Three Dams Burst Near Las Vegas Suburbs Flood Hit Homes
Floodwaters from earth fill dams burst under heavy mountain rains inundated 12 plus homes south of Las Vegas New Mexico with water three to four feet deep and rivers 25 feet from normal channels Bridges washed out roads blocked and residents evacuated by National Guard trucks While crests passed Lourdes 18 miles away the area remained isolated with several bridges and routes out of the city damaged and unclear rainfall totals unavailable The worst appeared over but exact refuge counts could not be determined.
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Tthe City
Shannon
Gallinas
Pecos
National Guard
High Dutte
Lourdes
Las Vegas
U.S. 85
Mora
Ex Senator W F George Dies At 79
Ex Senator W F George dies at 79 after a career as a conservative on domestic issues and an internationalist on foreign policy. He chaired the Tax Writing Finance Committee during World War II and the Korean War and served on the Foreign Relations Committee. Born near Preston Georgia he studied at Mercer University where he won an oratorical medal four straight years. Mercer later named its law school after him in 1947.
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George
Senate
Roosevelt
Lawrence Camp
Eugene Talmadge
Camp Rat
England
France
Preston
Mercer University
Macon
The
University
Three Local Car Mishaps On Weekend
Police reported three weekend crashes. Leland R. Hutton, 16, hit Joanne T. Lytle, 23, as Hutton turned right at Fourth and Chestnut. both cars sustained $65 damages. In a second crash at Philadelphia and Sixth Streets, Mrs. Guy Balagillo sustained minor injuries when the Carney vehicle rear ended the Siverd car as it stopped for a pedestrian. Carney was cited for speeding for conditions.
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Indiana
Leland R. Hutton
North 4Th Street
Joanne ‘.T. Lytle
South 5Th Street
Fourth
Chestnut Streets
Chestnut
Hutton
Philadelphia
Sixth Streets
Guy Balagillo
Clark, Avenue
Punxsutawney
Alice B. Carney
North Penn St
Eunice M. Siverd
Commodore, RD
Carney
Siverd
Civil rights bill debate shifts to next Congress
Senate leaders clash publicly over the civil rights measure delaying action until January. Senator Humphrey and O'Mahoney denounce the move as premature, while Senator Smith predicts Eisenhower might not veto the Senate version if the House endorses it. Government leaders aim to push a conference to strip a jury trial requirement from criminal contempt provisions.
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Sion
Congress
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
O'Mahoney
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Avery
House Conference Committee
Indiana area obituaries for James Kunkle Minnie Stiffler
Obituary notices report the death of James M Kunkle aged 79 husband of Winifred and father of several including Sally Kunkle with services at Saint An Assumption Church and Robinson Lytle's Funeral Home arrangements. Also listed are Minnie Dorothy Stiffler of Indiana aged 99 with multiple children and grandchildren. services at Robinson Lytle's with burial at Oakland Cemetery and Barber Bible Class conduct.
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James
Assumption Trial Hospital
Tyile
Edward
Indiana
Kev
John N
Matilda Barnick
Pungsu
Bernard
Lytle's
Hempstead
Frick
Blairsville
Minnie Dorothy Stif
College Ave
William W. Jones
Chambersville
Thomas and
Rebecca Newhouse Little
Stiffler
Fundamental Baptist Church of Indiana
Ore
Vernie Tack
Robinson ~ Lytle’s
North 7Th
St. Indiana
Levi H. Goehring
Oakland Cemetery
Barber Bible Class
Lithuania
Lucerne Mines
St. Louis
Betty Lou) Jachym
Bloomfield
J. J
Hallow Funeral Home
Homer City
St. Louis R. C
A. R. Patch
Church Cemetery
East German Reds Visit Looming Khrushchev Visit In Berlin
Soviet party chief Nikita Khrushchev leads a Red team headed for East Germany as relations with West Berlin and other Eastern bloc allies stir speculation. The East German press voiced surprise at the announced visit amid broader Kremlin power shifts and Communist Party realignments.
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East Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Romania
West
Specul
Tito
Bulganin
Communist Party
Kremlin
West Berlin
V. M. Molotov
Lazar
Khrushchev
Kaganovich
Georgi Malenkov
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American Oil Company
Water St
Indiana, Pa
Sam Lyons
M. A. Senick
Saltsburg
Mercury
Duke of Windsor
Paris
London
George VI
W.F. George
Aluminum
Reds
E.germany
Hanna Margaret Mayhood
Thomas Mayhood
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Echo
Armstrong County
John and
Sarah Kline Schrecongost
New Kensington
Manhood
First Methodist Church of
Floyd K
Mavhood
L. C
Anna)Smith
Christy
Ethel) Reinert
Stanley R. Chesonis
Adam Zbigenwich
Ernest
Indiana Hospital
Poland
Mr. Zbignewich
Polish National Alliance
Tore
Anie
Au Grad
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Helena Rubinstein
Moonlight Mist Eau DE Parfum
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