Floods Ravage Four States Leaving Five Dead
Flood conditions spread across four states as high water rose to record levels. In Trinidad Colorado the Purgatoire River swelled to 25 feet, four bridges closed, three homes lost, and 10 railroad cars toppled. Lufkin Texas faced wind damage to a supermarket roof while hundreds sought safety. Communications disrupted, highways closed, and warned rivers included the North Canadian Cimarron and Arkansas. Local towns like Starkville and nearby Latam encountered flooding and evacuations.
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Lufkin
Tex
North Canadian
Cimarron
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Springer
Colorado
Trinidad
Starkville
Raton Creek
Sacred Heart Church
la Junta
Las Animas
Arkansas
Flood Strikes Southern Plains City Bridges Closed
Heavy rains hit the southern plains with showers and thunderstorms spreading from the Texas Panhandle to the Gulf Coast. Levies held, but two city bridges were shut and about 1,085 residents of La Junta sought higher ground as Red Grass, National Guard and Army units from Ft. Carson provided emergency supplies to stricken areas amid rainfall largely from 0.4 to 1 inch, with Shreveport and Lake Charles near an inch.
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Shreveport
Lake Charles
Solon Says Shipping Blocks Farm Sales
Sen. Humphrey says overseas sales of government farm surpluses are blocked by a law requiring half move in American ships. He cites 50 percent flag shipments raise costs and hurt farm prices, urging direct sales to world markets and a shift from rigid price supports.
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Washington
Homphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Denmark
Norway
Congress
U.S
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Taxi Driver Robbed but Retains Cab
Compton taxi driver Louis Wyte, 35, robbed at gunpoint of 25 dollars by two male passengers Thursday night. The bandits could not start the cab, Wyte said, after forcing him from the vehicle and later returning to demand the keys before leaving. Wyte, of Gardena, suspects the assailants may be Watts residents.
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Compton
Louis Wyte
Wyte
Southeast Taxi Co
R. K. Reeves
William Rafter
N. Nestor St
W. Braz! St
Wryte
Palmer Ave
Movie Starlet Lucy Mahowe Engaged to Yankees Third Baseman Andy Carey
At Grossinger in the Catskills Lucy Mahowe 22 and Andy Carey 23 announced their engagement today. They plan to wed next fall after the baseball season ends and have known each other for two years.
Slide-Rule War Told by General Power
Lt Gen Thomas Power, head of the Air Force Research Development Command, frames a slide-rule war against the Soviet Union with the world’s largest combat air force and a growing nuclear stockpile. He stresses qualitative superiority and machine‑driven warfare for deterrence, citing Soviet planes and missiles while touting U S jet fighters and the finest strategic bomber group. The talk was part of Air Power and New England, sponsored by the New England Council and Cambridge Research Center.
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Boston
United States
Soviet Union
U.S. Air Force Research Development Command
Thomas
Power
Air Power and
New
Soviet Bloc
Senate OKs Post Office Treasury Budget Bill
The Senate approved a 3 322 488 500 budget bill to run the Treasury and Post Office Departments for a year starting July 1. The compromise, taller by some amounts than House or Senate earlier versions, awaits House approval before going to President Eisenhower. It funds Post Office at 2 721 720 500 and Treasury at 99 598 000 with Tax Court at 1 170 060.
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Senate
Treasury
Post Office
House
Eisenhower
House-Senate
Baenes Smn
Tax Court
Nine Get Polio After Relatives Inoculated
Nine people in related families developed polio after the rest of the kin received polio inoculations. State health officials reported the cases and noted there is no clear link to the immunizations. Dr. Malcolm R. Merrill said coincidence is possible and only in one instance did a vaccinated person show polio.
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Berkeley
PoCun’ Pals
Wncome Health Dept
Malcolm R. Merrill
Merrill
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