24 Jul 1962
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Newspaper
Waco News Citizen
Location
Waco, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1962
Page
1
Milton Rice Easter, 62, lay fatally injured in the front yard at 1515 North Fifth Street after an incident Sunday afternoon. Police hold Allen H. Mitchell, 72, in connection with the case. a woman shielded a Black person during the event.
The narrator recalls mild warm spells in Texas and California then cool conditions in San Francisco and the Pacific Northwest. They describe Washington and Oregon climates with open vented homes and no screens, Boy Scouts, mountain climbs, and ski area lift services. Cold July spells in Spokane and Butte are noted amid memories of Minnesota winters.
A reader recalls weeks of 30 degree below zero weather with heavy snow in Texas, notes on payphone charges, and reflections on travels to newspaper plants, courthouses, and colleges including Baylor and Puget Sound institutions. The column covers community chatter, missed calls, and a fatal shooting in a local incident.
National Farm Safety Week is proclaimed by President Kennedy for July 22 start. The diary recounts family life in Washington and Texas, road projects, travel through Oklahoma to Dallas, and a note on veteran burial contracts in Waco with a single Negro funeral home bidder and government pay of 250 dollars.
Four truck drivers in Waco faced misdemeanor charges after police found barbiturates on their persons during a traffic stop. Clovis K. Robertson Wayne F Morgan Kenneth W. Lynes and Shelton Floyd Biggs each were fined 250 dollars plus court costs.
La Nelle Gallant 21, Baylor University senior, will represent the Waco Jaycees at the Miss Texas pageant in Fort Worth from July 31 to August 4. Crowned Miss Waco May 12 at the Raleigh Hotel, she performs seven nights weekly at Six Flags Over Texas and will sing a medley of Old South songs.
Burglars hit Williams Drug Store No. 4 at 18th and Austin early Monday taking narcotics and cash. Over the weekend other break ins were reported as Detective C. A. Phillips and Stanley Turner traced stolen radios to a buyer who then gave a hot check to the district attorney's office.
The Air Force says hourly wage board civilian workers at James Connally will gain four cents per hour. About 532 employees are affected. Congressman W. R. Poace comments on the change.
A North Waco resident on 27th and 28th streets laments repeated reports of trash removal delays. The speaker argues for a cooperative campaign rather than a one-time cleanup to mobilize city involvement and ensure brush and shrubbery are hauled away after cleanup efforts.
Downtown Unlimited holds a general membership meeting led by president Lee Shirley on Wednesday July 25 at 10 am in the Raleigh Hotel Ballroom. The agenda includes Military Appreciation Week August 13 to 18 honoring Sergeant Campbell as Airman of the Year and a Back to School promotion. Merchants urged to participate and support the promotional effort.
The text notes 92 percent of Waco area retail sales occur within a 15 mile radius of downtown. It cites over a billion dollars yearly in manufacturing payroll and a total payroll exceeding two billion dollars in the Waco area.
The Ambassadors of Karem Shrine Temple in Waco plan a July 27 and 28 caravan to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Shreveport Louisiana. About fifty Shriners and their ladies will attend carrying 3000 color slides and a library of dental books and instruments for the hospital's recreation center and dental clinic.
The Optimist Clubs of Texas and the Troy W. Post Foundation will inaugurate a statewide program to name an Outstanding Young Texan each month. About 7,000 Optimists will act as scouts with July as the start. the first Young Texan of the month will be announced August 15 and monthly thereafter. Candidates aged 13 to 19, Texas residents, are eligible, with selections based on overall citizenship and community involvement rather than need or athletic achievement.
Waco city council will discuss bids traffic issues and the 1962 tax roll for approval. Changes in bus routes are planned and Councilman Bud Collins raised concerns about sewer line delays, with private contractors considered to speed work.
Four people died in traffic incidents over the weekend in McLennan County. The victims are Mrs. Phillip A. Martin A2e Jerry Lee Smith Martha Dianna Sickles and Tom Nutail.
Post 440 and auxiliary will hold a joint installation of officers tonight in their club rooms on Speight Avenue with a supper meeting. Mrs. Myrtice Cowan said preparations have been made for a large turnout and several high officials will be on hand.
The McLennan County District Board of Supervisors Lime stone Falls District Board and the Riesel Watershed Project host a field day on Thursday July 26 from 9:00 to 11:30. Seven stops highlight conservation cropping systems in two and three year rotations a beef herd in a blackland farming system improved pasture and hydrologic data collection on cropping effects.
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