Doss World’s Fair Tour Ends as Texas Showman Returns
Buster Doss and his troupe wrap a two week Seattle world’s fair engagement and travel via Montana North and South Dakota stopping for one night stands. Doss says the run was profitable while major acts face lawsuits against promoters. The Rogers and Welk names appear amid travel notes and family updates from Waco.
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Seattle
Buster Doss
Waco
Doss
Montana
South
North Dakota
Roy
Dale Rogers
Lawrence Welk
Rogers
Buster
John Vanston
Vanston
Washington
Texas
Bennie Doss
Bellmead Lions Club
Thieves Named in Police Report After Party Theft
Police say two party guests including a man known as Peter Rabbit identified as William Werthen stole items. Complainant R. B. Brooker of 412 Tyler reported losses and alleged a wallet theft. Connie Smith and others attended the gathering.
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Peter Rabbit
William
Peter Rabbit) Werthen
R. B. Brooker
Tyler
Brooker
Connie Smith
Monroe Summey
Lois Gribble
Werthens
Archer Street
Detective Eakin Files Auto Theft Case In City
Detective LeRoy Eakin transferred Woodrow Douglas 24 recently living in Arizona to county jail on auto theft charges. Douglas allegedly stole a car from C. A. Hollingsworth used car lot at 1514 Elm in East Waco. The vehicle was recovered in Dallas.
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LeRoy Eakin
Woodrow Douglas
Arizona
Dallas
C. A. Hollingsworth
Elm
Fast
Waco
Waco Budget Proposes Pay Hikes for City Employees
City Manager Terrell Blodgett submits the 1962 63 budget seeking a 10 percent raise for fire and police staff and 5 percent for other workers. Council approves raises but defers formal adoption, planning revenue via water and sewer rate increases to cover about 300000. Mayor Brown notes continued study for possible additional increases in 1963 64.
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Waco
Terrell Blodgett
Blodgett
Stanton Brown, Jr
W. B Lenamon
Ployee
County-Wide Soil Testing Plan Formulated at Waco Meet
McLennan County Soil Fertility Committee met in Waco on Tuesday August 14 to launch a county wide soil testing campaign. Dates set are September 24 29 for farmers and ranchers to submit soil samples at community collection stations. The effort aims to boost cropland yields with recommended fertilizer use and stimulate local business through increased farm incomes, part of Operation BIG-Blackland Income Growth.
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McLennan County Soil Fertility Committee
Waco
Mac Gorham
Gorham
Texas Blacklands
McLennan County
M. L. David
Bill Baggett
Olin Tippit
Ed Stiver
Cotton Blume
Sam Goolsby
Bill Childers
Contributions To Polio Drive At SOS McLennan County
Leaders announced the mass immunization program for polio on Sept 9 will receive deep freeze units from Wards Sears Hicks Rubber Modern Appliance. Southwestern Drug Co. provides pencil droppers while Alex Khoury and Sons supply dry ice. Pure Milk Co. donates ice cream containers and schools supply trays paper towels and garbage containers.
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McLennan County
Wards
Sears
Hicks Rubber Inc
Modern Appliance
Southwestern Drug Co
Alex Khoury and Sons
Pure Milk Co
Thirty To Be Killed in Texas Over Labor Day
Colonel Homer Garrison Jr. of the Texas Department of Public Safety estimates about 30 people will be killed in roughly 3,000 traffic crashes during the 72 hour Labor Day weekend. He warns heavy travel as families take trips before school starts, leading to higher crash risk and multiple casualties. In a recent seven day span in August, three crashes killed 20 people.
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Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Texas
Baton Twirling Featured at Heart of Texas Fair
The annual baton twirling contest at the Heart of Texas Fair and Rodeo runs Oct 6 as the closing day. It is expected to be the biggest yet with more trophies medals and awards and many more entries. This year it is a United States National Open Twirling Association Contest using official USTA judges and score sheets.
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USTA
City Employees Rally Over Pay and Hours in Waco Meeting
City employees contest a 10 percent pay raise and a 40 hour work week plan. J L Howard, chief steward of Local 1463, calls a meeting at Labor Temple to hear Sam Carraway discuss pay raises and holidays for sanitation workers. The group, with about 100 members, represents 900 employees, amid 5 and 10 percent raise debates.
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Waco
J L. Howard
City Employees Local Union No. 1463
Labor Temple
Franklin
Sam
Carraway
Sanitation Dept
Beaumont Local 1008
Howard
Summer Science Institute Banquet at Baylor
More than 120 participants staff and university guests attended Baylor University Summer Science Institute banquet Friday night Abner McCall Baylor president concluded with certificates to attendees NSF sponsored event There was no speaker but skits and music entertained guests including Dr and Mrs Abner McCall Dr and Mrs Roy McKnight and biology professor Bryce Brown
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Baylor University
Abner McCall
Baylor
National Science Foundation
Roy McKnight
Alton Lee
J. D. Bragg
W C Perry
George Smith
Bryce Brown
Baylor Hosts Final Summer Orientation for Freshmen
More than 430 freshman students and their parents attended Baylor University on Friday and Saturday for the fourth and final summer orientation program.
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Baylor University
Urgent Need for Driver Education in Texas Schools
J. O. Musick of the Texas Safety Association urges expanding driver education in public and non public schools. He notes only 671 of 1,402 public schools and 29 of 105 non public schools offered driver education last year, with 472,873 public and 14,882 non public students enrolled in grades 9 to 12.
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Texas
J. O. Musick
The
Texas Safety Association
Musick
Swim Meet and Sweetheart Contest at Sun Pool
The Boy Scouts of Tri- Bosque District in Waco plans a Swim Meet and Sweetheart Contest on Tuesday, August 21 at 5:00 pm at the Sun Pool on South Fifth. Leaders say Scouts have trained for side stroke, tower, breast stroke, freestyle distance, medley relay, underwater swim, diving and other events.
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Boy Scouts of Tri- Bosque
Heart of Texas Council
Waco
Sun Pool
South
W. F Mahaffey
Boy Scouts
Bosque County
Those Who Disagree Are Smarter or Dumber Than We Are
A terse line arguing that opponents of our views are either more intelligent or less intelligent than the speaker. It frames disagreement as a spectrum of cognitive difference rather than a fixed judgment.
Committees Chosen For Heart Of Texas Women’s Dept Fair
Mrs A F Neumann heads the Heart Of Texas Fair Women’s Department with Mrs W L Johnson as vice president and Mrs Nelson Woodard as secretary. The executive board includes several active members and committees cover classification acceptance public relations radio TV parade tickets and records. Judges are to be selected by Mrs Vivian Blair and Mrs F R Valentine.
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A. F Neumann
Women's Department
Heart of Texas Fair
Neuman
W. L. Johnson
Nelson Woodard
Dave Simons
J. I. Porterfield
F R Valentine
Mary Holliday
Marvel Russell
D. J. Harrell Jr
Frank Baldwin
Mary Harrell
W. S. Foster
Helen Baldwin
H. M. Stoffregen
Dave Simon
Emmett Oglesbee
Tom Rogers
James Bollier
E. H. O'Dowd
W. Spearman
Vivian Blair
F. R. Valentine
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Billy Graham
Washington, DC
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Waco Daily
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Houston County Courier
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Lufkin Publishing Company
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Elzie Reagan
McKee
Connie
TB Santarium
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Q. Z. Valentine
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Hoppie) Moore
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Waco High School
Baylor Business School
Dealer's Electrical Supply Co
Calvary Baptist Church
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Chuck Smith
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