One Man Killed As Twister Hits Nebraska
Tornadoes and storms battered the Midwest over Memorial Day weekend killing one man at Crofton Nebraska and destroying four homes. A separate tornado damaged a printing plant in Nevada Iowa with about 100000 dollars in losses.
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Missouri
Arlene
New Orleans
Couple Killed. Son Sought in Kiowa County Slaying
Hobart Oklahoma police hunt Clark D Brillhart 22 after his parents Elmer and Florence Brillhart 45 and 44 were beaten to death at their rural home eight miles northwest of Hobart. Clark was last seen driving a green 1956 Mercury with Oklahoma tag 38 1317 possible head for Stillwater Grand Prairie or Houston. He had been released a week earlier from Western State Mental Hospital where he was treated after a breakdown and had studied at Oklahoma State University. The Brillharts were longtime mental health advocates, with Mrs Brillhart a founder of the Oklahoma Association for Mental Health and a writer who was slated to lecture at a University of Oklahoma course June 8-10.
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UPJ
Kiowa
Oklahoma
Texas
Clark D. Brillhart
Elmer Brillhart
Florence Brillhart
Florida heiress plans girls town for abused teens
Palm Beach, Florida. Gregg Sherwood Dodge III and Horace Dodge III announced plans to build a girls town in South Florida. The project would house just, frightened, abandoned girls aged 10 to 18 in need of care and help, with Dodge pledging to devote the rest of her life to the effort.
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Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
Gregg Sherwood Dodge III
Horace Dodge III
South Florida
Gunman Holds Blonde Capfive In California
A gunman abducted 18 year old Nancy Gottfredson in Temple City California after forcing her from a car. She was held eight hours, photographed unclothed, and threatened before being released in Alhambra. Suspect Robert A. Smith 32, an ex convict was arrested minutes after release. Ulrich, the Marine witness, helped pursue the suspect but not before $4 in cash was taken.
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UPD
Nancy Gottfredson
South Pasadena
Alhambra
Robert A. Smith
Smith
Miss Gottfredson
John C. Ulrich
Ulrich
Robert Lowry Dies at 59 in Texas Heart Attack
AUSTIN AP reports Robert Lowry a 59 year old consulting water engineer who helped develop the Western Colorado River and the Colorado River in Texas died yesterday of a heart attack.
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Robert Lowry
Colorado River
Texas
Texas Regional Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with widely scattered mostly afternoon and evening thundershowers in East and South Central Texas. No important temperature changes expected.
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Pecos Valley
Northwest Texas Weather Brief For South Plains
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with widely scattered thunderstorms. Not so warm on the South Plains today.
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South Plains
Weather report notes scattered storms across Pecos Valley
Partly cloudy to scattered thunderstorms are noted for the Pecos Valley extending eastward with no major weather threats expected. The brief bulletin emphasizes unsettled skies and typical summer storm patterns for the region.
Bankrupt Hospital Appoints Receiver and Administrator
Opeloousas La AP report says Ataway Clinic and Hospital Ville Platte will be liquidated under court order. Lake Charles physician Robert Reeves named administrator to inventory with the receiver William Sandoz. Dr Curtis Lee Attaway remains medical director. creditors meeting set for July with participants from 19 states. Attaway faced receivership after a run on his 10 year investment plan. Investors were paid monthly dividends 40 to 120 percent as long as checks were not cashed.
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Robert Reeves
Lake Charles
Attaway Clinic
Ville, Platte
William Sandoz
Curtis Lee Attaway
Sandoz
Louisiana
Texas
U.S
Shreveport
Attaway
Evangeline Investment Co
Evangeline Life and Casualty Co
Northern Securities Co
Five Are Feared Drowned In Lake Conchas Dam
Searchers probed Conchas Lake after marks on the dam led to the recovery of W. O. Wright, 39, of Friona Texas, from 40 feet deep water. He likely was swept to the dam or tried to hold on. Still missing and presumed drowned were a Santa Fe man, his 12-year-old son, and an Alamos resident.
