Traveling Across America by Cadillac Highlights Readers Interest
Travel column recounts a 9000 mile voyage in a Cadillac through fourteen states two foreign countries and visits with Texas friends. The author notes government grain storage concerns seen in the Midwest and plans to cover church services at the Little Brown Church in the Wildwood along with social events in Utica Minnesota and Kansas City Missouri.
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United States
Texas
Juarez
Old Mexico
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Pacific Ocean
Canyon City
Oregon
Washington
Seattle
Montana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Utica
Rochester
Minneapolis
Glidden
Harry
Department of Agriculture
Wildwood
Nashua
Glenn L. Utterback
Fort Worth
Margie Copenhaver
Los Angeles
Waco
Will A. Henry
Shriners Expand Burn Hospital Plan for Crippled Children
The Shriners approved spending up to 10 million dollars to build and operate Institutes for burned children in Canada, the United States, and beyond. Imperial Council leader Marshall Porter said the burn centers will extend forty years of free care and research, with training for medical personnel.
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Shriners Institutes For Children's
Toronto
Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Imperial Council
Imperial
Marshall M. Porter
Shriners
United States
Canada
Mexico
Shriners Institutes For Childrens Burns
Billy Roach
Sullivan
Shriners Hospital
Harvey A. Beffa
Frank T. Burdette
Waco
United States Air Force
Archer E. Lackey
Burdette
James D. Burdette
James Ave
Waco High School
Masonic Lodge
Josephine B. Davila
Guatemesine
Laredo
Texas
Sanitary Engineers Honored With Competency Citations
State Health Department officials awarded official citations for job competency to C. R. Billington E. E. Fitzhugh and Kenneth J. Lefevre veteran water plant specialists with the Waco municipal utilities system The certifying document bears the state health commissioner and Texas Water and Sewage Works Association signatures and notes skill knowledge of public utility operation and community health impact
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State Health Department
C. R. Billington
E. E. Fitzhugh
Kenneth J. Lefevre
Waco Municipal Utilities System
Texas Water and Sewage Works Association
Beverly Hills Seeks Waco Arrests for Traffic Violations
Beverly Hills asks county officers to serve warrants for traffic violations. Mayor Bob Bryant and Police Chief H. B. Lehman told reporters they are displeased by the inability to have arrests made. Cross city service of misdemeanors is not customary due to legal technicalities including prisoner transport between cities.
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Beverly Hills
Bob Bryant
H. B. Lehman
Narcotics Indictments Involving Multiple Defendants
The indictment lists Adam Bridge Morris Johnson Jr Robert Quincey Day Dennis Taylor Juanita Melendez Weldon Bell Walker Joe Resendez James C Robinson Jewell Don Davis Billy Lewis Glenn John Harold Watkins Arthur Holleman Morris Johnson and Steve Tovar. Beverly Hills uses McLennan county jail per diem. County commissioners may be asked to provide deputies or funds to serve warrants. Sheriff C C Maxey and Constable Bill Cornell say they know little about the request but will try to serve legitimate papers.
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Adam Bridge
Morris Johnson, Jr
Robert Quincey Day
Dennis Taylor
Juanita Melendez
Weldon Bell Walker
Joe Resendez
James C. Robinson
Jewell Don Davis
Billy Lewis Glenn
John Harold Watkins
Arthur Holleman
Morris Johnson
Steve Tovar
Beverly Hills
McLennan County
C. C. Maxey
Bill Cornell
Council Rejects Override of East Side Commercial Zoning
Two dozen property owners faced a 3 to 2 vote as the city council upheld the plan board in denying a request to rezone a business district along North 18th Street from Alexander to McFerrin. The decision delays action until the next meeting and preserves residential character amid heavy traffic.
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Goldstein
Plan Board
Stanton Brown
Roger Conger
Plan
W. B. Lenamon
J. A
Bud) Collins
Ernest Pardo
North 18Th Street
Alexander
McFerrin
Wiley Stem Jr
McNamee Reports On Waco School Instructional Program
Dr. L. V. McNamee, assistant superintendent, prepares a 30 minute briefing for the Waco Public Schools on the instructional program. The board will review vacation and pay policies for non instructional staff, plus bids for equipment, election of new teachers, and resignations at the monthly meeting at the administration building.
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Dr. McNamee
L. V. McNamee
Waco Public Schools
Bellmead Man Makes Clean Sweep In Owners Absence
Constable Bill Cornell and Deputy Grover Simpson recovered several stolen items Tuesday and filed a felony theft complaint against Jim T. Littleton, ex Bellmead upholstery operator. The case centers on property of W. S. Foster missing from 436 Michigan while Foster was vacationing. Littleton, said to be in Greenville SC, is charged with theft over $50 and faces a district attorney's office complaint for multiple items including a 1956 Chevrolet truck.
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54Th District Court
Roger
Jackie
Capias
4Th Street
Flat Creek
Temple Highway
Rager
Bill Cornell
Grover Simpson
Jim T. Littleton
Bellmead
District Attorney's Office
Littleton
Cornell
W. S. Foster
Foster
Greenville
South Carolina
Waco
Frank Beard
Justice of the Peace
John Cabanis
Truck Collision Kills Driver and Injures Others
Grady C. Childers, 55, of Enid Oklahoma was killed in a grain truck crash at Elm Mott on Tuesday. His wife was trapped in the vehicle as flames engulfed the truck. Another trucker, A F Stokes of Fort Worth, suffered injuries.
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Grady C. Childers
Enid
Oklo
Elm Mott
A. F Stokes
Fort Worth
Petition seeks median cut at Bosque and Edmond
City council heard a petition from 22 Brookview business owners requesting a concrete median strip on Bosque Boulevard be cut at Edmond Avenue to improve traffic flow around Brookview Shopping Center. Council took the matter under advisement and asked Traffic Engineer Tommy Nuckols to study Guthrie's request. They planned to inspect the intersection in person.
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S. J. Guthrie
Bosque Boulevard
Edmond Avenue
Brookview
Tommy Nuckols
Guthrie
Farm Bureau Speaker Opposes Subsidy at Elm Mott BBQ
Wedemeyer substitute for Bill Roberts at the McLennan County Farm Bureau barbecue in Lin den Hall Elm Mott argued government subsidy programs ruin farmers. He urged freedom rooted in God and that farmers can get along without price support. Eddie Lee Thompson endorsed the view, with Barbara Jaska presenting queen candidates and noting seminar achievements.
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Bill Wedemeyer
State Farm Bureau
Bill Roberts
McLennan County Farm Bureau
Linden Hall
Elm Mott
Roberts
Wedemeyer
God
Eddie Lee Thompson
County Farm Bureau
John McNamara
Waco Lions Club Marks 46th Year With Birthday Tea
Tom Cureton of Austin Lions Club spoke on the Waco group’s history at a Wednesday meeting at the Raleigh hotel. The club, formed in July 1916 with a September charter, is among the oldest. Attendance honors and birthday cakes commemorated 46 Lions.
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Lions Club
Aurora
Missouri
Texas
Missouri Lions
France
Scranton
Iowa
Heart O’ Texas
Waco Lions
Tom Cureton
Austin
Lions Clubs of Texas
Waco Club
Raleigh
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Shriners Plan
Childrens Burn Hospitals
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Mink Preston
Mickie) Rager
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W B. Lenamora
Plan Commission
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Mt Carmel
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Waco Drive
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J. W. Lawless
Hillcrest Hospital
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Michigan
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