Toll Holiday Fatalities Rise Amid Warning From Officials
Safety officials urged caution as a Fourth of July period toll ran below normal then rose with multiple drowning and crash deaths. The Bonn survey logged 146 drownings and 110 miscellaneous fatalities, totaling 634 across all causes, including traffic deaths. Notables include a 17 year old airman missing from Randolph AFB, a two year old killed by a car in Houston, and a bridesmaid killed en route to a Fort Worth wedding rehearsal.
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Bonn
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearbe
Colomer Garrison
Tex Tan
Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Roger Gibbons
Randolph Air Force Base
Mustang Island
Air Force
Padre Island
Lake Texhoma
William Torris
U. S. 90
Liberty
Dayton
J. T. Jones
Linda Fay Jackson
Houston
Margarite Garcia
Dallas
Fort Worth
Carol Hudspeth
Joel DeMond
Garza-Little Elm Reservoir
Lake Dallas
Hardy Rogers
Perryton
Red River
Ringgold
Raymond Cruz
Fredericksburg
Luckenbach
Marvin Duke
Beaumont Real Estate
Town Bluff Dam
Jasper
Charlie Lewis Mare
Lamesa
O'Donnell
Faustino Flores
San Antonio
Rough Riding Vet Seeks Medal of Honor for San Juan Hill
Former Pvt. Alfred C. Petty, 80, claims leading the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill. The Army opposes a private bill by Rep. John J. McFall to award the Medal of Honor despite Petty’s claim and Teddy Roosevelt’s famed unit.
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San Juan Hill
Alfred C. Petty
Teddy Roosevelt
Wilbur Brucker
Department of the Army
John J. McFall
Calif
Petty
Signatures Stolen From Truman Library Scroll
Intruder steals a birthday scroll bearing signatures of Truman Hoover Eleanor Roosevelt and other notables during dedication ceremonies at the Harry S Truman Library in Independence Missouri. Los Angeles official Warren Dorn vowed to replace the signatures as dignitaries signed anew while others were still arriving.
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Independence
Ecroll
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Joe Scott
Pasadena
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Na&ames
Eleanor Roosevelt
Scott
Los Angeles
Warren Dorn
Los Angeles County
Dorn
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Phil Regan
Richard Daley
Chicago
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Jacob Arvey
Supreme Court
Warren
Basil O'Connor, Eesttent
Truman Library
Bodies Of Drowned Railroad Men Found In North Carolina
In Edenton North Carolina the Albemarle Sound yielded two bodies of trainmen drowned when a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed after a trestle collapse Friday. Engineer W M Munden of Norfolk and conductor Shelly R Bray of Raleigh were recovered within hours. Three other crewmen were rescued.
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North Carolina
Edenton
N. C
Albemarle Sound
Norfolk Southern Railway
Joe Waff
W. M. Munden
Norfolk
Shelly R. Bray
Raleigh
Waff
Ingrid Bergman's Daughter Recovers From Rome Operation
Ingrid Bergman rushed home from Paris to her daughter Isabella after an appendectomy in Rome. Doctors warned of a peritonitis risk earlier, but Bergman said the danger had passed and she would return to Paris. Her husband Roberto Rossellini planned to finish work in India before reuniting in Rome.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Paris
Isabella
Miss Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
India
Jenny Lindstrom
University of Colorado
Santa Marinella
Nehru
London
Rossellini
Miss Jerry Rivers Wins Mead Johnson Dietetics Award
Jerry Rivers of Lubbock, a Texas Tech textile engineering dropout turned foods and nutrition expert, earned one of two Mead Johnson national $1,000 awards for outstanding work in nutrition. She plans to fund graduate study at Tech and is part of a large Tech-family with multiple siblings as graduates.
