Angelo
Army
Fort Chaffee
Arkansas
Childress
Maurice A. Wilson
Wilbarger Street
Vernon
Sgt. Wilson
Local visitors bring news from Texas and New Mexico
Locals recount visits from University of Texas student Hugh Frith who joined Alpha Tau Omega, SUNU Dallas ministerial student Phil Shuler staying with relatives, and rapid improvement of Vernon Eubank. Also mentioned are travels of Sue Johnson and family to Wichita Falls, Eddie Walkers group in Amarillo, and visits by Mrs. Floyd Gilliland and others to Lawton and Clovis-Artesia areas.
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Phil Shuler
SUNU
Dallas
Vernon Eubank
Eubank
Sue Johnson
C H. Johnson
Mike
G. N. Lemmon
Wichita Falls
Steve Martinez
Polly Laningham
Amarillo
Eddie Walkers
Paul Waggoner
Clovis
N.M
A. W Johns
Artesia
Aurillian Cates
Floyd Gilliland
Lawton
Okla
Ben Munsons
H.C. Shaw
Waco
Hospital Ship Samaritian Action During Midway War Mention
Veteran recollections recount the Samaritian handling over 6,000 surgery cases with under five percent mortality. Wounded sailors were evacuated by air to base hospitals in Honolulu and New Caledonia, with the hospital ship Comfort sustaining serious damage from an enemy plane.
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Midway
Honolulu
New Caledonia
Walker
Comfort
Border kidnapping near barbed wire border shock
Western guards seized two girls who crossed the border line. A shot hit a 16 year old in the hip while a 17 year old was dragged behind wire in a claimed kidnapping. Police said no fire from Communists as they fled with the other girl to East Berlin.
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East Berlin
Rhode Island Coach Thompson Named IC4A President
Thom as G. Russell head track and cross country coach at the University of Rhode Island was named to succeed Clarence Dussaul t of Tufts as president of the IC4A Track Coaches Association.
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Kingston
R.L
UPI
Thomas G. Russell
University of Rhode Island
Clarence Dussault
Tufts
Track Coaches Association
Tornado Rips Sabine Pass Area. Severe Weather Threat Spreads
A small tornado damaged a garage roof at the Texas Menhaden Fish Plant in Sabine Pass near Port Arthur, with light damage and no injuries. Storms and heavy rain hit Southeast Texas as a 120 mile wide warning extended from Tyler to Little Rock, affecting multiple cities and forecasters predicting continued showers and thunderstorms into Sunday.
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Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
Texas
Texas Menhaden Fish Plant
Tyrell
Griffing Park
Dalhart
Laredo
Tyler
Little Rock
Ark
Paris
Greenville
Nacogdoches
Center
Texarkana
Longview
Kilgore
Gladewater
Henderson
Marshall
Atlanta
Clarksville
Sulphur Springs
Also Mentioned on This Page
College-Town
Jan Leslie
Bernardo
Italy
Rogers Lumber CO
Fabulous Savings
Commerce St. Fhone
Texline
M. W. Reynolds
Vega
John H. Meinzer
White Deer
C. Curtis Lee
Wildorado
Lubbock District
Marvin L. Boyd Abernathy
Carlton H. Thomson
Becton-Lakeview
Richard L. Richards
Canyon-Graham Chapel
Elbert V. Nelson
Cooper
Elra H. Phillips
Crosbyton
Bill M. Kent
Idalou
Hugh B. Daniel
Lorenzo
WL. Armstrong, Jr
Lubbock
Agape
Thomas S. Strother
Aldergate
J. R. Wood Asbury
Clarence Collins
Epworth
David Keith Wiseman
J. Chess Lovern
Edwin L. Hall
Glenn Chambers
Forrest Heights
Alby J. Cockrell
Oakwood
Wm. M. Wilkerson
Overton
Albert FF. Lindley
Pioneer Memorial
James P. Patterson
St. John’s
Calvin W. Froehner
St. Luke’s
Leo K. Gee
J. C. Arnold
McAdoo-Aston
R. H. Knight
Monroe
W. Vernon O'Kelly
Post
Oscar G. Bruce
Ralls
Conrad M
Ryan
Roaring Springs
W. R. Beaird
Shallowater
Walter C Hadley
Slaton
Rolla Davidson
Smoyer-Whithall
Lonnie Eakle
Southland
B. B. Byres
Spur
Wm. D. McReynolds
Spur Circuit
H. M. Apple
Pampa District
YU Sun - Mon
Nancy Kwan
Hong Kong
William Holden
Paramount
Suzie Wong
Hugh Frith
University of Texas
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
ARTIC
STAHL
Twister
South Texas
United Press International
Victoria
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Panhandle
Three Powers
Brasilia
Brazil
L’aiglon
L. W. McClendon
Sarong
the Fashion Shoppe
Gordon’s Furniture Company
Commerce St
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