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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1959
Page
3
The text outlines 1952 to 1957 inflation while farm prices fell about 20 percent. Farm income fell from 15.1 billion to 12.1 billion, then to a low of 10.8 billion. Farmers subsidized consumers by keeping food prices stable and many left farming or worked off the farm.
Joe A. Hicks Jr formerly of Comanche received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Houston graduation on May 30. He is a U.S. Army veteran, now a Major in the Corps of Engineers, and works as Supervisor of Surveying for Houston Lighting & Power. He and wife Anna live in Houston with their son Terrell and are active in Terrace Methodist Church.
Army Specialist Four Wayland K. Lesley 24 son of Mr and Mrs R V Lesley Rt 1 Comanche serves with the 2d Missile Battalion 562d Artillery which was converted to a Nike Hercules unit. The 562d is the last Alaska artillery unit to switch from 120 mm anti aircraft cannons to Nike Hercules missiles. Lesley a personnel specialist in the battalion headquarters at Eielson Air Force Base entered the Army in January 1957 and trained at Fort Carson Colorado. He was assigned to Eielson Air Force Base Alaska.
Stationed at the Army Chemical Center in Maryland before arriving in Alaska in August 1958. Lesley, a 1952 graduate of De Leon High School, previously worked for Hammit Motor Company in De Leon. His wife Wanda accompanies him in Alaska.
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