Heat Expected to Reach 105 in Mexia Vicinity
Hot weather grips Texas with forecasts of near 105 degrees in Mexia area for tomorrow. Yesterday’s Mexia high hit 98 with a low of 74. Reports from Josie Newman note widespread heat across the state and nearby rain events while storms and a hurricane Connie threaten the Atlantic coast.
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Mercury
Mexia
United Press
Texas
Josie Newman
Presidio
el Paso
Ronnie Briskin
U. S
Amarillo
Dalhart
Albuquerque
N. M
Crescent City
Calif
Bakersfield
Kern County
Newark
N. J
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Michigan City
Ind
Bahamas
Soviet Offer Regret and Compensation for Norwegian Plane Crash
The Soviet Union expressed profound regret and offered compensation to Norway after a Soviet airliner crash killed 10 Norwegians and 25 people overall. Tass reported the Stalingrad to Moscow flight crash, a rare disclosure by the Soviet agency.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Norway
Tass
Stalingrad
Shivers Declines to Back Stevenson for President
Texas Governor Allan Shivers, a Democrat, says he will not support Adlai Stevenson for president in 1956 and would oppose any nomination. He spoke during the 47th annual governors conference in Chicago where he previously backed President Truman in 1952. The Dallas Democratic Women's Political Association calls for resignation of the State Executive Committee and urges Democrats to reject any peace moves by the governor to regain party control.
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Chicago
Allan Shivers
Texas
Adlai Stevenson
Shivers
Stevenson
Hisentyower
Democratic Women's Political Association of
Dallas
Democratic Party
Bicyclist Killed by Car in Houston
Alphus Bradford aged 68 was killed when struck by a car as he attempted a left turn at an intersection in Houston. Driver Charles R. Elsdon, 32, was charged with murder by auto after being identified by Sheriff’s Sgt. T W Leonard.
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Houston
Alphus Bradford
T. W. Leonard
Charles R. Elsdon
Elston
Dave Thompson
Auto
US Army compounds under near siege in South Korea
U S Army compounds in four cities faced violent demonstrations by Korean crowds. In Pusan protesters tore down gates and formed a human bridge through barb ed wire while soldiers responded with tear gas and water cannons. At Taegu and Inchon, protesters reported. injuries to soldiers and continued unrest followed.
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Seoul
U. S. Army
Pusan
Hialeah
Inchon
Eighth Army
Taegu
Officer Suspended After Fire At Motorist At Flooded Roadblock
El Paso police suspended Officer Frank F. Rago after he fired at a motorist who ignored commands to stop at a flood blocked highway. Police Chief John Tisinger said the suspension would continue until a detailed report is completed.
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EL Paso
John Tisinger
Frank F. Rago
Pastor and Family Die in Panhandle Crash Near Guymon
The Rev Frank Worth Wood pastor of First Baptist Shawnee and his wife Charlyle Wood were killed in an intersection collision near Guymon Oklahoma at 10 am. A passenger believed to be their son also died. The truck involved was a trans amt vehicle.
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Guymon
Okla
Hev
Frank Worth Wood
Firs Baptist Church
Shawnee
Oklahoma Panhandle
Highway Patrol
R. C. Hikes
Wood
Charlyle Wills Wood
Reunion at Fort Parker draws Cox Letson kin from across states
More than one hundred descendants of Hiram Cox and D T W Letson gathered at Fort Parker State Park for the second annual Cox Letson family reunion. Attendees from Mexia Groesbeck Baytown Fort Worth Mart Midland Teague Nacogdoches Waco Lamesa Houston Bellaire Normangee Donie Hubbard and a Chicago group traced their roots to Civil War veterans Alford J Cox and Milton Burwell Cox who settled in Limestone County after moving from Alabama in 1869.
