Tornado rips Colfax home. family survives in basement
Melvin Hendrikson 58 and his wife Helge with children Karen 12 Relend 15 and Richerd 17 describe a tornado that demolished their Colfax Wisconsin house as rescue workers found a neighbor dead. The family hid in the basement during the storm which lasted minutes but left the home in ruins. Meanwhile former President Truman arrived in Genoa aboard the Independence en route to Cannes with Mrs Truman and Judge Rosenman.
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Melvin Hendrikeon
Helge
Karen
Relend
Richerd
Colfax, Wis
Melvin Hendrikson
Colfax
Wis
Upi
Richard
Genoa
Italy
Truman
Independence
Cannes
France
Samuel Rosenman
Kite Way Oil Threatens Price War With Hudson Oil
Houston area fuel firms ignite a price war as Kite Way Oil demands Hudson restore prices by Monday. D C Adams of Hudson says no policy change will occur while two Hudson, two Magnolia, and one Humble station maintain cuts. Phillips 66 exits after being denied cut approval. Earl Broadway cites lost business amid the price showdown.
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Houston
Kite- Way Oil CO
Hudson Oil Co
Joe Barnes
Kite-Way
Hudson
D. C. Adams
Rrot Way
Magnolia
Phillips 66
Earl Broadway
Television listings for Wichita Falls and surrounding areas
A fragmented TV schedule shows programs across several stations including News Highlights Weather & Sports and popular shows such as Dragnet The Verdict Is Yours Groucho Marx and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Local channels KDUB and channels 2 and 13 in Lubbock present a mix of dramas game shows and news segments with late night entries and wrestling.
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Groucho Mars
We Dragnet
Tennessee Ernie
Rosemary Clooney
Southwest Tonight
Jack Paar
TV Schedule Flagged By A Day Of Classic Programs
Friday June 6 listing shows a full day of daytime and early evening fare. Programs include Faith For Today Truth or Consequence Kitty Foyle Matinee Theater Queen For A Day CBS News World Turns Captain Kangaroo Love of Life Search for Tomorrow The Big Payoff The Verdict Is Yours The Brighter Day The Secret Storm Edge of Night Noon News Walter Cronkite and more across multiple channels and time slots.
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Michard Diamond
Cartoon Carnival
Florian Babach
CBS News
Public Defender
Captain Kangaroo
CBS News &4
Garry Moore
Godfrey
Hothenarte
Dette
Hotel Cosmopolitan
Love of Life
Walter Cronkite
Pete Hi
Temperature highs and lows for Thursday period
The 24 hour period ending 11 a.m. Thursday reached a maximum of 95 degrees. A low of 71 degrees was recorded at 5 a.m. Thursday. Details follow in the temperature report.
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Weds. P. M
A. M
Quench Soldier Completes Course
PFC John F. McCrary son of Mrs. Maxine Inez Brown of Quanah completed a four week armor crewman advanced course at the Seventh Army Tank Training Center in Germany. He trained in tank gunnery tactics maintenance and communications and is with Company C of the 37th Armor Crailsheim.
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Vilseck
Germany
John F. McCrary
Maxine Inez Brown
King St
Quanah
Seventh Army Tank Training Center
McCrary
4Th Armored Division
37Th Armor
Crailsheim
Europe
Army
Fort Hood
Tex
McMurry College
Abilene
University of Texas
Texas City Hero Dies at 52
Dr G. R. Manske, a renowned surgeon and a hero of the 1947 Texas City disaster, died of a heart attack Wednesday while mowing his lawn.
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Texas City
Tex
Ups
G. R. Manske
Local memorialist warns against out of county monument work
A Childress resident recalls buying memorial slabs and concrete from an out of county firm. The work cracked within six months and wasn't redone under the contract. He urges locals to use a Childress craftsman who guarantees his construction, arguing spending at home benefits the community.
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Monument
Monument Company
Childress
Memorial Line
Fire Destroys Three Orange Warehouses
Fire at the Orange county docks destroyed three 100 foot warehouses storing about 25 000 sacks of rice and flour. The blaze damaged another warehouse by water. flames rose 30 feet high. Tugboats moved ships away as firefighters battled the inferno with no casualties reported.
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Orange. Tex Apt
Orange Wednesday
Orange
Fort Worth Livestock Market Report
Markets show slow demand across cattle hogs and sheep. Slaughter steers bring 25 to 26.50, calves 24.50 to 27, hogs 22.50 to 22.75, sheep active with 75 to 95 pound spring lambs at 21.50 to 22.50 and older shorn lambs 17 to.
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U.S
Wreck Kills One Near Skellytown Texas
Larry Earl Martin, 26, was killed and two others injured when their car left SH 152 two miles east of Skellytown and overturned. Don White, 22, and Margaret Hobaugh, 20, both of Pampa, sustained injuries.
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Skellytown
Tex Ups
Larry Earl Martin
Here
SH 152
Don White
Margaret Hobaugh
Pampa
Commodity Prices and Live Stock Averages Report
Cotton prices in New York and New Orleans move higher with July and Oct futures gaining. Live stock notes show 122 lb stock averaging 15 with new two year old wethers at 14. Noon prices reflect increases across regions and contract months.
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United Press
New York
New Orleans
Ex-Dodson Pastor Takes Post With Fort Worth Firm
Rev. Eugene Brand former Dodson Baptist Church pastor becomes field director for A B Culbertson and Company of Fort Worth and plans to open offices in Lubbock on June 15 He has served as pastor in Skellytown Dodson Lamesa and Andrews and is a Decatur Baptist College Baylor University graduate with Southwestern Seminary training He and his wife have two children.
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Eugene Brand
Dodson Baptist Church
A. B. Culbertson and Company of
Fort Worth
Decatur Baptist College
Lubbock
First Baptist Church
Skellytown
Dodson
Lamesa
Andrews
Brand
Baylor University
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Rossellini Bergman Rome Annulment Proceedings Recessed
In Rome today the annulment case between Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian director Roberto Rossellini was recessed until June 30. The defense argued Bergman’s first marriage to Dr. Peter Lindström was not dissolved under Swedish law when she wed Rossellini. In Fort Lauderdale, Norma Talmadge's will leaves about 200000 dollars and two homes to her husband Carvell James. she died in Las Vegas last Christmas Eve.
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Rossellini VS
Bergman
Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Rossellini
Miss Bergman
Peter Lindtrom
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
UPI
Norma Talmadge
Carvell James
Miss Talmadge
Las Vegas
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