Midland Andrews and Ector among fastest growing counties
In a special report Midland County grows from 25,780 in 1950 to 67,322, Andrews from 5,002 to 90,293, and Ector reaches 42,102 as three of four Texas counties listed among the nation’s fastest growing. Loving County, the nation’s smallest, drops from first to second as Hinsdale County overtakes it. County officials react with cautious pride about continued growth prospects.
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Midland
Ector
Andrews
Now
Texas
Secn
Loving County
Tex
Herb Humphrey
KCRS
Andrews County
Midland County
Ectors County
Loving
Hinsdale
W. E. Winston
Humphrey
U.S
Noel Cason
Population boom hits Brevard and 18 other counties in 1960
The Census Bureau reports 45 counties with at least 100 percent growth from 1950 to 1960 led by Brevard Florida whose population leaped from 23 653 to 111 176 a 370 percent gain. Other fast growers include Missouri Adams Colorado and New Mexico San Juan and Otero. The bureau also lists 19 of the smallest counties by 1960 population with figures unavailable for Hinsdale Loving Mineral King Gilpin San Juan and Kenedy.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Brevard County
Florida
Missie
Cape Canav
Brevard
Fla
Adams
Colo
San Juan
N.M
St. Bernard
Andrews
Tex
Midland
Otero
Randall
Jefferson
Johnson
Kan
Arapahoe
Ee Ector
Hinsdale
Loving
Mineral
King
Gilpin
Kenedy
Eisenhower to End Rest and Return to Work
President Eisenhower, rested and tanned, will end his vacation and return to Washington Sunday to be near Congress as it reconvenes for a pre election session. He will stay through the resumed session on Monday with the House set to begin again August 15.
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Newport
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Indictment Push In Murder Case Of Negro Youth
In Houston AP report District Attorney and officials pursue murder indictment for a Negro youth linked to the August 30 bus driver Joe Franks killing. Perry, jailed since February after delinquency findings, faced new actions as prosecutors weigh charges.
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Houston
William Wednesday
District Attorney’s Office
Perry
Joe Franks
W. C. Moore
Plans For Houston Expansion Program Unveiled
Houston Mayor Lew Cutter announced a five year capital improvement program costing 100 million dollars. The package includes a downtown coliseum or auditorium, expansion of city hall, and a second airport site north of the city. The plan will go to the city council soon with bond issues to voters in parts if approved.
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Houston
UPS
Lewis Cutter
City of
Cutter
Teens and younger youths nabbed in string of thefts
Juvenile officers arrested a 15 year old and two 10 year olds in connection with a series of minor thefts and break ins. The 15 year old's arrest led to recovery of two lawn mowers reported stolen from Mrs Vaughn Wilson. The two 10 year olds were tied to the theft of two bicycles from Jimmy Brown's shed. bikes recovered. Additional thefts include a rotary lawn mower from Mrs L A Brown and a .22 rifle from Richard Deitz. Vehicle burglaries reported by R J Meador and Hubert Branan. Lamesa and Lubbock officers coordinated. warrants named Robert Draper, 19, and Marvin Draper, 20.
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Econenes
Vaughn Wilson
17Th St
Jimmy Brown
L. A. Brown
Ave. D
Richard Deitz
2Th St
R. J. Meador
17Th Ae
Hubert Branan
Dallas
Motor Inn Hotel
Idalous Rd
Lamesa
Lubbock
Robert M. Draper
Marvin J. Draper
43Rd St
Wisconsin Still Is Beer Drinking Champ
Wisconsin officials announced 1959 state beer drinking supremacy with an average of 25 gallons per person and a national record of 100,491,274 gallons. The state also leads in brandy consumption according to the tax division.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
Coast Guard to Replace Lightships With Texas Type Towers
The Coast Guard announced it will retire its lightships after 140 years, replacing them with fixed offshore towers like Gulf of Mexico Texas towers. Two early towers begin construction next year, with 22 of 24 lightships slated for elimination, except two deep-water ships kept for oceanside use.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
Coast Guard
America
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Buzzards Bay
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Benton Reef
Narraganset Bay
Rhode Island
Congress
Columbia River
Northwest
Umatilla Reef
Rocket Base Reported Near Hanoi Do Son
The Foreign Affairs Department says Communist North Vietnam has set up a rocket base at Do Son, part of Hanoi, amid Hanoi’s Red capital status.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Foreign Affairs Department
North Viet Nam
Do Son
Hanoi
Homebuyer loses equity to two strangers in Mountain View
In Mountain View California Jesse Perez 56 sold his house and, after meeting two men, cashed an 11 000 check and carried cash. Police say one man grabbed the roll and the pair fled in opposite directions. Perez says he did not know the men before the sale.
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Mountainview
Calif
UPI
Jesse Perez
la Bor
Perez
Rabbits Multiply In Missouri Legislature
In St Louis the Rabbit family solidified its political base as Richard Rabitt won the Democratic nomination for the Missouri House seat by 2615 to 1243 over incumbent Evelyn Stone, while brother Peter Rabitt ran unopposed in the Sixth District. The Rabbitts are kin to Bunne Sanne and the late Jack Rabitt.
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ST. Louis
Rabbit
Missouri
Richard
Peter Rabbitt
Missouri House of Representatives
Evelyn G. Stone
Peter
Bunne Sanne
Jack Rabbitt
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