Bussey Junior High vandalism injures windows and fires
Garland fire units extinguished two stage and classroom fires at Bussey Junior High after intruders smashed up to a dozen windows in the pre dawn break in. maintenance superintendent K N Waller reported entry through lounges and home economics room and vandals scattered food and canned goods.
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Garland Fire Department
Bussey
K. N. Waller
Garland Schools
Garland
Fire Marshall
Swine in Bank London Tigers Tank Ad Sparks Debate
The Daily Mirror reports the final word on gasoline adverts showing a tiger in a tank. An old battered car carries a rear window sign reading I ve got a swine in my life while the campaign continues to provoke discussion.
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London
UPI
Daily Mirror Daily
McDivitt And White Reach Recovery After Splashdown
Space men James McDivitt and Edward White reported feeling great after splashing down in the Atlantic aboard the Gemini capsule four days into the mission. Recovery forces and the carrier Wasp tracked the capsule as helicopters aided the recovery, with splash at 1:13 p.m. EDT. The crew requested a helicopter pickup and exchanged light banter with mission control as they prepared to exit the capsule within an hour.
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Mission Control
Wasp
Florida
Bermuda
McDivitt
White
Earth
Georgia
Charles Berry
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Grissom
Divitt
Garland High School 1915 class reunion gathers again
Twelve graduates of Garland High School's 1915 class met for a reunion after 25 years, recalling early days as 22 members walked in cap and gown to receive their sheepskins. The event began with lunch, continued with a reception at Mrs. Irma Beaver Weir’s home, and featured class prophesy readings and updates from attendees.
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Wayde Cloud
Garland High School
Garland
Wyatt
Irma Beaver Weir
301
South Eleventh Street
Weir
Ruby Strange Davis
Curtis Crossman
Dixie Tucker
Oswald P. Martin
Haskell Roach
Lena Alexander Shugart
Omaha
Nebr
Mary White Lee
Arlington
Grace Lemmon Hart
Tree blocking Exeter road cut by AA patrolman Chippy Carpenter
An Automobile Association patrolman known as Chippy Carpenter helped local workers chop through a massive tree that blocked a main vacation road in Exeter, England, for two hours on Sunday. The incident involved a routine rescue aimed at reopening the route for travelers.
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Exeter
England
UPI
Automobile Association
Chippy Carpenter
Flames Damage Residence at 1605 Wildwood Circle
Firefighters battled a Friday blaze at the J. M. Hartynan residence 1605 Wildwood Circle causing an estimated 1500 in damage. The fire confined to two front rooms and a nurse at the home required resuscitation after the incident. The cause remains undetermined.
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J. M. Hartynan
Wildwood Circle
Burglars Active Over Weekend
Garland police report weekend burglaries at two businesses. Carl Manley of Phillips 66 on Forest Lane says about 300 dollars vanished from a backroom money bag late Sunday or early today. a former Dallas employee, fired Saturday night, is suspected. Joe Harris of Chicken Delight on Garlands Road says about 100 dollars missing from a counter till plus about five dollars from a drink machine after burglars accessed the store by climbing a rear ladder and entering through a vent.
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Garland
Carl Manley
Phillips 66
Forest Lane
Manley
Dallas
Joe Harris
S. Garland Rd
Huddleston Earns District 7-AAAA All District Berth
Owl outfielder Bob Huddleston secured a first team spot on the District 7-AAAA all district squad, the News reports. He was the sole Owl named on the first team, while Sherman Richardson Denison and Highland Park each placed two members. Paris and Carrollton had one player apiece on the roster, which included three pitcher slots.
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Garland Owl
Bob Huddleston
Huddleston
Owl
Sherman
Richardson
Denison
Highland Park
Paris
Carrollton
World Today highlights Vietnam and peace effort
In Saigon troops uncover a cache of Communist Chinese weapons on a beach near the border with North Vietnam. In Washington President Johnson pursues a serious call for the Communist world to join the United States on a path toward peace. At Houston Space Center the U S aims to surpass Vallery Bykov’s orbital endurance record on August 9 119 hours 6 minutes.
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Saigon
North Viet Nam
Washington
Johnson
United States
Space Center
Houston
Russia
Vallery Bykovsky
Death Claims Henry Farmer at 82 in Garland
Henry B. Farmer, 221 Haskell, died Sunday in a local nursing home at 82. A retired farmer and carpenter, he is survived by sons Vester Aubrey Milton Farmer of Garland and Vernon Farmer of Dallas. daughters Willie Mae Norman of Palmer Velma Carpenter of Modesto Lorene Cooper of Garland Ozell McMullin of Tampa Fay Story of San Diego. brothers Isaac Farmer of Waco Floyd Farmer of Corsicana. 19 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Services 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Assembly of God Church. Grandsons pallbearers. Burial Restland Memorial Park.
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Carpenter
Vester, Aubrey
Milton Farmer
Garland
Vernon Farmer
Dallas
Willie Mae Norman
Palmer
Velma Carpenter
Modesto
Calif
Lorene Cooper
Ozell McMullin
Tampa
Fay Story
San Diego
Farmer
Isaac Farmer
Waco
Floyd Farmer
Corsicana
Lennard Wood
T. N. Alexander
First Assembly of God Church
Restland Memorial Park
Merger Talks Between Teledyne and Geotech Tels Plans
Teledyne Inc of Hawthorne and Geotechnical Corporation of Garland announce in principal merger. Teledyne to issue one share per three Geotech shares. Geotech to operate as a Teledyne division with existing management. Completion requires board and shareholder approvals and California Corporate Commission consent. Geotech revenues about 9 million yearly. Teledyne shows 29.9 million in six months fiscal 1965.
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Teledyne Inc
Hawthorne
Calif
Geotechnical Corporation of
Garland
Henry E. Singleton
Teledyne
William B. Heroy
Geotech
California
Commis
United Electro Dynamics
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