Oil Fire at Beatte Petroleum Refinery Burns 24 Hours
A fierce blaze engulfed the Beatte petroleum refinery along the Missouri River near Omaha city limits. Firefighters battled the crude storage flames for a day, with officials estimating damage around 2,500 to 250,000 dollars as portions of the facility burned and crews worked to prevent a broader disaster.
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Fire on Speare Island Tests Backfire Defense
Bea Cosgrove and Fred Stilwell uncover false alibis on Speare Island as a grass fire rages. Henry Harding orders a backfire while islanders race to form a protective line with shovels, water, and flags to shield the main house as flames grow and spread toward the tower.
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Fred Stilwell
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Une Roeck
Ben Cosgrove
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Work Order Issues Highlight Road Projects Across Counties
June 1 report lists five contract projects with orders issued for blacktopping and concrete work from Hempstead to Phillips counties. Projects include 6.3 miles Morning Sun to Judsonia on Highway 67 and 14.4 miles shoulder work in St. Francis, with additional concrete on Wabash Northeast road and blacktopping on Highway 4 and 6.0 miles Nashville to Ozan. The highway department notes a new machine for road base and prisoner labor for a segment near Cucker prison farm on Highway 13 from England to Junction 79.
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J. C. Baker
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Highway Commission
White County
Morning Sun
Judsonia
Hempstead
Howard Counties
Nashville
Ozan
Jefferson County
Alzheimersland Corner
Stone
Phillips County
St. Francis County
Presbyterians Adopt Rights Rule Amid Reunion Talks
In Montweat North Carolina on June 1 the Southern Presbyterians accepted a report urging protection of basic rights for all men including whites and Negroes. The 6th general assembly then adjourned, leaving plans to cooperate with the Northern denomination for reunion and to reorganize church agencies. Some commissioners privately questioned the reunion moratorium, signaling possible opposition to reunion moves as the assembly ended at the road junction of Highway 75 and Blackfish Lake Highway 70.
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Montweat N.C
6Th
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
U. S
S. A
Blackfish Lake
Assembly debates church divorce laws and rights
The law making body discusses divorced persons marrying in church and opposes abortion or euthanasia language. It notes no required conscience objection to draft registration, urges church-school cooperation, and reports on state and human rights before local church review. A power outage dispute led to threats and a man’s testimony about a shotgun. Muskie spellings noted by Webster.
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Arnold
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Asembly
Court Delays Decision on Editor's Case
West Memphis June 1 Pete Coughlin co publisher of the West Memphis News waits for a judge's ruling on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. City Judge Doyne Dodd said he would decide in two or three days after arguments today. The case involves a light and water department employee.
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Pete Couglin
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West Memphis News
Doyne Dodd
Coughlin
Light and Water Department
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