Weather: last day of spring brings heat and scattered storms
A warm concluding spring day spans from Texas and Oklahoma to the Mississippi Valley and Midwest with hot conditions. Afternoon thundershowers affect the southern region while the northern Rockies, Dakotas, and upper Mississippi Valley see showers. The Northeast enjoys mostly fair skies with rising daytime temperatures and a few showers near the eastern Great Lakes.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
Midwest
Rockies
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Birmingham professor comments on first U S hydrogen test
A Birmingham University physics professor announced Saturday remarks about the first U S hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific. The report notes expert analysis and expected implications for future nuclear research and regional security.
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U. S
Pacific
Birmingham University
Building boom drives 365000 in new city construction
City building inspector reports total new construction valued at 365 500 with the Crockett Junior High School repair at 308 West Ninth 70 000 and a 57 000 Medical Arts Building addition at 315 North Alleghany to Dr Vance J Elliott as the two largest permits. Contractors include F C Gipson and Ligon Construction Co. Other permits involve Greenway Development Company Cooper Construction Emmert Construction Whiteside and Bassett Fraternal Order of Eagles Beck Construction Ira Bowers M C Coleman and A D Blount.
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Crockett Junior High School
West Ninth
Medical Arts
North Alleghancy
Vance J. Elliott
F. C. Gipson
Ligon Construction Company
Greenway Development Company
Eisenhower
Cooper Construction Co
Emmert Construction Co
Tulip Lane
A. D. Blount
North Tom Green
Whiteside and Bassett
East 42Nd
Whiteside and
Bassett
San Jacinto
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Andrews Highway
Lodge
Beck Construction Co
Century Drive
Ira Bowers
Eastover Drive
M. C. Coleman
North Century
Winkler Bonds Receive Okay
The final 120000 of Winkler County park bonds has been delivered to purchasers after legal approval by Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd and registration by Comptroller R. S. Calvert. The 320000 final installment must be spent on Kermit and Wink parks as approved. Bonds pay 2.5 percent interest and retire from 1954 through 1962 using tax proceeds from property assessments totaling 44333706.
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Austin
Winkler County Park
John Ben Shepperd
R. S. Calvert
Kermit
Wink
COMN
Gunmen Loot Brighton Apartment in 3 Hour Break-In
Four masked gunmen invaded a Brighton district apartment in the night, bound a husband and wife, and while looting almost $10,000 in antiques and silverware, listened to the Marciano-Charles fight on radio. The Levkoffs were gagged and bound with belts and drapery cords, and warned they would be shot if they moved.
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Boston
Brighton
Alex Levkoff
Selma
Levkoffs
Eisenhower Attends General Thompson Funeral
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the graveside service at Arlington National Cemetery for Maj. Gen. Charles F. Thompson aged 87. The former commander of Eisenhower’s officers was honored with the traditional military rites Friday after dying earlier in the week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles F
Trains Collide Near Troup Injuring Four Crewmembers
Two Missouri Pacific freight trains collided head-on near Troup Texas about 9:45 a.m. Four crewmen were injured, none seriously, after engines derailed and several hundred yards of track were damaged. Injured listed as Engineer John J. Horton Fireman J D More Head and Conductor C E Bradley from train 604 and R E Hickman Fireman on train 65.
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Tyler
Tex
Missouri-Pacific
Troup
Here
John J. Horton
J. D. More
C. E. Bradley
R. E. Hickman
Missouri Pacific
Palestine
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