Sunday church services and meetings listed at local congregations
Daily and Sunday worship times are posted for Point Enterprise Baptist First Presbyterian and Calvary Baptist churches with topics by Rev. Glen Walker and Rev. Gordon Bays. Activities include Sunday School at 9:45 to 10 and 9:49, Training Union, snack supper, devotions, and Presbytery reports.
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Scientist with alias found after Cape Canaveral pause
Miami report says Richard L. Campbell a 52 year old missile scientist who vanished May 18 is recovered under another name at the Miami Sanitarium since May 20 an attendant said Mrs Campbell 40 reported he had just come home from Boston after treatment at Harvard medical center for physical and emotional exhaustion tied to overwork. He was listed as an amnesia patient by sanitarium officials.
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Parley Likely To End Tuesday Over Berlin Demands
Geneva reports say the Big Four foreign ministers conference may be suspended by Tuesday if Russia does not soften its Berlin demands that the Allies pull out within 12 months. Soviet sources dismiss Western exit breaks as Allied pressure tactics.
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Former Teague Resident Margaret McMann Dies at 70
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret McMann, 70, a former Teague resident, will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Riddle Funeral Home chapel, conducted by Rev. R. V. Silvertoot. Burial will be in Old Armour cemetery near Coolidge. She died Friday in a San Antonio hospital after living in Houston and staying with her daughter Mrs. William Cox since the first part of the year. A native of His County, she belonged to Assembly of God and the Teague Eastern Star chapter. Surviving are a son Arthur McMann, sister Mrs. Bell Jackson of Gainesville, brothers Nugent Cundiff of Teague and Jack Cundiff of Sulphur, Oklahoma, and two grandchildren.
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R. V. Silvertooth
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Assembly of God
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Arthur McMann
Bell Jackson
Gainesville
Nugent Cundiff
Jack Cundiff
Sulphur
Okla
Ma Ferguson Celebrates 84th Birthday Quietly
Mrs Miriam A Ma Ferguson Texas first and only woman governor marks her 84th birthday with no special celebration recalling a 80th birthday testimonial. Ferguson became governor in 1924 after her husband James E Ferguson was impeached and was reelected in 1932.
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UPI
Miriam A
Ma) Ferguson
Texas
Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Britain's Tax Cutting Seen As U.S. Incentive
New York dispatch analyzes Britain's 1953 to 1959 tax cuts including personal and corporate relief and a no capital gains tax regime. First National City Bank calls the move the lowest British tax level since 1939 40 and credits it with renewed optimism and pound strength. The piece argues U S tax relief could similarly boost revenue by stimulating business activity.
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U. S
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Appointments Announced for Area Churches in Texas Conference
The Central Texas Conference at Fort Worth announced year ahead pastor assignments. Cecil M. Ellis remains in Mexia for a sixth year. Fred Binkley goes to Wortham, Bert Gillis to Kerens, and Floyd Johnson from Waxahachie to Corsicana.
Peach Growers Thank Mexia Community for Support
Peach Growers Express thanks Mexia residents for ongoing interest in their business fortunes. W Ray McGee serves as spokesman and notes appreciation for the Rotary Club and local figures Val Horn Rip Me Kenzie and Johnny Watkins who joined a lunch honoring them Thursday.
Lawmakers Enter Second Special Session On Budget
The article notes a second special session looming as Texas lawmakers near the end of the first 30 days. The Legislature faces a 66 million dollar deficit, revenue measures, and spending disputes. A conference committee failed to agree on an appropriations bill, delaying adjournment beyond Tuesday.
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Urge Changes To Safeguard U. S. Public Credit
President Eisenhower asks Congress to back a four point plan to strengthen public credit. Proposals include abolishing the 4.4 percent long term bond interest ceiling, raising debt limits, and lifting savings bond interest caps to allow higher returns. House hearings begin on the package.
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UPI
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Partly Cloudy North Central Texas Weekend Outlook
Partly cloudy conditions persist through Sunday with isolated late day and evening thunderstorms. No notable temperature change expected. Mexico reports a 24 hour high of 86 and low of 68.
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Texas
Mexico
Colorful Governor Earl Long Claims Kidnapping in Texas
Galveston Texas AP Earl Long governor of Louisiana accuses kidnapping and illegal confinement in a mental hospital. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus for release and a hearing precedes a probate court bid to extend psychiatric treatment for 90 days. Long says he was brought to Galveston by National Guard plane May 30.
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Louisiana
Earl Long
Texas
Il. D. Goddard
Make Dad King for a Day promotion kicks off in Miami
Pete Molina launches the Make Dad King for a Day event with 282 dollars in prizes from 46 Mexia merchants. The drawing at 5 p.m. this week will award big cash prizes to the Mexica City trade area, with fathers eligible to register at participating firms.
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UPI
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Molina
Lng
Mexialcab Co
Ing
Cuba
Sherman Businesa
Commerce
Mexica
Dad
E. Erasa
Caracas
Helena
Ark
Tal
Fatal car wreck narrative ties to wage talks in Texas
In Waxahachie Texas near Midlothian a fatal truck wreck interrupts steel wage talks as Mrs G A Helpenstill dies and Thomas Livingston dies in hospital after injuries. Negotiators linger on contract issues as authorities sort details of the crash and its timing and location.
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Tex
UPI
G. A. Helpenstill
NEW York
Thomas Livingston
Shachie
Midlothian
Bosts Open Ray's Steaks and Sea Foods in Mexia
Former Marine Ray Bost and his wife Pat formally opened Ray's Steaks and Sea Foods at Milam and Bonham in Mexia. The 564 seat air conditioned restaurant offers steak and seafood with hours 6 am to midnight six days a week and Sunday dinner 11 to 2. The couple moved from Waco Oct 20 1955 and plan to meet the public.
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Mexia
Ray
Milam
Bonham Streets
Raymond Bost
Pat
Eest
Waco
Bosts
Stephen Mark
Stanley Patrick
N. Ross
Bast
Bost
Korea
Brother of Local Resident Dead
Mr and Mrs J W Strode left Saturday morning for Denton to attend the funeral of Mrs Strode s brother G W Randles 71 who died there Friday afternoon after an 18 month illness Services will be held at the First Baptist church in Denton Sunday at 2 30 p m with burial in Whitesboro Texas cemetery
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J. W. Strode
Denton
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