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Conchas Lake
N. M
W. O. Wright
Friona
Tex
Conchas Dam
Wright
Santa Fe
N.M
Alamos
Chamber seeks two assistant managers after resignations
Chamber of Commerce Manager Ray N. Hedges said Monday the chamber is screening applicants for two assistant manager positions created by the resignation of Robert W. Stewart and the death of Lewis Gilbert Chuck Wagon manager. Several applicants are under consideration. goal is to find someone with chamber of commerce experience. Stewart resigns effective June 15 and Hedges wished him success in private enterprise.
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Chamber
Robert W. Stewart
Lewis Gilbert
Hedges
Stewart
Whaever
Scout Committee Meeting Today
The executive committee of the Black Gold Boy Scout District meets at 5 p.m. Monday at Home Savings and Loan Co for its monthly business session. Tuesday night the Explorer Cabinet gathers at 7 30 p.m. at the Optimist Club to discuss summer plans with Post 217 hosting. Saturday, Arrow members and scouters depart for the Davis Mountains scout ranch to improve facilities.
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Explorer Cabinet
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Buffalo Train
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Water Sewer Project Opens in Rochester Third Filing
Work began Monday on water and sewer lines in Rochester third filing. Addition between 10th and Park Streets in Southeast Odessa. Clyde Construction Company handles the project for Nash Phillips Copus. Addition totals 96.05 acres.
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10Th and
Park Streets
Odessa
Clyde Construction Company
Nash, Phillips & Copus
Robber Loots Cafeteria Minutes Before Safe Lock
In Fort Worth a lone bandit robbed a cafeteria, taking 1400 dollars from a cash drawer three minutes before a time lock would have blocked access to the safe. Night foreman J. J. Grier faced a pistol threat, and after a tense delay the safe opened just in time.
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Fort Worth
J. J. Grier
Grier
Veteran Texas Newsman Griffin Dies at 47
LUBBOCK AP Veteran Texas newspaperman Troy Griffin 47 was found dead in bed yesterday after plans for a vacation. A Deport native and Hardin-Simmons alumnus, Griffin edited school papers and led several Texas papers including the Avalanche-Journal. Survivors include two sons, two sisters, and his mother.
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Ala
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Avalanche Journal
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Fort Worth
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Hugh Griffin
Schoolgirl insists she wants diploma
Ann Rhodes, 17, pressed for a high school diploma after Warren County School Board refused to award 15 credits as sufficient for graduation under state rules. She rejected a state certificate option, citing the district’s stand amid school integration turmoil that left white students in private classes.
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Front Royal
Ann Rhodes
Warren County School Board
Ann
Virginia
Warren County
Vandal Attacks Reported Against Two Residents
City juvenile officers investigated two vandalism incidents on Sunday night. Myrtle Grant said eggs hit a window screen and knocked a water glass from a window, with two boys about 10 years old fleeing. John Hightower reported a smashed car windshield nearby.
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Myrtle Grant
Drury Lane
Court Hearing To Be Resumed In Odessa Texaco Injunction
Testimony to resume at 9 30 a m Tuesday in 70th District Court Pecos Judge J H Starley presiding as Texaco Inc seeks an injunction against Alvin H Parker to enter Parker land west of Odessa to drill for oil. Texas holds the mineral rights to the land.
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70Th District Court
Texaco, Inc
Alvin H. Parker
Odessa
J. H. Starley
Pecos
Texaco
Parker
Texas
Doctor To Speak On Governmental Control At Breakfast
Dr Joe McAlister will discuss Governmental Control at the 7 30 a m Tuesday breakfast meeting of the Governmental Affairs Committee of the chamber of commerce at Days Restaurant Bob Peters to preside at the meeting
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Joe McAlister
The
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Peters
Odessa man fined for threats and jailed
A 32 year old Odessa man David Lucas was fined 20 and assessed 19.50 court costs after being charged with threatening to do bodily harm. Lucas of 420 South Tom Green was jailed in Ector County after Rudolph Robinson signed the complaint before Justice of the Peace A. P. Boyt. Robinson said Lucas threatened him with a knife.
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Odessa
Ector County
David Lucas
South
Tom Green
Rudolph Robinson
Justice of the Peace
A. P. Boyt
Burglary Attempt At Frisco Cafe On West Second
Burglary attempt reported at Frisco Cafe located at 125 West Second. Intruders tried to force the front door but failed to gain entry as they appeared to be scared away before finishing their work. Police described the suspects as frightened and fled the scene.
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