Flood losses top 27 million in Texas Oklahoma
Farmers across Texas and Oklahoma facing ongoing rain and floods with total crop damage reaching 27,285,000 dollars in Texas. The Texas Defense and Disaster Office reports 1,567,255 acres damaged while Oklahoma officials note widespread crop wipeouts. Some regions, like West Texas and parts of the Panhandle, fare better with timely harvests and normal rains, while Wise County and Denton see wind, hail, rust, and delayed plantings affect yields.
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Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
North Texas Wheat Belt
Texas Defense and Disaster Office
Extension Service
Panhandle
South Plains
Waco
Gulf Coast
Wichita Falls
Denton
Dist
Ted Martin
Edwards Plateau
San Angelo
Mental Health Group Plans New Chapters Expansion
FEDERALSBURG Md The Maryland Assn for Mental Health expects rapid growth by fall with seven more chapters to join, expanding beyond the Eastern Shore. President Foster W Talbott reported re election and noted current chapters in Caroline St Marys Talbot Wicomico and Worcester counties. Also eyeing Allegany Anne Arundel Cecil Dorchester and Garrett counties as affiliates. The Eastern Shore average 10 cents per person to mental health support in 1956 versus five cents in Baltimore area and two cents in other counties. About 50 people attended the annual meeting where officers were reelected.
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Federalsburg
Maryland Assn
Foster W. Talbott
Talbott
Baltimore
Caroline
St. Marys
Talbot
Wicomica
Worcester
Allegany
Anne Arundel
Cecil Charles Howard
Dorchester
Garrett
Mental Hygiene Society of
Greater Baltimore
Eastern Shore
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
Associon
Hava
Case Of Missing Menfolk Recovers Shelving Tool
The Handy Man, after a fisherman's luck bad streak, recuperates at a nearby lake. Mrs Homemaker discovers his light weight power saw fits the need for cutting a length of shelving.
Walter O'Keeffe Still Tops TV Entertainer, Mercer Says
Charles Mercer notes Walter O'Keefe remains a leading radio and TV figure. He cites O'Keefe’s adaptability from radio to television, his long career with shows like Nightline and Double or Nothing, and his insight into the camera as a current challenge.
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Mercer
Walter O'Keefe
Charles Mercer
New York
O’keefe
O'Keefe
NBC
Nightline
Rudy Wallee
Iowa Hall
Hedy Lamar
On O'Keefe
Grouchola
Marx
Jas
Billy Graham Urges Ministers to Talk More About Sex
In Madison Square Garden Billy Graham told 17,000 in New York that ministers must discuss sexual morality openly. He warned copyrighting culture and leisure trends fuel immorality, saying moral deterioration could destroy America more than communism. The crusade may extend beyond June 30 to July 21 due to rising momentum.
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George Cornell
New York
Billy Graham
Graham
Madison Square Garden
America
the Evangelist
Vikanus UK
New York Crusade Executive Committee
Roger Hull
Mutual of New York Insurance Co
Christ
All But 5 Downtown Street Intersections Modernized
Five remaining intersections in downtown Hagerstown will receive modern traffic lights next week or two, completing the modernization drive before year end. New system adds a box at each intersection for flexible timing, replacing a single former controller at City Hall. Fire alarms will soon trigger all lights to blink red.
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Hagerstown
William Shrader
SS Portable Electric
Light City Signal Department
Mulhangers
Kerry
South Locust
East
Antietam Street
Handyman
Washington Street
Public Square
City Hall
Shrader
Power Tools and Home Tasks Stir Feminine Frustration
Three women depicted vent anger over handy men playing hockey as chores pile up. Lightweight power tools ease domestic duties found in workshop miscreants’ spaces. Hedge trimming easier with a nitro-powered trimmer, reducing effort versus hedge shears.
Firemen Plan Annual Carnival by South Hagerstown Fire Company
Final plans for the carnival will be made tonight at 8 o'clock when the South Hagerstown Fire Company meets. The event will be staged the first week of July at the Superior Dairy lot with refreshments served this evening.
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Antietams
Antietam Fire Company
Carnival Committee
South
Fair+play Fire Company
Six Year Old Delays Doctor Call With Jokes
In Rochester a 6 year old answered a doctor’s call. He told the caller to wait while he fetched a pencil and then wrote a message about a broken paint. He then quipped about birds that cannot fly naming the emu kiwi and ostrich.
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Rochester
Michael Cronmiller
Charles Tolande
James Robert
Yyear
Dr. Lolande
Lolande
James
Embroidery Pattern Ad From Old Chelsea Bazaar
An quirky 19th century style ad promotes embroidery transfer patterns for novelty electric suixer covers. It invites readers to mail 35 cents to a New York post office box for pattern numbers and a 1857 Needlecraft book, claiming dozens of new designs and easy handwork for home use.
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Bazaar Pitt
Daily Mall Neadlerratt
P.O. Rex
Exercises Properly Adjusted To Individual Good For All
Dr. J W Wilee of Columbus Ohio told the American Medical Assn convention that exercise properly adjusted to the individual benefits most hearts. He said past infections and heredity influence heart risk and that athletic hearts are often inherited or developed through effort rather than inherently damaged. He warned against excessive activity for those with preexisting heart conditions and suggested cautious continued training for many with prior infections.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Science
New York
J. W. Wilee
Columbus
Ohio
Wilce
Wilee
Wilge
State Senate Approves Blood Donation Jail Break Plan
The State Senate approved a measure offering prisoners five days off their jail sentences for donating a pint of blood. The proposal, if enacted, ties early release credits to voluntary blood donations and outlines eligibility and procedures within the correctional system.
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Sacramento
Calif
State Senate
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Hagerstown Gas CO
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