Homemade Rocket Incident Ends in Student’s Death
An improvised rocket built by a 18 year old student exploded during a school sidewalk demonstration. Dennis Whitfield testified the device used sugar, sulfur and potassium chromate with a roller skate launch, ignite by Foster, who then attempted to light it with gasoline. The blast shattered the pipe and fatally wounded Foster as other students suffered injuries.
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Frank Potts
Ohe
Dennis Whitfield
Foster
Whitfill
Texaco Introduces Speed-Charge Credit Cards
Texaco customers in the Bi Stone area begin receiving new plastic cards for the Speed-Charge service. The system, effective January 1 1958, claims over 2 700 000 cards mailed and availability at more than 35 000 Texaco dealers across all 48 states and Canada. A streamlined imprinter prints 80 percent of invoices in one motion, boosting speed and convenience for motorists.
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Bi- Stone
Texaco
J. W. Elliott
Consignee
Texas
Mexia
Canada
Texacos
Statin
Unclear OCR Item Describes System Installations
Fragmented text references a new electro mechanical system in workshop settings with mentions of Houston Los Angeles and Texaco related billing. The readable content is too garbled to identify people, organizations, dates, or concrete outcomes.
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