Three Polio Patients Go Home From Gonzales Warm Springs
Betty Francis four. Jimmy Baker three. Mary Jean Harris two were treated at Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children after the Odessa winter polio epidemic. Betty walks with braces and crutches. Jimmy relearns walking. Mary Jean plays with brothers as parents oversee at home care.
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Odessa
Gonzales Warm Springs
Betty Francis
Jimmy Baker
R. F. Baker
Jimmy
Gonzales
Mary Jean Harris
Clarence T. Harris
S. Shaffer
Texan Seeks to Harness Paricutin Volcano for Power
Texan chemist E. H. Digmowity of Dennison and Dr. Francisco Garcia Junto of the University of Mexico propose a pilot plant to tap Paricutin for cheap electricity. They plan using lava heat to heat cobalt pipes, generate steam, and run generators at an estimated $17,200 cost.
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Mexico City
Texas
Mexico
E. H. Digmowity
Dennison
Tex
Francisco Garcia Junto
University of Mexico
Digmowity
Texan
Broadway Parade Honors Olympic Athletes
New York will honor 400 American athletes and coaches bound for the Olympic Games with a ticker tape parade on Broadway and a City Hall reception on July 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Families Read At Library Summer Wagon Wheels West
A library report from the Selma Rae Hen ry children's librarian lists families reading over the summer. The roster includes Carlos, William Gail, Herbie Kirk, Tom Patrick Randolph, Albert Clyde, Bar bara Sue, Janice Kanke and many more family members such as Dwight, Mike, Martha Love, Kathryn, Mary, Walter Ivie Jr. Jimmie, Joe, Terah Swatko, Roxie, Rosalee Robinson, Joe, John, Jim Hun ley, James, Joe, Kenneth Anderson, Antonio Ayala, Josefina, Til hie Ayala, Barbara, Peggy, Wanda Scarbrough, Delmar, Brenda Crane and Alice, Elene and Teresa Banderas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Rae Henry
Carlos
William Gail
Herbie Kirk
Tom Patrick Randolph
Albert Clyde
Barbara Sue
Janice Kanke
Dwight
Mike
Martha Love
Kathryn
Mary
Walter Ivie, Jr
Jimmie
Joe
Terah Swatko
Roxie
Rosalee Robinson
John
Jim Hunley
James
Kenneth Anderson
Antonio
Josefina
Tilhie Ayala
Barbara
Peggy
Wanda Scarbrough
Delmar
Brenda Crane
Alice
Elene
Teresa Banderas
Teach your wife to be a widow urges national magazine
Ruth Millett cites a national magazine urging husbands to teach wives to manage family finances while warning women to learn self reliance before facing life alone. It highlights Jane Sue Mamie Doris and Mable as examples of dependence and the need for personal growth.
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Jim
Bill
Jane
Sue
Mamie
Doris
Mable
Local feed store funds lawn restoration on West 23rd street
On the Paul Theobald property at 1002 West 23, a local feed store aids grass culture by adding copperas to offset caliche, sprinkling bermuda seed, peatmoss, and a 4-12-4 fertilizer mix. They advocate annual reseeding alongside mowing to encourage natural growth.
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Paul Theobald
West 23
Society Schedule Highlights Local Club Meetings
Community groups announce upcoming events. The League of Women Voters boards meet July 11 at 9 30 a.m. at Mrs Jon es 1009 E 35th. A J O Y backyard picnic is set July 17 at Mrs Wier 512 N Belmont. United Nations talk June 30 at First Presbyterian Church 3 p.m. by Mrs Dingus. Lakeview Home Demonstration Club meets July 8 at Mrs King 1715 Hancock. KRIG midday program features Mrs McCrimmon and Mrs Corley today. Worthwhile Home Demonstration Club gathers July 1 2 30 p.m. at South Side Center with Mrs Clark flower demonstration. Red River County ex residents reunion July 6 at McKinzie State Park Lub bock announced by Pat Healy.
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League of Women Voters Board
Charles Jones
E. 35Th
First Baptist J. O. Y
R. D. Wier
N. Belmont
William Dingus
United Nations Committee
The
Texas Council of Church Women
United Nations
First Presbyterian Church
Southside Community Center
R. A. Clark
Red River County
McKinzie State Park
Lubbock
Pat Healy
Pacific Defense Talks Set in Honolulu Aboard Menzies
Australia Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced that Australia the United States and New Zealand will meet in August in Honolulu to discuss forming a Pacific mutual defense organization. He said details would likely be released in Washington as he travels home from Washington and London.
