Dust and hail sweep Central Texas in destructive storms
Thunderstorms and a rolling dust cloud lashed Central Texas from San Angelo to Dallas Fort Worth, injuring four as dust and hail damaged cars and property. A reported tornado threat faded, while a lightning strike destroyed a Dallas home. At Sweetwater, a dust storm caused a 10-vehicle collision with injuries. In Kentucky, a farm lake near Lawrenceburg may soon dry up after workers traced the lake’s source to a broken underground pipe.
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Jefferson City natives hunt for missing hat wonder tale
A whimsical report from Jefferson City follows Indian Princess Norma Black and local officials as they chase a tale of a coonskin cap linked to Davy Crockett. Mayor Arthur W. Ellis misplaced his straw topper in Mississippi restaurant lore, later receiving the hat back in the mail after a council meeting.
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Jefferson City
Nary Alzoner
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Mississippi
Ina
Arthur W. Ellis
Florida
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Coonskin Caplar
Jefferson
Bizarre aquarium exhibit stirs onlookers and police radar jokes
A quirky display of electrically powered fishing lures in an aquarium drew a skeptical woman and sparked chat about police radar tech in a local coffee shop. In another tale, Parkview winner Duke Todd won $250 in a national paint contest, while a dramatic Clayton murder case ended with a life sentence for Albert Paglino after a courtroom uproar and mistaken jail transport.
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Albert L. Paglino
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Clayton
Paglino
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Paglina
Ruben Savers
Jack Culligan
Pittsburgh Man New Presbyterian Officer
The Rev. George A. Long of Pittsburgh has been named the 1955 moderator of the United Presbyterian Church of North America by the church’s 97th General Assembly. At 70, he has led Pittsburgh Xenia Seminary since 1943, succeeding Dr. Albert E. Kelly of Philadelphia.
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Monmouth
George A. Long
United Presbyterian Church of North America
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Pittsburgh-Xenia Seminary
General Assembly
Albert E. Kelly
Philadelphia
State Horse Show At Linn Sees Jumping Classes Added
The Lion Club will sponsor its fifth annual horse show Friday night at Linn Fair Grounds beginning at 7 30 p m exhibitors from across the state expected to participate Eleven classes are listed and for the first time two jumping horse classes will be included with obstacles of varying heights Harness Show pony class expected to bring trained ponies The Hannibal Chamber of Commerce announced a total of 66 793 had been paid or pledged to the fund substantially above the original 40 000 goal
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Western Printing
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Chamber of Commerce
Hannibal Show to Boost 1955 Championship Points
Hannibal hosts events including three gaited and western parade ponies with English riding for youth and harness classes. F G McFall of Smithville serves as judge for the American Horse Show Association event part of Show-Me Horse Show Circuits awarding points toward the 1955 championship. Nearby printing plant work progresses and a Racine firm’s sales office will locate locally. In Salisbury, Md a monkey at City Park Zoo was found chewing on detached electric bath components after tampering with sockets.
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F. G. McFall
Smithville
American Horse Show Association
Linn
Ward
Racine
Wis
Salisbury
City Park Zoo
Award Big Contract For Turboprop
Lockheed Aircraft Corp wins a six million dollar contract for the first US built commercial turboprop transport. American Airlines orders 35 of the high speed, medium weight planes with cruising speeds above 400 mph and a 2000 mile range, delivery to begin late 1958. The turboprop uses a turbine to drive propellers, challenging British jet propulsion in commercial aviation.
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Lockheed Aircraft Corp
United States
American Airlines
American
Nebraska Judging Tests Family Affair at Nebr Field Day
In South Sioux City Nebraska the Frank Beetaert family from Page Neb led AberdeenAngus judging contests with Mr Beetaert tying for first in the men’s division but losing the trophy on a flip of the coin. Son Bob won the junior award while Mrs Beetaert tied for first in the women’s class but also lost the trophy on a flip of the coin.
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Sioux City
Aberdeen-Angus
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Frank Beetaert
Page Nob
Beetaert
O. W. Weidawer
Lemars
Towa
Cain
Bob
Lightning Strikes Twice at Texas Store
Plainview Texas lightning from the year’s widest storms knocked out an air conditioner at Odes Simpkins’ grocery store yesterday. Fifteen minutes later a second strike hit the same unit, taking out the cooling system and Mehting system.
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Plainview
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Dies in Car Mishap Near Sweet Springs Missouri
Charles W Laughlin of Sweet Springs Missouri died yesterday in a one car crash on Highway 40 near Sweet Springs. His vehicle left the road, overturned, and he was killed in the wreck.
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Charles W. Laughlin
D. Sweet Springs
Highway 40
Sweet Springs
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