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Fort Parker State Park
W. W. Williams
Loman Cox
M. W. Cox
Mart
O. W. Cox
Mexia Daily News
Texas
Alabama
Illinois
Cox-Letson
Mexia
Groesbeck
Baytown
Fort Worth
Midland
Teague
Nacogdoches
Waco
Lamesa
Houston
Bellaire
Normangee
Donie
Hubbard
Chicago
Ill
Frlsville
Birmingham
McCalla
Bessemer
Catherine
Hiram Cox
D. T. W. Letson
Alford J
Milton Burwell Cox
Martha Ann
Mary Jane
Cox Brothers
Prairie Grove
Limestone County
Groéesbeck
Burwell Cox
Alford Cox
Burwell
Finis Cargile
John T. Cox
Oscar W. Cox
Missing socialite Wilma Allen found dead in pasture
The nude and battered body of Wilma Allen, 34, wife of auto dealer William R. Allen Jr., was found in a pasture near Stanley, Kansas, ending a three day search. She was last seen in a shopping district after a beauty shop appointment. two bullets to the skull were the presumed cause, with tests to determine rape. The husband suspects more than one assailant and notes she would fight back.
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Kansas City
William R. Allen Jr
Wilma
Stanley
Kan
U. S. 69
Bobby Greenlease
Johnson County
David S. Long
Bogus Check Writer Placed on FBI Ten Most Wanted List
The FBI added Jack Harvey Raymond, 34, to its Ten Most Wanted fugitives list. Authorities say he travels across states on a bogus check-cashing spree with an apparent female companion posing as his wife.
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Washington
FBI
Jack Harvey Raymond
Texas Cotton Crop Forecast Drops to 3.9 Million Bales
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated Texas 1955 cotton production at 3.9 million bales, down 40,000 from last year, reflecting a smaller harvest ahead.
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Austin
U.S. Department of Agriculture Today
Texas
92 New Polio Cases Reported in Massachusetts
Ninety two new polio cases were reported in Massachusetts today marking the season’s highest one day total as the state outbreak neared an epidemic level.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Two Texas patrolmen injured in Fairfield crash chase
Two Texas Highway Patrol officers O L Hienman and E L Fuller were seriously injured when their car left a rural road near Fairfield while pursuing a speeding 1950 Plymouth. Driver Wilbert Leo Fantroy and two companions Garland McAlveen and Issack Carden, all 16, were arrested by Freestone County deputies. no charges filed yet.
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Fairfield
Spl
Texas Highway Patrol
O. L. Hienman
E. L. Fuller
Freestone County
Henry Brown
Sheriff Brown
Hienman
Fuller
Wilbert Leo Fantroy
Garland McAlveen
Issack Carden
Extension Agents Attend 48th Farmers Short Course at Prairie View
The 48th annual Farmers Short Course at Prairie View A&M College August 14 drew 260 attendees including Mrs Florife Hardin Negro County Home Demonstration agent and J W Booker Negro County Agriculture agent plus seven delegates from Satgatones county. Delegates toured the new Negro 4 H Club camp near Huntsville as sessions on farm and home development aided agents in improving living conditions. Women delegates Ellice Tucker Isola Echols Eliza Reed. men delegates Joe Lewis Lemuel Rogers Dennis Rankin Johnny Reaves.
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Florife Hardin
J. W. Booker
Satgatones County
Prairie View A&m College
Texas Home Demonstration Council
State Agriculture Council
Walker County
Huntsville
Ellice Tucker
Groesbeck
Isola Echols
Woodland
Eliza Reed
Sandy
Joe Lewis
Kosso
Lemuel Rogers
Dennis Rankin
Mexia
Johnny Reaves
Draft fighters face sentence in Vermont (UP)
Brattleboro Vermont. A justice of the peace and his wife who advocated draft dodging await federal court sentencing. Manuel Miller 47 faces up to 20 years and fines up to 20 000 for obstructing U S Marshals. His wife Luville 44 faces as much as five years and 5 000 on each of 18 counts.
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Brattleboro
Manuel Miller
U. S
Luville
World War II veterans hunt for Villa buried gold in Texas
In Roma Texas two World War II veterans used a mine detector to search brush along the Rio Grande for gold Mrs Delores Vasquez of Brawley California claims Pancho Villa buried 15 million in gold across South Texas Roma Corpus Christi San Antonio Robstown and Cinema Texas No diggings planned unless the detector proves something Locals doubt the tale but the search draws attention from nearby towns and officials.
