Weekend police fire report notes quiet for area
Police and fire departments logged a calm weekend with a gas main strike on Rodeo Road near Pritchett Highway causing loud panic but no fire. Police noted numerous drunks jailed and a stolen items report including a chair wheels tires and a motor. A missing 15 year old girl was later located in Longview. A minor accident on Godfrey Street caused a citation. Fire crews also responded to a transformer fire at Durham's Grocery. A separate AP note previews the Palm etto Cup Invitational golf tournament in Myrtle Beach May 11-13 with 150 plus amateur players expected.
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Pritchett
Gladewater
Longview
Godfrey Street
East Pacific
Durham
Myrtle Beach
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Heaters Powered by Plutonium Shield Apollo II Instruments
Scientific instruments placed on the moon by the Apollo II astronauts were protected from extreme cold by heaters fueled with a plutonium radio isotope, ensuring functional operation in the lunar environment.
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White Oak News Items Span Visits and Local News
Mrs Pearl Newsom Mrs Myron Shaw and Mrs Bernice Gatland accompanied the band to Memphis Tennessee Mr and Mrs David M Kern from Dallas spent the night with Mr and Mrs Lawrence Kern Sr en route home from a trip to Florida David is the Kerns grandson Mrs Edith Hardt from Glen Burnie Maryland has been visiting her parents Mr and Mrs H C Pulley Mr and Mrs Dick Wade Gae and Melinda of Garland spent Mothers Day with Mr and Mrs C L Shoupe Mike Cobb of Houston spent Mothers Day with his parents Mr and Mrs R D Cobb The Cobbs also received word Granny Cobb had fallen and broken her leg She is doing nicely and did not have to be hospitalized Granny Cobb lives with her son in Houston Mr and Mrs Myron Shaw and Brad and her mother Mrs Barns went to Arlington to help Mrs Moss celebrate her 87th birthday Mrs Moss is Mrs Barnes mother Congratulations to the White Costly Damage Houston AP Losses from vandalism and burglaries at Houston schools continue to increase and are approaching 500000 a year School district officials have proposed night patrols and a central alarm and communications network Oak baseball team for winning the first of a best of three series against the Hawkins Hawks for bi district championship honors Rory Pendleton was the winning pitcher Ben Taylor had two hits in four times at bat Mrs Ozelle Trent Mr and Mrs Charles Trent and Kenneth accompanied the band to Memphis While there they enjoyed a visit in Oxford Miss with Mrs Trent’s daughter Mrs Robert Davis This was the first time in 16 years Mrs Trent has visited with her daughter They all returned home Sunday Sympathy is extended to Roy Goodson at the death of his father H L Goodson in Ft Worth Burial was Tuesday in Brice Cemetery in Gilmer
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Pearl Newsom
Myron Shaw
Bernice Gatland
Memphis
Tennessee
David M. Kern
Dallas
Lawrence Kern
Florida
David
Kern
Edith Hardt
Glen Burnie
Maryland
H. C. Pulley
Dick Wade
Gae
Melinda
Garland
C. L. Shoupe
Mike Cobb
Houston
R. D. Cobb
Cobbs
Granny Cobb
Brad
H. L. Goodson
Ft Worth
Brice
Gilmer
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