Texas Hero Receives No Thanks
Airman Ronald C. Lincoln of Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas is recommended for the Soldier's Medal after diving into the Concho River to save a man and a five year old boy. He and seven fellow airmen formed a human chain to reach and rescue the victims before dawn. The grateful pair did not stop to thank him.
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San Angelo
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Ronald'c. Lincoln
Concho River
Lincoln
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Robert E. Warren
Oneco
Conn
Wind erosion damage in Great Plains falls this season
Washington AP reports wind damage to farmland in the Great Plains has dropped about 16 percent this season. Since last fall 2,303,000 acres have been damaged by wind erosion, compared with 2,725,000 at the same point last year. Most damage is in Texas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Kansas amid ongoing drought in the western Dakotas, eastern Wyoming, eastern New Mexico and southern High Plains of Texas.
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Washington
Great Plains
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Texas
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Kansas
Dakotas
Wyoming
New Mexico
High Plains
Drowns In Tub At Dallas Home
AP report states 110 month old William Harmon drowned Thursday in a bathtub at his parents residence in Dallas. Police and medical personnel responded but attempts to revive him failed. Family investigators will review circumstances of the incident.
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Dallas
William Harmon
Texas farming picture brightens across state
Midweek rains and scattered showers boosted conditions in Texas crops. Cotton planting nears completion except in far West drylands while North Texas shows good stands and South Central blooms. Wheat harvest grows in Rolling Plains with generally good yields. Stonewall County reports 30 bushels per acre. Watermelons bloom, tomatoes fruit, pastures sound though West Texas ranges deteriorate as feeding rises.
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Texas
Panhandle
High Plains
North Texas
Stonewall County
East Texas
West Texas
Cotton movement shifts cotton production westward
The Agriculture Department analysis shows a major shift in U S cotton production from the Southeast to the West over twenty years. Western states California Arizona New Mexico Nevada now account for about 20 percent, up from a small share, while Southeast states Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama drop from about 30 percent to 14 percent. Missouri Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana and Kentucky remained near prior levels with some variation.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
U.S
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Kentucky
Moving To West 1959 Crop Shifts Southwest States
The Southwestern states of Texas Oklahoma and Kansas produced 29 percent of crops twenty years ago and 33 percent for the latest crop. Mechanization has driven the major shifts in farm output across the region.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
The Quest at Bonham Junior High Tonight and Tomorrow
The Quest will be held at Bonham Junior High with sessions at 8 15 P M on June 2 and 3. Participants are urged to arrive early and bring required materials for the events.
Life sentence for Houston robber after triple felony
AP reports George McCarty Jr., 32, received a life prison sentence after a jury found him guilty of stealing a case of whiskey and $50 in a robbery. The sentence was possible due to McCarty's third felony conviction, with two prior burglary convictions.
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Houston
George McCarty Jr
McCarty
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