Flood Cut Road Travel Between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo
Rising Rio Grande at about 10 feet disrupted cross border travel between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo on Tuesday. Temporary pontoon and truck bridges were used as authorities closed the two permanent crossings and police restricted pedestrian movement. Downstream traffic shifted to Reynosa as the Falcon dam limits flood waters while temperatures ranged from 83 to 98 degrees.
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Laredo
Nuevo
Rio Grande
McAtten
Mcaven Bridge
Reynosa
Mexico
Falcon Dam
Lattate
McAden
U.S. Weather Bureau
Unclear text focuses on home tips and ads
Fragmentary notice shows homemakers placing tables and organizing spaces to save work. Mentions cooling cues and light classified ads and cash offers. Contains garbled phrases and promotional language with no clear event or person names.
Indians Rage in Bombay Over Goa Killings
In Bombay mobs attacked the Portuguese consulate and forced closures as thousands protested for Goa. Police fired on demonstrators, wounding several. Nehru urged nonprovocation and peaceful transfer of Portuguese India, while tolls varied in reports from five dead to more.
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Bombay
Amer
Taoh
Consible
Trombay
India
Tada
Negru Patmnt
New Delhi
Nehru
Portugal
Goa
Din
Outlook Weather Figures For San Antonio Season
Weather to be fitting for the season as forecasts indicate average December conditions. Temperatures target highs around the mid 90s with overnight lows near the mid 70s, offering a slight cool down from usual figures. City records show a mean temperature two degrees below the ocean-side standard, with Tuesday’s morning low around 73.
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San Antonio
Cops Save Soldier Who Hates Army top of safety building
Louisville August 18 a 19 year old soldier perched atop a safety building and threatened to jump. Police hauled him to safety after he ignored pleas to come down himself. Pet Daniel E Barns told officers I dont like the army. No charges were filed.
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Louisville
Jmp
Daniel E. Barns
Army
Violence Halted Rhee Order Ends Truce Riots in Korea
Seoul reports quiet after a week of demonstrations pressing for removal of neutral observers from the truce commission. A crowd of about 50,000 listened as ROC President Rhee urged peace and ordered a halt to violence while keeping pressure on the inspectors.
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Rhee
Korea
Seoul
INS
South Koree
Ma’ Tone Supervisory Commission
ROC
Ritee
Audie Murphy in San Antonio for Davy Crockett tribute
Audie Murphy arrives in San Antonio to serve as parade marshal for a weeklong Davy Crockett birthday celebration. He greets officials at the airport, stays at St Anthony, discusses war service, and promotes the film To Well and Back at the Majestic Theatre with public readings and a wreath laying at the Alamo on Wednesday.
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Alamo City
Texas
Audie Murphy
Lone Star
San Antonio
Davy Crockett
Mavom Murphy
International Airport
Murphy
Pamela Archer
Pl. Worth
Terry Michel
James Sharon
Terry
Majestic
Europe
Mirphy
Greanville
Taxas
15Th
Regi Hien
Tofontry
Athens
Sal
Glers Syfio
Jim
Rane Peigns
Lle Neraes
van Nuys
Calif
Huh
the Majestic
the Alamo
Soviets Deny General Jailed Report From Vienna
The Soviet embassy in Vienna denied a newspaper report that Lt. Gen. V. V. Sviridov, former Soviet high commissioner to Austria, had been sent to a Siberian prison. The Aug. 16 claim could not be confirmed and the embassy called the report unfounded.
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Vienna
Austria
Viena
Ger. V. B. Sviridov
Siberian
Lone Bandit Robs S A Motel
A short stocky blond man about 22 robbed the Broadway Tourist Courts in Brackenridge at 12:58 a m. He entered the office, demanded the register, stole cash and a bracelet, and fled in a waiting car with an accomplice described by Mrs Pauline Stefano.
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Pauline Stefano
Broadway
Brackenridge
Poline
Government Red Probe Set
New York Aug 16 Rap Francis E Walter says a House committee has disclosed communist cells in government circles. He said the committee intends to broaden its probe of communist influence in government in February.
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New York
Francis E. Walter
House
urbAmjerizay Activities Committee
Walter
France cool on big four records
Paris dispatch reports a U S proposal to publish official records of the Geneva conference drew cautious reaction. Foreign officials and observers note sensitivity over disclosed secrets and seek a balanced approach to transparency versus diplomacy.
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France
Big 4
Paris
Ang
Tronee
Coal Spyar
U. S
Geneva
Informed Secrets
Weather forecast summary for Central Texas region
Forecast indicates cloudy with warm temperatures Tuesday through Wednesday in the mid to high 90s. Monday high around 90s with Tuesday morning near 73. Winds light to moderate, no significant precipitation noted.
Bascom Giles Pleads Guilty to Bribe Charge
Bascom Giles, former Texas land commissioner, pleaded guilty Tuesday to consenting to accept a bribe in a Veterans land deal with Bexar County veterans. Judge M. D. Bucktones was expected to sentence the 34 year old in a packed Criminal District courtroom after the indictment's proceedings. Giles admitted to accepting a $20 000 bribe tied to the sale of a 6 for resale to veterans.
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Sioner Bascom Giles
Bexar County Veterans Land
Sudge M. D
Buck” Tones
Veteevans Land
C. ¥. Wynnl
Arthiry McKenzie
San Antonis
Giles
Criminal District
Tanes
Semaan
Jones
Gentlimon
Ctint
Roger
Nervous Peron Plot Triggers New Crackdown in Argentina
Buenos Aires reports government charges that Catholic monarchists and opposition politicians plotted to shoot President Juan Peron. Police arrested more than 30 people in connection with the alleged plot, signaling the end of the pacification campaign launched after the short uprising two months earlier.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Argentina
Peru
Today's Index of Pages and Features Across the Paper
A rundown listing sections and page numbers for news, sports, classifieds, comics, horoscopes and column features. Notes include specific pages for Around the Pora Renner Facts Graham and other named columns such as Joslin Lalor Trubble Mortimer Radio and TV and Texas Trails.
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Enlitorini
Whandul
Graham
Joslin Lalor
Trubble
Mortimer
Raviely
Hurricane Diane Threatens Caroline Coast Movement Slows
Hurricane Diane inches along the coast with reduced winds and a west-northwest drift as warnings extend from the Carolinas to Florida. Northerly shifts and rising winds threaten the North and South Carolina shores, with coastal evacuation and sand-dune repairs underway amid prior storms like Connie and Hazel.
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Charleston
Diane
Avaid
Carolla
Winnington
N.C
Virginia
Capes
Ferpantina
Fla
Myrtle Beach
Ihan
Northawest
Carolin
North Carolina
South Carolina
Cnast
Georgia
Peverisil
Cbnvn
Connie
Rusher Hodges
Sticken
Hazel
Canada
Connie J
Biue
Naval
Marine
Air Force
Army
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Hero
Mostesses
Shirley
Cory (Ly
South
Hero Audie Murphy
L.A
Honor
Davy
ATEV
Sheeterday
Dudge-M.d. Dlones
S.A
Gab Bogeri
Threday Trang
Central
Texaes
Ageeagl
Dar
Bascom Giles
Bascom, Gitas
Peron
Today's Index
Hurricane May Kase Punch
Berkeley
Japan
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