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South
Texas
Roma
Tex
Rio Grande
California
Pancho Villa
Joe Pilon
Wn Garza
Delores Vasquez
Brawley
Calif
Vasquez
el Centro
Villa
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Robstown
Cinema
Ralph Lu
Nueces County
King Ranch
Joe Guerra
Guerra
Romi
Calvary Baptist Youths Head to Latham Springs Camp
Twelve youths from Calvary Baptist Church Mexia travel with their pastor and youth director to Latham Springs Baptist encampment. The group includes Noah New Joe Ed New Denman Hinchliffe Jimmy Kirgan Louise Fleming Theresa Carroll Paula Biggs Lanita Jones Joy Henry and Donald Douglas from Northside Baptist Church. They will participate in worship services missionary Bible study and recreation and return Friday. Rev Cecil McBeth and Miss Mary Helms accompany them. Rev Howard South will speak on missionary work in Alaska.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Latham Springs
Howard South
New Baden
Mexia Scouts venture to Waco for council swim meet
Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts from Mexia travel to Waco for the Heart Of Texas Council swim o ree at Sun Pool starting 4 pm. Leon Flatt's Troop 70 wins seven of eight in Scout division while Gilbert Smith's Post 63 Explorers take four of five in Explorer division.
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Boy Scouts and
Exploree Scouts of Mexia
Waco
Heart of Yexas
Boy Scouts of Anamerica
Groesbeck
Scouts of
Leon Flatt
Troop 70
Gilbert Smith
Post
Mr. Flatt
Mexia Explorer Post
Mr. Platt
Mr. Smith
Crockett Man Dies in US 75 Head-On Crash
A 55 year old Crockett man Edward Buller was killed and five others injured in a head on collision on a curve on US 75 just south of the Spring Creek bridge. Buller died on arrival at Montgomery County Hospital.
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Conroe
Crockett
Pam
Spring Creek Bridge
Edward Buller
Montgomery County Hospital
Oklahoma Doctor Charged With Mass Murder
Dr Ben T Galbraith a southeast Oklahoma heart specialist is charged with the murder of his wife Kitty 34 and three children Frank 7 Jere 5 and Sarah Ann 4. He attempted suicide in jail for the fourth time since arrest in March and doctors say he is able to stand trial.
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Mcalester
Okla
Ben T. Galbraith
Southeast Oklahoma
Galbraith
Pittsburgh
Rudolph Meyers
Memphis, Tenn
Kitty
Frank
Jere
Sarah Ann
Mattie Maynard Services Held At Madisonville
Funeral services for 83 year old Mattie J. Maynard were held at the Riddle Chapel in Madisonville with A W DeGuire of Mexia officiating. Burial followed in Plainview cemetery Madisonville. She was born Sept 26 1871 in Lovelady and lived most of her life in Madisonville. Surviving are son Ken Maynard of Mexia another son Austin Leonard of Leveland five brothers and a sister.
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Riddle
UN study to hear torture charges against Chinese treatment
At Tachikawa AFB Japan 11 Ameri can airmen allege torture and beatings by Communist China to force confessions. UN review may affect China’s bid for joining the United Nations. Airmen freed last week described confinement and mistreatment. Col John Knox Arnold and crew testified to brutal interrogation.
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Tachikawa
Japan
United Nations
Red China
Geneva
U. S
Tachikawa Air Base
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Daniel C. Schmidt
Redding
Korea
Enoch Arden
John Knox Arnold
North Korea
Reds
Col. Arnold
Deadlock in U S China prisoner talks over civilians
In Geneva the United States and Red China remain deadlocked on the release of 41 American civilians and the return of Chinese students. Negotiations entered their second week as both sides kept details secret despite agreeing to continue discussions.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
China
U.S
Battle to Oust Mayor Proceeds Amid Confrontation
Houston city officials move to subpoena witnesses and convene a trial against Mayor Roy Hofheinz over alleged misconduct. Hofheinz responds by attacking the council in a public confrontation as eight charges are pressed. Asbestos note included as a separate separate item on the same page.
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Houston
Roy Hofheinz
Suboena
Hofheinz
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