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Jerry Rivers
Lub_bock
Texas Tech
Tech
Lubbock's
Methodist Hospital
Mead Johnson
Miss Rivers
Health Service
Jerry
U. S. Public Health Service
Staten Island
N.Y
Public Health Service
Fort Worth
American Dietetic Assa
Mina Lamb
Tech Foods and Nutrition Department
Rivers
Pat Gardner
Houston
Robbie Wright
Charles Rivers
Lubbock
George Rivers
Texas A&m College
Janet Tibbs
DeMolay Conclave in Lubbock Honors Sweetheart and New Officers
The ninth annual West Texas Area DeMolay conclave in Lubbock featured Klara Woodul of Lamesa named Area Sweetheart after a judging session with Edith Freeman and others. New officers include Dan Irwin Midland senior counselor and Mikel McGehee El Paso master counselor among others. activities included Chevalier degrees for Carr Cox David Olson and John Middleton.
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Lubbock
West Texas Area
Beverly Hamlett
Kermit
Rosalie Hurt
Fl Pasa
Joan Kitley
Midland
Farlier
Blue Lodge
First Methodist Church Memorial Hall
Dan Irwin
Herbert Ballew
George Peacock
Big Spring
Jay Claiborne
Lamesa
Mikel McGehee
Eli Paso
Boyd
Borger
Neal G. Hicks
Carr
de Molays
United States
House
Carr Cox
David Olson
John Middleton
Chevalier
Jerry Swain
Felix Crawford
Jerry Hendrick
John Hermann
Tom Roger
Yellowhouse Masonic Lodge
E. Y. Lee
Rainbow Girls
Tom S. Lubbock
Monterey
Auto Bicycle Collision In Lubbock Leaves Boy With Minor Injuries
Eugene Wood age 10 of 41038 FE 4th St was treated for minor injuries Saturday after his bicycle collided with a car driven by Joe Frank Caraway 47 of Route 1. Wood released after emergency care. No charges against Caraway. Accident occurred about one mile east of Lubbock on Acuff Road.
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Clayton
Eugene Wood
4Th St
Roy Wood
Joe Frank Caraway
Route 1
Young Wood
Lubbock
Acuff
Khrushchev Blames Ousted Leaders for Obstructionist Policy
In a Leningrad speech Khrushchev targets four ousted leaders, accusing them of obstruction and opposing collective agricultural moves. He pledges peaceful coexistence and notes reports of house arrest for Malenkov Molotov and Kaganovich, while Bulganin and Khrushchev travel to Prague.
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Khrushchev
Leningrad
America
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Warsaw
Malenkov
Molotov
Kaganovich
The
Radio
Moscow
Communist Party
Bulganin
Prague
Manufacturing a perfect eyeglass lens requires 363 operations
A historical note states that producing a flawless eyeglass lens entails about 363 distinct operations and skills across preparing materials shaping grinding polishing and testing to ensure optical quality.
Dimmitt Fire Trucker Narrowly Escapes Again
Womack recounts a close road incident while on the road for Keystone Fleming. In Dimmitt a truck train collision caused about 250000 dollars in damage, with six thousand gallons of butane on board and wheat loaded in boxcars. Sheriff says potential total could reach 250000. Womack treated for minor injuries and released. John J Muccio named first US ambassador to Scotland in 1955.
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M. G. Monaghan
Amarillo
Cartwright
Womack
Castro County Hospital
John J. Muccio
North Providence, R.I
United States
Scotland
Billy Graham Urges Faith to Thwart Satan at Madison Square Garden
Billy Graham preached that standing against Satan requires faith in God and his word. He cited Acts 27 25 urging believers to be of good cheer and noted 392 decisions for Christ, lifting Crusade totals to 28 297 since May 15 with 891 800 in attendance. He announced outdoor rally tomorrow at Central Park and a service in the Garden.
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New York
Billy Graham
North Carolina
Madison Square Garden
Evangelist
Graham
God
Central Park
Garden
Texas department store sales rise in six major cities
The Dallas Federal Reserve reports a two percent week over week sales gain in Texas five major cities for the week ending June 29. Dallas Fort Worth El Paso Houston and San Antonio all show no declines.
