Gladys Drenches Texas Coast With Heavy Rain and Flood Fears
Vicious squalls from tropical storm Gladys dumped up to 11 inches of rain along the Texas coast from Corpus Christi to Port Aransas, prompting evacuations in Ingleside and Corpus Christi. Fishermen were rescued and seas remained dangerous as authorities warned of ongoing flood risk and a possible new tropical system.
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Brownsville
Tex
Corpus Christi
Texas
Gladys
Rio Grande Valley
Alice
San Diego Creek
Mexico
Tampico
Mexico City
Coast Guard
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf
Florida
Aransas Pass
Padre Island
Port Aransas
UN Security Council Set to Meet Over Gaza Clashes
The 11 member UN Security Council will convene at 9 30 a m Thursday at the request of Western powers to discuss Israeli Egyptian clashes in Gaza. Maj Gen E L M Burns reports urge erecting an effective physical barrier along the Gaza line to avert further incidents.
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United Nations
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
Gaza
T. F. Tsiang
China
E. L. M. Burns
U. N
Burns
Funeral services set for Paris publisher A G Mayse
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. for A G Pat Mayse publisher of the Paris News. The veteran newspaperman and East Texas civic leader died Monday night in Hobbs New Mexico while on a business trip. Gov. Shivers led tributes and the burial will be in Paris.
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Paris
Texa
A. G
Pat) Mayse
East Texas
Hobbs
N.M
Allan Shivers
Mayse
Texas Red River Valley
Mother and Two Sons Hurt In Area Accident
A woman Mrs. H. W. Smith and her sons Gary eight and Allen six were injured when their car overturned 21 miles north of here on the Clairemont road about 1 am They reached Cogdell Memorial Hospital around 7 am with generalized contusions and abrasions but were not seriously hurt Doctors expected release after about 24 hours The crash occurred in Kent County and was not investigated locally Detours involved Bell Funeral Home Snyder and a motel operator who aided the victims
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Here
Clairemont Road
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder
H. W. Smith
Sterling City
Gary
Allen
Kent County
Clairemont
Bell Funeral Home
Bell
Income Of State Farmers Go Down
Texas farmers earned less in the first seven months of 1955 after a 3 percent drop from the same period in 1954, the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reported.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Tickets Moving Fast For Snyder Banquet
Tickets were moving rapidly this morning for the annual Business men's Teacher banquet in the high school cafeteria. Reservations were still being accepted, with attendees urged to secure tickets soon. Speaker this year is Tom Collins of City National Bank and Trust Co. Kansas City.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Tom Collins
The
City National Bank and Trust Co
Kansas City, Mo
Mammoth Forest Fires Roar Across California And Oregon
A massive Pacific Coast wildfire surge roared into Yreka California with 100000 acres ablaze by midnight and 1800 firefighters plus 400 soldiers rushing to help. In Oregon 210 fires scorched forests while Medford and Santa Barbara areas faced damage from blazes. Sequoia National Forest contained a 15000 acre fire near Grant Grove including the Gen Grant tree.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Yreka
California
Oregon
Klamath National Forest
Klamath Forest
Russell Bowers
Presidio of
Bowers
Forest Service
Fremont National Forest
Medford
Tolo
Ochoco National Forest
Sneca
Rogue River National Forest
Southern Pacific
Santa Barbara
Sequoia National Forest
Grant Grove
Gen. Grant
Anti-Greek Riots Spark Cyprus Talks Collapse
Turkish Foreign Minister Fatin Zorlu said Cyprus talks ended without agreement as riots in Istanbul and Izmir sparked by the Cyprus issue shook Turkey. Britain, Greece, and Turkey plan further diplomacy while reinforcing Cyprus with Royal Marines and naval forces.
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London
Fatin Rustu Zorlu
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Zarlu
Turkey
Istanbul
Izmir
Athens
Zorly
Harold Macmillan
Stephen Stephanopoulos
Britain
Greece
Stephanopoulos
Kemal Ataturk
Salonika
Ataturk
Amphibious Warfare Squadron
Malta
Royal Marine
Plymouth
Ankara
Fatin Rostu Zorlu
Red
Smyrna
Adnan Menderes
Bosporus
Chatos
NATO Council
Paris
Panayoitis Kanellopoulos
Lease Awards Will Be Made in Texas School Lands Sale
Texas School Land Board prepared to award leases from a sale that yielded 11 931 082 dollars for the Permanent School Fund. Tidelines offered for sulphur development produced 8 360 000 dollars in bonuses. oil and gas tidelands fetched 3 570 082 dollars. Royalties and rentals will follow after formal lease agreements are signed. Land Commissioner Earl Rudder called it the best sale the board has held, lifting the fund above 300 million dollars.
