Wild Boy of the Big Thicket Returns to Civilization
Johnny Spears a 14 year old deaf mute known as the wild boy of the big thicket spent two days in Houston after being captured by naturalist Larry Dean. Dean arranged possible enrollment in the state school for the deaf in Austin for the fall term and bought Johnny his first hamburger shoes and a $50 suit. The boy rejected the shoes and preferred his treetop nest and forest life while his mother consented to the idea of schooling.
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State School For the Deaf
Austin
Johnny
Larry Dean
Houston
Here
Dean
Army ends cloud physics and thunderstorm projects
Army officers in Wilmington report the AAF cloud physics and thunderstorm rain making programs at Clinton county base will end this week. Attempts to produce artificial rain were not sufficiently successful for economic or military value, but the projects yielded safer flying methods and data on thunderstorm structure and behavior.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Army
AAF
Clinton County Air Force Base
J. Francis Taylor
New Drive In Theater Planned For Tucson
The Rodeo drive in theater in Tucson plans to open about Oct 1 on a 10 acre site south of Irvington road east of Nogales highway. Construction costs are estimated at about 250 thousand dollars. The building corporation is led by Nat Cohn with Meyer Agron as secretary.
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Tucson
Irvington Road
Nogales Highway
Nat Cohn
Meyer Agron
Four D M Men Hurt In Crash
A two car collision on East Aviation road near 22nd street hospitalized four Davis Monthan airmen. Sgt Patrick Clarke, 20, in fair condition after ramming Shanks parked car. Shank 19 sprained leg. Wagner 18 neck injury. Overmyer 23 forehead cuts and bruises. Arrests pending.
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East Aviation Road
Davis-Monthan
Patrick Clarke
Kenneth Massie
Clarke
James I. Shank
Aviation Road
22Nd Street
Shank
Robert Wagner
Louis Overmyer
Massie
Andy Anderson Opens Dallas Store in Autumn Expansion
Andy Anderson announced a new Dallas shop by Sept. 1 as part of his growing chain of men’s wear stores. Designed by Tucson consultants William and Sylvia Wilde, the outlet will offer a standard line plus Texas specific styles. A separate Dallas venture was formed with R. Dean Hawn, a local oil and hotel man. Anderson currently runs stores in Tucson at 19 E. Pennington and a Phoenix branch.
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Andy Anderson
Dallas
Anderson
Tucson
William and
Sylvia Wilde
Texas
R. Dean Hawn
E. Pennington St
Phoenix
Man Held Without Bond In Woman's Murder
Justice of the Peace Clark H. Johnson ordered Frank Baker, 22, held to superior court with out bond on murder charges. Baker confessed to fatally shooting his 17 year old wife in their Continental home after drinking. He said he shot her while she held their infant son. the bullet hit the mother’s heart and grazed the boy’s stomach. The boy was taken to live with his grandmother in Tucson.
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Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Frank Baker
Baker
Tucson
Petitions Short For Sewer Request On South 11th Ave
City Engineer Glenton G. Sykes said Thursday that signatures on a petition asking for sewers on South 11th avenue between 22nd street and the south city limits were not enough to make the permit legal. Twelve names appeared, about 29 percent of the required total. He advised recirculating the petition.
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Glenton G. Sykes
South 11Th Avenue
22Nd Street
Sykes
Tucson Boys Head To New Y M C A Ranch Camp
Ten Tucson YMCA boys left Thursday for the Y s new ranch in Oracle for a three day pack trip. Led by Camp Director C S Hawkins Judge J Mercer Johnson and Wrangler Troy Creel they will ride Mt Lemmon trail and spend Friday night away from the ranch camp. C D Loper says the polio scare causes a lighter program and the boys return Saturday afternoon.
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Tucson
Loper
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Splendora
Tex
U.P
Johnny Spears
Big Thicket
Woodlands
Canda
Nature
D-M
Mademoiselle
Johansen Penalto & Lewis
N. Park
E. Pennington
Park Avenue
THE
Hilo CO
Norwalk
Conn
Paradise Pet and Plant Shop
N. Campbell Ave
Ster
Steinfeld’s
Sandler
Edwards
Proper Bilt
Ngs Mda
Steinfelds
Tucson Boys
New
Y’s’ Ranch
APS
Doubldown
Reuben
Congress
Congress Dial
Nogales
Superior
Coolidge, Douglas
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