Price Controls End On Numerous Goods Amid Rising Living Costs
Washington reports the Office of Price Stabilization lifted controls on radios, televisions, record players, carpets, beds, and other household items while food prices climbed to a new peak. The move aligns with policy from Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall and successor Tighe Woods, aiming to remove controls where need is negligible.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS Ales
Howard Smith to be ordained at Calvary Baptist Church
Howard Smith associate pastor of Calvary Baptist church will be ordained as a minister in a Saturday evening service at 8 o'clock. Dr J P McBeth state evangelist will preach the ordination sermon with Rev John Douglas presenting the candidate. The examination and remarks from local pastors will precede the ordination. Smith, a Brookhaven Mississippi native, plans further study at Southwestern Baptist Seminary. His mother Mrs Bertha L Smith will attend.
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Calvary Baptist Church
J. P. McBeth
Cecil McBeth
Calvary Baptist
John Douglas
Shiloh Baptist Church
Cheake
Oletha Baptist
M. C. Cheek
Waco
Smith
Brookhaven, Miss
Baylor University
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
The
Baptist Church
Bertha L. Smth
Brookhaven
Highway 14 Crash Injures Mexia Woman and Wortham Man
A Mexia woman Mae Wilson and a Wortham man Bowlen Riley were injured in a two car collision on Highway 14 two minutes south of Forest Glide yesterday at 6 30 pm. Wilson received hospital treatment and was released. Riley remains hospitalized with chest injuries. Highway patrolmen continued the investigation.
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Two Nutes
Forest Glide
Mae Wilson
Bowlen Riley
Mexia Firemen Attend Weeklong Texas A&M Course
Two Mexia Fire Department members, Eugene Wadle and Guy Ed Herring, complete a week of study at Texas A&M College. They are learning arson investigation techniques and fire prevention methods as reported by Chied O. W Mansell.
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Mexia Fire Department
Eugene Wadle
Guy Ed Herring
Texas A&m College
Chied O. W. Mansell
Wadle
Herring
Doctor Defies Death During Heart Valve Operation
Doctors report Marcus G. Riddell of Latrobe Pa. was clinically dead for 10 and 16 minutes during a valve operation led by Dr. Charles P. Bailey. The heart stopped, the aorta was clamped to backfill brain blood, and the patient survived without yet showing brain damage.
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Lrnia
Marcus G. Riddell
Latrobe
Charles P. Bailey
General Pick Faces High Level Inquiry on Base Costs
General Lewis A. Pick, chief of Army engineers, may face a congressional showdown over charges of waste and extravagance in a $300 million North African air base project. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson leads the defense expenditures watchdog panel. The Johnson group says the Air Force trimmed US barracks plans by 87.5 million after finding 30 percent of planned housing unnecessary.
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Washington, D. C
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Pick
Johnson Group
Air Force
United States
Oklahoma bootleggers surge as dry law bites hard
Oklahoma City reports more than 400 bootleggers registered with the Bureau of Internal Revenue despite the 3.2 beer prohibition. The piece also notes that pernicious anemia was first described by English physician Thomas Addison, an early student of the ductless glands.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Thomas Addison
Texas drought aid hopes stalled by funding tie
Texas cattlemen face stalled federal drought relief as officials demand a reasonably matched fund from Texas. Governor Shivers says Texas has no appropriation and accuses the federal effort of questioning the drought reality. Also noted are cooler Texas conditions and an Atlantic hurricane threatening the southeastern coast.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Raymond M. Foley
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Shivers
Fort Worth
Mexia
Lufkin
Dallas
Teen Road E O Driving Contest For Mexia Teens
The Fiesta features a Road E O for teens sponsored by the Mexia Jaycees aimed at traffic safety. Directed by A B McBay with a committee including Parker Ivey Phillips Rudder Ryan and Spencer the event at the city park on Sept 27 starts 9 am. Open to licensed drivers under twenty with no recent moving violations. Contestants take a written test drive a course and complete a road test to judge signaling and courtesy with cash prizes and certificates.
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Jaycees
Ares
A. B. McBay
McBay
Bloody Weekend Expected For Labor's Holiday
United Press reports Labor Day holiday traffic is forecast to surge with about forty million vehicles on U.S. roads. The National Safety Council in Chicago predicts around 480 fatalities, versus 461 last Labor Day weekend.
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Safety Council
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US Ready to Launch Atomic Counteroffensive
Detroit AP report quotes Gen. H S Vanderberg saying Russia could not stop an American atomic counteroffensive if war began. The air force chief attributes this to exhaustive tests and experiences of friendly air forces, without detailing what that entails.
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Host S. Vanderberg
Air Force
Russia
Desperado William Merle Martin Sought In Midwest Manhunt
FBI agents and police widened a two mile search area around Pacific Missouri for William Merle Martin one of the nations ten most wanted criminals who is charged with killing a deputy sheriff A large roadblock net covers about twenty square miles as authorities warn the terrain is rough and capable of concealing him.
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FBI
Desperado
William Merle Martin
Midwest
Martin
Texas Democrats Split Over Presidential Ticket
State Rep. Omar Briggs Jr asked Gov. Shivers to call a special session to enact five Texas Democrats free choice on the Democratic ticket for November. Governor Shivers rejected Stevenson, while John C. Calhoun and Lyndon B. Johnson urged Texans to consider civil rights and party loyalty amid tidelands disputes. Louisiana Governor Kennon and Sacramento donors are cited among broader political remarks. scientific notes mention high-altitude temperatures.
