Forrest Park Play Center Progress in Lamesa
Lamesa's Forrest Park, spanning 76 acres along State Highway 137, is rapidly developing into a regional play center and tourist rest stop. The lagoon irrigation system, amenities, two baseball diamonds, modern comfort stations, and extensive shade trees mark initial progress under Superintendent C. L. Walker.
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Lamesa
Forrest Park
Dawson County
West Texas
Add
Park Board
Park Board and Recreational Department
C. L. Walker
Guy E. Orr
Parks
Lubbock
J. D. McPhaul
Nobel H. Price
J. H. Harp
Walter Buckle
S. L. Forrest
Two Girls Die In Fireworks Blaze At Kansas City Store
In Kansas City a fireworks display inside a drug store ignited and flames filled the interior. Nancy Darlene Braden, 16, of Kansas City, and Donna Heinrich, 17, of Independence, Mo., died behind the soda fountain. About 20 to 25 people escaped as Fire Chief Foxton blamed an ignition by the display and stated no children were near it. Fireman Charles McCarthy was hospitalized after inhaling smoke.
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Kansas City
Nancy Darlene Braden
Donna Heinrich
Independence
George Foxton
Foxton
Charles McCarthy
Train Hits Freight Car at Rampant Junction
A Miami to Chicago passenger train struck a derailed freight car near the Rampant depot in Rendall. Several hundred passengers escaped injury in the crash. A dining car waiter, a Black man, was seriously hurt and hospitalized.
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Chicago
Bronze plaque honors Forrest at Stanton Highway park
A bronze plaque bearing Mr. Forrest’s name was installed on a Stanton Highway park feature during its dedication over a year ago, commemorating his role in the project.
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Stanton Highway
Mr. Forrest
Texas U regents approve budgets and appoint dean
The University of Texas regents raise the main budget to 10 million plus for 1954 55 and approve over 23.8 million for UT system including Medical Branch Galveston and Texas Western College El Paso. They appoint Dr Paul Boner as dean and grant merit raises but no blanket salary increases. The move uses 2.1 million from the university fund to cover higher costs.
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Austin
University of Texas Regents
Paul Boner
Medical Branch
Galveston
Texas Western College
el Paso
James Hart
Air Force Reports Losses Reach Six Wings Worth of Planes
The Air Force told Congress that its net aircraft losses in the fiscal year ending Tuesday equaled about 450 airplanes, or six wings, based on seven fighters per wing. The budget hearing testimony notes combat losses in the Korean War through June 19 total 973 airplanes, including 111 shore-based Marine aircraft and 1 foreign ally aircraft, excluding non combat and accidental losses.
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Washington
Air Force
Congress
House Appropriations
United Nations
Token theft reported in Tulsa
Odell D. Mc Kinney a Tulsa City Lines bus driver told police a burglar took $20 in bus tokens from his home. The incident occurred in Tulsa on a Saturday, as authorities investigated the nonviolent theft.
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Tulsa
Okla
Odell D. McKinney
Tulsa City Lines
Explosives blamed in early Fourth of July deaths
A rash of pre holiday fires and shootings blamed on fireworks left multiple dead and injured. Two 16 year old and 17 year old soda shop workers suffocated in Kansas City after a store safe display ignited. Chicago warehouses of Melrose Fireworks destroyed with two firefighters injured as blasts erupted. Keithsburg Illinois saw a man, 67, fatally shoot three children then die in a house fire after warning neighbors away. Canton Illinois saw a store incident triggering an explosion and a quick store fire sale aftermath.
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United Press
Kansas City
Chicago
Self
Joseph B. Fuller
Keithsburg
Nancy Braden
Donna Hendrick
Gloria Beard
Melrose Fireworks
Kid Face Shotgun
Joseph Fuller
Fuller
Dean Nylin
Sandra
Richard Nylin
Dean
Canton
Ill
Clyde Ludlum
Joint degree program approved by A&M and TCU
Directors of Texas A&M approved a joint degree program with Texas Christian University. TC U students may take three years of special courses then transfer to A&M College Station for two years plus a summer session in engineering.
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Directors of
Texas A&m
TCU
School of Engineering
A&m
Fechteler Confirmed for Allied Forces South Europe Post
The Senate swiftly confirmed Adm. William Fechteler for continued four star rank and appointed him commander in chief of Allied Forces in South Europe after his retirement as chief of naval operations.
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Washington
Senate
William Fechteler
South Europe
Flood Control Bill Approved by Senate for 455 Million
The Senate approved a $455,140,100 flood control and navigation bill for the year starting July 1, with passage by voice vote. Army engineers will oversee the projects as written by the Appropriations Committee after floor efforts to alter the measure were rejected.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Appropriations Committee
Eleanor Roosevelt Leaves for Istanbul After Hong Kong Visit
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt departed by air from Hong Kong on Saturday for Istanbul, Turkey, following a two day stay in the British crown colony. The trip proceeds to a conference committee to resolve differences between the two branches.
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Hong Kong
Eleanor Roosevelt
Istanbul
Turkey
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