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Austin
Earl Rudder
Snyder City Council approves zoning ordinance on first reading
The Snyder city council unanimously approved first reading of the zoning ordinance with no public comment, and a public hearing is set for Sept 19. The council also passed 11 ordinances to cover state traffic-light maintenance costs and budget hearings for 1955 56 after tax equalization surveys.
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Snyder
State Highway Department
Marven K. Stevenson
Southwestern Appraisal Co
Stamford
Avenue M
Thirty-second Street
B. J. Shelley
Crane Co
U S Pushes New Look at Global Arms Control
United States disarmament adviser Harold E. Stassen told a United Nations subcommittee that post Geneva positions are needed on arms inspection and control. He urged Russia Britain France and Canada to outline updated stances building on iffy earlier plans and to study atomic detection.
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United Nations
N.Y. P
United States
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
U.S
Stassen
United Nations Subcommittee
Disarmament Subcommittee
Brunette Chosen Miss Italy 1955 in Rimini
Brunella Tocci a dark eyed brunette with a mixed record in her studies was selected Miss Italy of 1955 in Rimini. Judges praised her classic figure though she struggled in classics at a Roman school last spring. She must retake exams in October but the title often led to film contracts for earlier winners.
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Rimini
Italy
Brunella Tocci
City OKs School Playground On Street Segments
An ordinance to convert portions of Twenty-seventh Street between Avenue L and Avenue K and Avenue L north of Twenty-seventh Street into a school playground was approved on first reading. The streets will be open during vacations and outside 8 am to 4 pm on school days to provide space for Central Primary School during its enlargement.
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Snyder School Board
Twenty-seventh Street
Avenue K
Avenue L
Twenty - Seventh Street
State postal receipts drop statistics in July report
State postal receipts fell three percent from June totals and were two percent lower than July last year according to the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research. Raymondville led gains at forty two percent, with Corsicana and Gonzales each up twenty two percent.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Raymondville
Corsicana
Gonzales
Riots Grind Istanbul and Izmir Over Cyprus Crisis
Violent anti Greek riots in Istanbul and Izmir inflict millions in property damage as martial law is imposed and troops move in. The turmoil stems from Greece’s Cyprus campaign with Britain and Turkey, drawing NATO and international protests. Greece lodges protests. Cyprus remains a flashpoint with protests and evacuations reported.
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Turkey
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions
North Central Texas expects fair conditions with no notable temperature change this afternoon tonight and Thursday. West Texas may see scattered showers around Del Rio and Eagle Pass tonight and Thursday with otherwise fair skies and little temperature change. East Texas reports partly cloudy skies with scattered coastal showers and generally fair conditions, fresh winds along the coast becoming moderate by Thursday. South Central Texas notes showers this afternoon especially in the extreme south with locally heavy rain, then widely scattered showers through Thursday and mainly easterly winds along the coast.
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Texas
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
East Texas
Greek Turkish relations fall after Istanbul Izmir riots
Greek and Turkish relations plunged to a new low after mob attacks on Greek diplomatic missions in Turkey. Athens asked NATO for a Paris council review of riots in Istanbul and Izmir, with evacuations ordered for Greek families and protests lodged with the Turkish envoy. Police tightened security in Athens and at foreign missions. a Turkish minority in Western Thrace and Rhodes prompted special measures.
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Rhodes
Turkey
Istanbul
Milliyet
Izmir
NATO Command
Europe
Athens
NATO
Ankara
Salonika
Panayotis Canellopoulos
Greece
Cyprus
Kemal
Athenx
Foreign Office
NATO Council
Paris
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Kanellopoulos
Ataturk
Eleutherios Venizelos
Yugoslavia
Theodore Vassilopoulos
Western
Tharce
U. S
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Bill Stockwell Jr
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Okla
Frank DeBruin
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Bill
Ike
Brunette
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