Lexington Housing Authority Receives Federal Housing Loan
The Lexington Housing Authority secured a preliminary $39 500 loan from the Public Housing Authority in Washington DC to fund a 230 unit low rent housing project. Forty units will be elderly only and Hayne Sherron will oversee the program.
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Lexington
Lexington Housing Authority
Public Housing Authority
Washington, D.C
PHA
Marie C. McGuire
Hayne Sherron
Lexington Federal
Fireman's Own Apartment Catches Fire
New York AP report: Fireman George J. Sailer arrived at a Queens building to find smoke and flames pouring from his own third floor apartment. He found it empty as his wife two children and other relatives were away at church.
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New York
George J. Sailer
Queens
Sailer
Sailor Home
Minister Gets a Jolt During Storm at Memphis Church
In Memphis Tennessee lightning struck the church steeple during a Sunday sermon by Reverend C D Goodwin. No injuries were reported though five cars in the lot sustained tire damage from debris. Goodwin said the blast woke any sleepers in the congregation.
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C. D. Goodwin
Goodwin
Roller Coaster Record Claimed By Paul Anderson
Disc jockey Paul Oscar Anderson set a new roller coaster ride record at Playland Park in Council Bluffs Iowa with 303 consecutive trips after hours. He said the feat surpassed Portland Oregon’s previous 263 ride mark and began his sequence at 2 15 a m and ended after 9 30 a m with the park staying open.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Paul Oscar Anderson
Playland Park
Anderson
Portland
Ore
Omaha
Cleveland buyer purchases Veracruz streetcars from 1907 fleet
Veracruzan streetcars dating to 1907 were sold to Gerald Brookins of Cleveland Ohio. He plans to ship the two historic cars to his museum in Columbia Park.
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Veracruz
Mexico
Gerald Brookins
Cleveland
Ohio
Brookins
Columbia Park
Faubus Seeks Fifth Term in Arkansas Primary
In Little Rock Arkansas voters choose among Gov Orval Faubus and five challengers amid a campaign focused on governance and segregation. Opponents warn of dictatorship while Faubus touts industrial growth education and highway funding as reasons to reelect him.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
Faubus
J. William Fulbright
Winston Chandler
E. C. Gathings
Wilbur Mills
J. W. Trimble
Oren Harris
Trimble
Harris
McMath
State Highway Commission
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Memphis, Tenn
Sid McMath
U.S
Dale Alford
Vernon Whitten
Mount Holly
Kenneth Coffelt
David A. Cox
Weiner
Cloutie
Zenith
Hula Bell
Alderson
Agreauth
S. Wrenn St
Wachovia
Federal Deposit Insurance
Daid
Gulf
Perpetual
N. Main St
High Point
Sweden
Ward St. Ph
Modern Upholstery CO
Lawson
Modern
Greensboro Road
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