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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1958

Page

9

Man Quips He Fell Behind After Killing Rattlesnake

Orange Texas reporter Phillip Lilly phoned the Orange Leader to explain his late arrival, saying he stood in five inches of water at home and then quipped he had just killed a rattlesnake in his living room.

Orange Tex Phillip Lilly J. Culler Browning The Orange Leader

Buffums Executive to Speak at Lakewood Rotary Meeting

John Carr, vice president and general manager of Buffums' Department Stores, will address the Lakewood Rotary Club Thursday at noon at Lakewood Country Club. He recently returned from a tour of Europe and will be introduced by Program Chairman Phil Strom, with President Ernie Boles presiding.

Buffums Rotary John

Beaumont Orange Floods Strain Texas Coast Roads

Overnight rains totaling 12 to 13 inches, including a six inch cloudburst in three hours, forced hundreds from homes in Beaumont and Orange. High water closed most routes, isolation of Orange near Beaumont, with up to 1,000 evacuees reported. Red Cross says dozens evacuated in Orange and many more in danger from rising Neches and Sabine rivers. A plane made an emergency landing on State Highway 87 near Gilchrist after rough weather.

Beaumont Tex UPI Orange Texas Ralph Ramos Red Cross Gilchrist Gulf Coast A. D. Vandenburg Houston Weather Bureau Lower Neches Evadale Sabine

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