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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1959
Page
3
An obituary style tribute recalls Mattie C Stephen with eulogies from Judge Grow Sam Cleveland and friends across Fort Worth and Dublin. The notice includes a typed excerpt from a public tax suit in Comanche County Texas dated 1959 with case details and summons.
Texas Safety Association reports 622 534 Texans injured in 1958. Over 70 000 home injuries. as many residents harmed at work as live in Austin. Auto accidents exceed the populations of Amarillo, Waco and Beaumont. Total accident cost tops 445 million dollars.
County agent Angus Dickson Jr warns that frosted Johnsongrass and sorghum can spike prussic acid levels posing rapid livestock poisoning risk. Young, frosted plants show higher acid content, and care is urged before grazing or cutting for hay with veterinary antidotes as possible treatment.
Army Specialist Four Charles W. Ligon, 24, son of Mrs. Ruth Ligon of Comanche, joined the 663d Ordnance Company in Vilseck Germany for Exercise Side Step a ten day NATO command post drill to test unit effectiveness. Ligon entered service in 1958 trained at Fort Carson, last stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, and arrived overseas in September 1958. A 1954 Comanche High School graduate he also attended the University of Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tom Whitehead of Jasper announce the birth of a son on October 11 at a German hospital. He weighs 7 pounds 1 ounce. Mrs. Whitehead is the former Ann Massingill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Massingill of Comanche.
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