Wetback Camp Site Set Up In Brownsville
The Immigration and Naturalization Service announced a new detention camp site at Brownsville on an 18 acre privately owned tract to hold up to 500 aliens for deportation processing. A similar camp is planned for San Ysidro California with 400 capacity.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Mexico
Washington
Willard F. Kelly
Immigration and Naturalization Service
House
Texas
Fletcher Rawls
U. S. Border Patrol
McAllen
Mexico City
Imigration Service
San Ysidro
Calif
California
Carlos Villenave
Novedades
Rawls
Villenave
Credit Extended to 80 and Older With Guardians
A Malden shoe repair shop posts a sign offering credit to people aged 80 or more if they are accompanied by their parents. The quirky notice reflects local humor and a nod to elderly customers seeking small loans.
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Malden
Mass
Recovery efforts continue for man who drowned at Possum Kingdom Lake
Body of Rudolph Thomas Malinak 38 of Dallas recovered after weekend drowning while fishing at Possum Kingdom Lake near Mineral Wells. Divers searched deep water as B A search continued yesterday for the missing man.
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Rudolph Thomas Malinak
Dallas
Possum Kingdom Lake
Here
Alabama Governor Leads Personal Safety Campaign Against Speeding
Governor Gordon Persons roams Alabama in a siren equipped car with a state trooper to push stricter enforcement. In 14 counties over the weekend 557 speeders were arrested as the state boosts patrol strength and liquor and public service inspectors on highways. The governor aims to lower daytime limits to 60 mph and 50 mph at night, threatening further cuts if highway deaths persist.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Highway Patrol
Public Service
Persons
Long wait ends as Perera wed Imbriac in Hazelton church
In Wilkes-Barre and Hazelton, Antonio Perera 74 and Sophia Tombasco Imbriac 68 finally marry at Christian Assembly Church after a 40 year arc. Their families planned the match in their Italian homeland, with delays and past separations shaping a slow, unlikely union.
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Hazleton
Antonio Perera
Sophia Tombasco Imbriac
Christian Assembly
Wilkes-Barre
Antonio
Sophia
Italy
Hazelton
Chinese Junk Drifts 28 Days To Siam
A Hong Kong licensed junk carrying three men disappeared last November en route to Macao. It was found on a beach in Thailand. Pirates boarded near Kauchau Island, cutting sails and steering gear. The crew drifted 28 days for 1,400 miles to the Siamese coast.
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Hong Kong
Macao
Thailand
Kauchau Island
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