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San Francisco
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
U. S
New Zealand
Honolulu
Pacific
Menzies
Washington
London
Quake Shakes Hualien on Formosa East Coast
A sharp earthquake struck Hualien on Formosa's east coast early today with no reports of casualties or major damage. local authorities monitored aftershocks and urged residents to stay alert.
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Formosa
Taipeh
Hualien
Blast kills woman in Ulsan port incident
Incendiary ammunition blasts and fires killed a Korean woman and injured nine others, including two Americans, at Ulsan, an Army port 36 miles north of Pusan, U S Eighth Army announced.
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Seoul
Korea
Ulsan
Pusan
U. S. Eighth Army
Armistice Talks Resume After Three Day Recess
Armistice talks in Munsan Korea resume Tuesday after a three day recess. Allies and communists remain deadlocked over war prisoner issues with little expectation of progress in the near term.
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Munsan
Korea
Ten Beauties Enter July 4 IDF Pageant
Ten entrants including Miss Dot Graham Miss Nellda Bynum Miss Jean Smallwood Miss Thelma Lancaster Miss Carol Gross Miss Jean Young Miss Mona hans and Miss Carol Enger Pecos enter the Miss West Texas pageant as part of the fifth annual IDF celebration sponsored by Odessa Jaycees The winner will advance to the Miss Texas revue in Galveston with scholarships and prizes for top finishers and congeniality awards attached to the national program
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Andrews
Lone Star State
Texas
Jaycees
North Carolina
Atlantic City
Odessa
Galveston
Forster Family Summer Trip Through New Mexico
Permian family members led by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Forster Sr travel with Mrs. W H Morris and Tressa Baker visiting Ruidoso Albuquerque Santa Fe Taos and Greer Garson's Pecos ranch. Camp Sacramento faculty Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Rogers plan a week of activities as Red Cross cards issued for swimmers and county pool maintenance scheduled. 1326 students and women enrolled as square dancing and a county jubilee in August are noted.
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New Mexico
Fred Forster, Sr
Forster
W. H. Morris
Tulsa
Tressa Baker
Ruidoso
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Taos
Greer Garson
Pecos River
Noble B. Armstrong
Armstrong
Sul Ross’ College
Inez Dudley Rogers
Barstow
Sul Ross
Camp Sacramento
New Mexico Mountains
Frances Capers
Christine Johnson
Two Pound Infant Weighs 37 On Second Birthday
Charlotte Lou Colbaugh weighed two pounds nine ounces at birth and is celebrated on her second birthday June 22. Parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Colbaugh hosted cake and ice cream at the county park with guests including Mrs. Myrl Porter and many relatives. The father Fred Colbaugh has served in the fire department for five years.
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Charlotte Lou Colbaugh
F. M. Colbaugh
N. Lee
Medical Center Hospital
Myrl Porter
Georgia Allmond
Wayne Dickens
Rutie Stevenson
Rita Wade
Patsy Cox
Iris Haslar
Omah McAnally
Maxine Duke
Raymond Hubrick
Truman Sellers
Russell Wade
Jackie Bynum
Rickie Sellers
Dennis Hasha
Patricia McAnally
June Sellers
Craig Wade
Tommie Porter
Phyllis Allmond
Beth Bynum
Dale Wade
Carolyn Emrick
Harold Stevenson
Freddie Hubrick
Bolia Colbaugh
Charlene
Jack Hart
Rosa Lee Dickens
Menard
M. C. Dickens
R. A. Foster
Jessie Lee
Tommie
van Horn
Fred Colbaugh
Fire Department
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Betty Frances Thomas
Jerry Pat O’dowdy
Pat O‘dowdy
Milner School of Dance
Shoopman
Amana Upright
Davis-Fields CO
Dial
Durham Appliance Company
North
Henderson
Prescription
North Grant
Pho
Simpson
Kodak Film
West Texas
Ruth Millett
NEA Service, Inc
Society
Lakeview Home Demonstration Club
League of Women Voters
H. P. McCrimmon
Helen Corley
Odessa College
KRIG
Freshie
Cap'n
Mrs. Baird
Bob Clark
Clark
Johnleyle
Tag
S. Fisher
S. Vines
North Lauderdale Odessa
Electrolux
N. Lauderdale
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