Senate committee flooded with letters on delinquency probe
A Senate judiciary subcommittee led by Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson faces a flood of more than 3,000 letters from across the United States as it prepares for a forthcoming inquiry into juvenile delinquency. The letters range from expert offers to personal pleas, with officials sending questionnaires to gauge causes and cures, while the panel plans a public session possibly late next month.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee
Robert C. Hendrickson
U.S
Zapata Residents Depart As Falcon Dam Waters Recede
Zapata Texas residents abandon the old town as the Rio Grande flood path from the Falcon Dam makes relocation to a new town four miles east necessary. Most movable houses are moved, with about 300 relocated, and facilities like water and sewer to be transferred by December 1.
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Zapata
Tex
Falcon Reservoir
Eduardo Bastien
Our Lady of Lourdes
Rio Grande
Laredo
U.S
The
Boundary Commission
Carl Cowl
Minneapolis
Minn
New Guinea
Texas Farmers Face Sharp Income Drop in 1953 First Eight Months
Texas farmers registered a 19 percent decline in cash income from January to August 1953 despite rains aiding drought relief. Grain sorghum revenue fell 44 percent and cotton income dropped 25 percent, with cottonseed down 31 percent. Oats and flaxseed rose 47 and 24 percent, while cattle and calf revenues fell 31 and 18 percent. hogs were down eight percent, and sheep and lambs rose 24 percent.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Raymond V. Lasikar
Bureau
Funeral Services Set For Negro Pastor Today In Tohoka Church
Funeral services for Rev. Alexe Edward Davis 58 pastor of the Negro Methodist Church in Tahoka will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the church. Davis came to Lynn County in 1951 from Dallas and died in Harris Memorial Hospital Fort Worth. Burial will be in Tahoka Cemetery.
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Tahoka
Alexe Edward Davis
Negro Methodist Church
Davis
Lynn County
Dallas
Harris Memorial Hospital
Fort Worth
Tohoka Cemetery
Stanley-Jones Funeral Home
Lubbock Deputy Chief to Attend FBI Academy Session
Lubbock Deputy Police Chief J T Ailey will join a two day Dallas session for FBI National Academy graduates. The event, organized by the FBI Dallas field office, gathers Texas peace officers to exchange techniques.
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Lubbock
J. T. Ailey
FBI National Academy
Dallas
John K. Mumford
FBI
Mumford
San Antonio
Texas
Hoover
FBI Academy
FBI National Academy Associates of Texas
Forrest Keene
University Park
FSI
Washington, D .C
L. W
Skeet) Forrester
L. D. Blakney
Alley
Forrester
Blakney
J. S. Rogers
Washington
A. F. Lorton
Houston
M. P. Chiles
C. W. Brown
el Paso
R. L. Thornton
Roy C. Coffee
Will R. Wilsor
Texas State Supreme Court
John Ben Shepherd
Hansson
W. E
Bill) Decker
Dan Reynolds
Dallas Crime Commission
Sonora Woman Dies Aged 114 After Texas Arrival
Mrs. Andre Sanchez, born July 4 1839 in Monclova Coahuila, who came to Texas from Mexico in 1841, died at 114 in Sonora. She lived near Brackettville before moving to Sonora 30 years ago and remained able to sew until two years ago. Survived by two daughters, 36 grandchildren, 72 great grandchildren, and 15 great great grandchildren. eight children preceded her in death. Funeral at 4 pm Sunday in Sonora.
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Sonora
Andre Sanchez
Brackettville
Mexico
Monclova
Coahuilla
Texas
Sanchez
Belgi um Neighbor Finds Woman Fatally Electrocuted
Neighbors discover Valerie Monmart dead in Namur Belgium leaning against a washing machine after a suspected electric shock incident. Authorities have not released further details.
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Valerie Monmart
Namur
Belgium
Prison Association Convention Opens in Toronto
The American Prison Assn. opens its annual convention in Toronto tomorrow with more than 1,000 lawyers probation officers and prison officials from the United States Canada and Britain expected to attend the sessions.
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Toronto
The
American Prison Assn
United States
Canada
Britain
Brownfield Soldier to be discharged after East Coast arrival
Pfc. Robert L. Noble Jr. has landed on the east coast and will depart via Camp Kilmer to Fort Sill for discharge. He has served in Germany since June 1952 after enlisting in November 1951, and his parents from Brownfield plan to meet him at Fort Sill.
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Pfc. Noble
Germany
Fort Sill
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Texas Ave
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Dial
Ford
Wakefield
Flowers
Clarence Wakefield
Ford Courier
Courier
Lubbock Auto Co., Inc
Texas Avenue
Schick
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