Scare contest ends in tragedy for two teens in Dallas
Two 14 year old boys, Jimmy Calvin Franklin and Melvin R Moore, died when their pickup crashed into a tree while attempting to scare each other. Police noted Moore had recent tickets for a red light violation, stop sign offense, and no license. Friends said the pair bragged about their plan at an all night restaurant.
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Dallas
UPI
Jimmy Calvin Franklin
Melvin R. Moore
Moore
National advertising column highlights grocery promos and products
The page lists promotions from Maryland Club Coffee with silver candlesticks, Star Kist Tuna and Minute Rice meals, Morton House refunds, Fritos refunds, and life insurance from New York Life. Also features Glidden paint Speed Satin, King Edward cigars, Atlas Bucron Tires demos, and Calamatum itch relief with local representatives.
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New York Life Insurance Company
T. N
Tom) Price
New York Life
Lubbock
Wide Range of City Homes Sold In Recent Realty Wave
A flood of 33 residential properties changed hands in the city led by purchases at 2016 63rd St 2721 68th St and 2208 39th St. Buyers include J Edgar Danklers Charles Upchurch James Russell P C Blazi Ralph W Smith and Allen H Gray among others through Jennings Lewis and Williams Chapman Realtors. Homes feature two to three bedrooms, baths, living rooms, kitchens and garages with brick veneer framing asbestos siding and built up roofs.
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4Th St
Don White
Henry Holmes
ST Leth St. Charles Upchurch
66Th St
Jennings
Lewis
Redbud
Kenneth Rickert
Jennings and
68Th St
Jim Russell
Sith St. P
E. 1St
Ralph W. Smith
E. 1St Pl
Jennings and Lewis
James Hace
Deanece
66Th Bt
Reciacre
E. Auburn
Carlos ‘Thornton
Jennings ‘and Lewis
St. Albert
Oppel
Auburn
Lee Roy Miller
Eval E
Wis
64Th St
Warren Cate
Howard Pitman
30Th St
Allen
H. Gray
39Th St
Karl Shuman
Eastman
44Th St
Kelly Biddy
Walden ‘Construction Co
Larry Teaver
Bob Daniel
Roy Beasley
Oliver Cates
William C. Nelson
Peter Durham
Campbell
St. James D
Bell
WW Haven, and Sons
Bischen Ang
3Rd St
Ane
N. Fletcher
McMasters Batate
W. Chapman and Bene
Wise 3Rd
Ronald” Brady
BE. L
Williams-Chapman, Realtors
J. W. Chapman
Sons
Root
St. Wesley
Wendlandt
57Th St
Mary Helen
Marchbanks
64Th St. James
37Th
St. James
40Th’ St. Wayne
W. Jackson
40Th St
EE. L Williams
Williams - Chapman, Realtors
W. Chapman and Sons
St. W
Abney
St.w
Crestline. Development. Co
Nash
Phillips- Copus Co
S4th
William Lochmore Sr
54Th St
Tom Cherry
Mary Davis
Market Snapshot: Week Ends Higher After Hesitation
The Dow teetered near March lows Monday but rose on oil gains. Tuesday sparked the biggest one day gain in over two months as buying returned. Wednesday continued the rise, while Thursday brought renewed skepticism and a slide. Friday saw mixed moves and a slight weekly gain of 5.92 to 607.62 with a 17.18 weekly range.
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Dow Jones
Jersey Standard
California Standard
Texaco
D-J Industrials
Charles E. Carden
Avalanche-Journal
Explosions Kill Two at Kopingebro Sugar Mill
A series of blasts at Sweden's largest sugar mill in Kopingebro, Scania, killed two workers and wounded seven. The damage is estimated at 144 million dollars.
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Kopingebro
Sweden
Scandinavia
U S hush hush U 2 plane tale of secrecy and espionage
George Carroll aviation editor calls the U 2 hush hush and capable of testing Soviet atomic devices from the air. The article notes U 2 flights gathering radioactive samples and tracking Soviet weapons tests with NASA support.
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NEW York
George Carroll
New York Journal-American Aviation
U.S
Carroll
Air Force Reserve
U's
Red
Ussr
Hugh L. Dryden
NASA
National. Aeronautics and Space Agency
Air Force
Odd Masquerade Ends In Death
Lilias Irma Valerie Arkell-Smith who posed as Captain Sir Victor Barker for over 30 years died February 18 at 64 in London. She married a druggist's daughter in 1926, ran an antique business, and pursued cricket and fox hunting. Unmasked in 1929 she served in the home guard during World War II and later admitted her true identity before dying.
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London
Lilias Irma
Valerie Arkell-Smith
Victor Barker
National Fascist Movement
Home Guard Defense Force
Crop Death Sparks Rainy Conflict Over Venice Airport
AP reports Jim Strickland, 35, of Faber Texas, was killed when his crop-dusting plane crashed near Venice Italy while he operated the new Faty airport. The craft burned and Strickland, manager of the airport, died. No explanation was given for the crash. Croatia warns radioactivity levels in Venice remain far below danger.
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Anthony
N. M
Jim Venice
Italy
Radio- Strickland
Faber
Tex
Canals
Venice
New Mexico
Strick- Rise
Croatia
Radioactivit
Far Bens
Amarillo man killed by 50,000-volt equipment shock
Robert Brown of Amarillo died Saturday when machinery contacted a 50,000-volt live line. He worked for the George L. Brown drilling company of Amarillo, which is involved in a housing development project.
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Pampa
Tex
Robert Brown
Amarillo
George L. Brown Drilling Company
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