Traffic Accidents Kill 304 Persons in Holiday Toll
The Memorial weekend highway deaths soared to 304 amid a 454 total fatalities from crashes and related incidents over 54 hours ending Sunday, well above 1953 records. Drownings and miscellaneous accidents pushed the overall toll higher than prior surveys and year-ago holidays.
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Ccees Creasensececzeeres
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Railroad
Crown Point
Ind
National Safety Council
Memorial Day Toll in Texas Tops 24 Dead
The Associated Press tallies at least 24 violent deaths in Texas during the Memorial Day weekend. Incidents include drownings, a shooting in Splendora, a car crash near Borger, and a fatal pool drowning at Brooke Army Medical Center. Ohio and New York ranks noted. Alaska, Delaware, Vermont reported no fatalities in certain categories.
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Associated Press
Texas
Midnigh
Benjamin Dorris
Galveston
Mark Redding
Marshall Redding
Cleburne
Donald
Bales
Jared
Billy Burch
Blum
Fair Coach
California
Alaska
Delaware
Idaho
New Hampshire
Vermont
Ohio
New York
Lawrence Goynes
Beeville
George West
Larry Wells
Lithonia
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Wells
Robert Merritt
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
Jerry Wardlaw
Plainview
Henry Guill
Pampa
Quanah
Wardlaw
Tax Office Closed In Ward County Audit Action
Ward County Auditor R T Harris ordered the tax assessor collector’s office closed for an audit after an auditor’s report showed shortages totaling 8000 in July 18. The closure aims to align funds with records and may last at least one week.
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Bal Buen Beige
Ji Ee
Ne Hildhasd
Newkirk and Whitley
Ttn
Harris
Ward County
Ian Ary
Robber Escapes With 124 Dollars In Monahans Heist
Monahans deputies hunt an armed robber who fled a West Highway 80 service station with 124 dollars. Authorities tie the suspect to a May robbery at a downtown Monahans station two weeks earlier, describing a Latin American man in his early 20s.
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MonAhans
West Texas
Wvenenee
Perron
Norman Barfield
South Carol
Homer Mason
Barfield
Bill Pinkston
Sealy
Alice Streets
Jess Hendrick
Pinkston
Hendricks
Red China May Dictator Rules With Iron Hand Soon Explode Nuclear Bomb
Diplomatic circles in Geneva report China may have gathered enough uranium and know how to test a primitive atomic device later this fall. Western, Russian and British negotiators push to outlaw nuclear tests, fearing Peiping’s rise as a world power and possible expansion of the nuclear club. Russia shows renewed interest in a permanent test ban as Anglo American Atomic talks resume.
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Geneva
UPI
China
Peiping
France
Russia
Soviet Union
U. S
White Sands
N. M
Paraguay braces under Stroessner as protests flare
In Paraguay, President Stroessner tightens control amid bus fare protests and arrests of 15 to 16 congressmen, including Colorado party members. Police clash with students. state of siege remains, with no Congress and potential amnesty promises on the horizon.
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Buenos Aires
Para
Stroessner
Alfredojed
Paraguay
Dora
Colorado Party
Asuncion
Colorado, Party
Congress
South America
United States
Iui Beauie Ui
Crane Man Dies After Long Illness at 91
R R Browning a Crane resident aged 91 died Sunday after a long illness at his daughter's home in Ranger. Born September 1868 in Henderson County he farmed in Eastland County. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Ranger with burial Ranger Cemetery. Survivors include two sons L Browning Goldsmith Horace Browning Long Beach Calif. three daughters Mrs W G Slater Crane Mrs J W Thomas Clovis NM Mrs D C Ebrad Eunice NM. 22 grandchildren 47 great grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren.
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Crane
R. R.browning
Henderson County
Browning
Eastland County
First Baptist Church
Ranger
L. Browning
Goldsmith
Horace Browning
Long Beach
Calif
W. G. Slatert
J. W. Thomas
Clovis, N. M
D. C. Ebrad
Eunice
N. M
Elliott Hotel to Remodel Top Floors Into Offices
The 32 year old Elliott Hotel in Odessa will cease operations as a hotel as owners plan to remodel the top two floors into office space. Ground floor tenants remain unaffected and no contracts have been signed. The Elliott family built the hotel in 1927 with later expansions and remodels.
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Elliott
Odessa
Ownners
Grant and
Third
J. B. McClellan
Odessa Hotel Corporation
Pioneer Elliott
George Elliott
McClellan
Fort Worth
Bryan Hanks
Corporation
Hanks
Broom Furniture
Karl's Shoes
Askins, Stevens, Steins
Grant Ave
J. B. Cat
New Dams Planned in Mexico Says Official
Alfredo del Mazo, minister of hydraulic resources, announced plans to build five new dams in the next two years. The sites are in Nuevo Leon, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, and Oaxaca, with an estimated cost of $24,000,000.
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Don Martin Dam
Mexico
Alfredo del Mazo
Hydraulic Resources
Yeserday
Nuevo Leon
Chihuahua
Durango
Sinsioa
Ooxaca
West Hopes for Fast Berlin Agreement at Geneva
Western foreign ministers at Geneva expect Khrushchev to concede on Berlin status while he opposes bargaining. Hearings with Gromyko hint a tentative framework may emerge within two weeks. Western demands include continued Allied forces in West Berlin and non espionage declarations.
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Berlin
Geneva
West Berlin
Khrushchev
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Andrei
Eisenhower
Alliants
Borla
Went
East Germany
Gromyho
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Herter
Gustgvarhafen
West Germany
West Berta
Five Texans Die In Sugar Land Plane Crash
A private plane crashed on Central State Prison Farm No 3 south of Sugar Land early today killing all five aboard. Pilot Ralph Flores, 24, manager of Hull's Airport, is identified, along with passenger Delbert Mena, 25, of Sugar Land. other identities not released. Local authorities confirm the fatalities.
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Sugar Land, Tex
UPI
Sugar Land
Fort Bend
R. L. Laston
Central State Prison Farm No. 3
Ralph Flores
Hull
Delbert Mena
Flores
Gaston
Pinewalls
Polio Outbreak Report Across Regions Raises Alarm
In a compact briefing, health officials warn of a rising polio outbreak affecting multiple regions. An urgent push for vaccination and surveillance is underway as authorities urge clinics to expand access and communities to seek immunization.
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Crane Man
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Chicago
Paso
Gelverton
Oklahoma City
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Elliott Hotel
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