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Dallas
Texas
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Fort Worth
el Paso
Houston
San Antonio
Car Strikes Boy. Woman Injured In Local Collisions
Clayton Woods ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Gene Woods was treated and discharged after his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Frank Caraway on Acuff Road around 6 p m. Mrs T L Avary was treated and discharged after a collision at 22nd Street and Avenue T with R C Johnson. Lamesa Federal Savings and Loan opened a new 112500 building at 516 S 1st St with assets of 6891194 08 as of June 30 Sam Richardson is president.
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Womack
Muleshoe
Keystone-Fleming
Jack Gregory
Dimmitt
Odell Arnold
Kearns Elevator
Interstate Elevators
Amarillo
Clayton Woods
Gene Woods
4Th St
Methodist Hospital
Frank Caraway
Acuff Road
Highway Patrol
Lamesa Federal Savings and Loan Assn
S. 1St St
South Plains
Sam Richardson
The
Assn
T. L. Avary
40Th St
West Texas Hospital
R. C. Johnson
22Nd St
22Nd Street
Avenue T
Johnson
Don
Taylor
Taylor Hospital
Sun Motor Exchange
Levelland Man Dies Of Heart Ailment
Levelland July 6 Special Joe Grant 55 a Levelland resident for about 20 years died at his home Friday afternoon of a heart condition found in his bed at his home about 44 miles east of here Funeral services and burial will be in West Union l Iowa Grant retired from the Levelland grocery business in January due to ill health He is survived by one brother Harry of West Union Iowa
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Levelland
Joe Grant
West Union
George Price
Grant
Harry
Truman Library Dedication Marks Public Access to Papers
Dedication remarks by Warren praise Truman for presenting 3.5 million documents to the people and the world. Eisenhower sent a brief message while officials note the library funds, donated site, and National Archives enhancement. multiple birth notices from Lubbock and surrounding hospitals follow.
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Eisenhower
Franklin G. Flocte
General Services Administration
United States
City of
Independence
Harry S. Truman
National Archives
Harding returns to London amid talks on Cyprus future
Field Marshal Sir John Harding governor of Cyprus arrives in London to discuss with government leaders a possible new international conference on the island's future.
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London
Sir John Harding
Cyprus
Mediterranean Island
Texas Civil Defense Plans Simulated Nuclear Attack Test
Atom conscious civil defense officials will test machinery next week with a simulated nuclear attack on seven Texas cities. The attack will not be warned in advance and the identities of the cities will be disclosed only after the test begins Friday.
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Austin
INS
Texas
Commissioners To End Budget Study 1958 Plans
Tubbock County Commissioner's Court will likely conclude budget work for 1958 in a regular meeting at the courthouse. Health Board members were invited to discuss county participation in next year's health program as conferences show the county can operate next year at the same 83 cent tax rate already levied.
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Tubbock County Commissioners Court
City-County Health Board
Health Department
Tragic Snyder Crash Leaves Hale Dead In Ditch
Hale, a Dawson County water drilling worker from Lamesa, died after his car crashed in a ditch when struck by a freight train at a Snyder crossing. Hunnicutt was thrown clear. Hale’s wife and children in Lamesa. Driver Judy’s father is tax assessor of Scurry County.
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Hale
Hunnicutt
Tohoka Hospital
Stanley Funeral Home
Lamesa
Dawson County Water
Snyder
J. H. Floyd
Slaton
Judy
Scurry County
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Sam Colella
Auburn
Izzo
Manhattan
Devil
Christ
William Mehrmann
Joseph Smith
Philadelphia
Smith
Silas Beecham
Beecham
U.S. Supreme Court
E. L. Doff
E. 7Th St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Reserve Life Insurance Co
B. F. McMahan
At & Am
Safe and Lock Company
Pedro Covarrablo
Lauf Clinic
Santos Contrerrez
Lorenzo
Ira Pierce
Ave. B
Painting Inc
AL OL. Muston
46Th St
P&c Mechanical Construction Co
United Nations
Robert L. Ham
Ave. X
John M. Stanley
Fist St
Square D Co
Dennis Wilks
Methodist
Venezuela
Caracas
Simon Moliver
Santa Fe
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