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Omar Briggs, Jr
Allan Shivers
Texas
Dwight D.hower
Adlai Stevenson
Ren. Brisoss
Austin
Shivers
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Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
Corsicana
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Republican Party
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GOP
New York
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Congress
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Robbers Hijack Teague Man Stripping Wardrobe in Deserted Barn
Two men about 30 hijacked Dan Bloxam on Navarro County road 100 yards from Currie. They stripped him at a deserted barn five miles west of Wortham after stealing his 1951 GMC pickup, a $400 air conditioner, $96 cash and his clothes before leaving him bound with a fertilizer bag. Police link them to a Waco heist of $51.50 at Dale Stoker Place on Highway 31 using a GMC pickup.
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Wortham
Dan Bloxam
Western Auto Store
J. H. Neece
Bloxam
Fort Worth
Tehuacana
Waco
Dale Stoker
Highway 31
Fifth Wife Sues Swindler In Dallas Court
Victor Emanuel Pereira, a 45 year old convicted swindler, faces a new $35,286.78 lawsuit filed by Mrs. Gertrude Joyce, the Roswell widow who was his fifth wife. Pereira, free on appeal from a 12 year term, recently wed Mrs. D A Little of Dallas and lives with her at the Little home.
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Victor
Emanuel Pereira
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Gertrude Joyce
Roswell, N. M
Pereira
D. A. Little
Little
Joyce
Eugene Brading
el Paso
Brading
Renewed Mexico cattle exports to the United States begin Monday
Reports indicate a quota system is not officially announced but at least 200000 head will be available for shipment between September 1 and December 31 under permits issued by the government.
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Mexico City
United States
Reds Nerve Center Blasted By Planes From Four Nations
Allied warplanes from the United States Australia South Korea and South Africa joined in a massive air assault on Pyongyang the heaviest of the Kore an war this month as civilians fled after a Radio Seoul alert. The UN reported new incidents at prison camps since Aug 24 with one inmate dead and 26 injured at Munsan.
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Korea
Pyongyang
United States
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South Africa
Munsan
United Nations
Negro Achievement Day Proclaimed at Texas State Fair
Gov. Allan Shivers proclaims October 13 as Negro Achievement Day at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Officials note activities recognizing African American progress and contributions during the fair's observance.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Dallas
Plane Crash Ends Contractor's Life At Mexia School
A Denison plane crash killed Choates contractor 45 from Tyler and injured his two sons and a colleague, with the plane failing to gain altitude and circling back before impact. The incident halted an $800 000 Mexia State School project and workers travelled to Tyler for the funeral.
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Genera Ex Srencee
Choates
Tyler
Milo, Jr
Pete
Jack W. Fite
Fite
Denison Hospital
Choate
Thurman Kerr
Ag Workers Plan Meet to Form New Limestone County Group
Professional agricultural workers in Limestone County will meet in Groesbeck on September 8 at 8 p.m. in the 77th District courtroom to discuss forming an organization. Cecil Johnson, the temporary chairman, sent invites to over 20 workers. A premeeting program on winter cover crops includes a PMA winter cover crop discussion by James D. McCreary and notes on achieving good stands for winter grasses and legumes.
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Limestone County
Groesbeck
Cecil Johnson
Johnson
James D. McCreary
County Production Marketing Administration
PMA
Blood plasma pioneer Dr Clarence Fyland dies at 66
Victorville California obituary notes funeral services for Dr Clarence Michael Fyland aged 66, credited as a developer of blood plasma. The report emphasizes Fyland's role in medical science and his death.
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Victorville
Calif
Clarence Michael Fyland
Cattle Unharmed by Atom Tests Report
Cattle exposed to radiation in Nevada atomic bomb experiments this spring recovered without affecting beef quality or reproductive ability, according to the Atomic Energy Commission report from Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Funeral Services For Mrs McSwane In Mexia
Funeral services were held at the Riddle chapel for Mrs Fannie Cook McSwane 87 of Mexia who died at 513 North Ross Avenue. The Rev A W DeGuire officiated and interment followed in Mexia cemetery. Born in Comer Georgia on December 30 1864 she lived near Teague before moving to Mexia. She was active in the Presbyterian church and is survived by three daughters Mrs Iane Busby Miss Orlene McSwane and Miss Inez McSwane all of Mexia a granddaughter Mrs Leonard Hawkins Jr of Mexia one great granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.
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Fannie Cook McSwane
North Ross Avenue
A. W. DeGuire
Mexia
Riddle Funeral Home
Presbyterian Church
Iane Busby
Orlene McSwane
Inez McSwane
Leonard Hawkins Jr
Stripper Dawn Glory Falls in Suicide Attempt
Dawn Glory real name Dorothy Hart Burkdenstock, a former Miss New Orleans of 1946, jumped from a second floor at her burlesque house in Los Angeles. She survived with bumps and bruises after the act ended in a self inflicted fall.
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Los Angeles
Dawn Glory
Dorothy Hart Burkenstock
New Orleans
Mexia School Opening Details For White Students Sept 4
Detailed information for white public school students and their parents about the opening date of September 4 will be published in tomorrow's Mexia Daily News by Sept C. S. Hereford. Mexia Negro schools will not open until later in September.
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Mexia Daily News
C. S. Hereford
Mexia Negro
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