Warms Waco pages review Armed Forces Day events
Billy Foster and General Chester McCarty travel to western states for Armed Forces Day events while Camelia Foster and staff publish 28 pages of the James Connally paper and eight pages of the Waco Citizen. The Radar Review serves as Connally event program with free copies for attendees and local merchants promote specials.
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Billy Foster
Chester McCarty
Western States
Billy
Radar Review
Waco Citizen
Camelia Foster
James Connally
Armed Forces
Killeen
Temple
Connally
Goldstein, Sachs
Bauer McCann
Holt’s
Waco Newsmen Aid Korean War Memorial Dedication Flight
Waco Newsmen and an Austin editor flew to Williams Air Force Base Phoenix Arizona to dedicate a Korean War Memorial. An F86 Sabre Jet will memorialize fliers who died in the conflict with Major Tommy Thompson as flight commander.
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Waco
Austin
Williams Air Force Base
Phoenix
Ariz
Nellis Afb
Las Vegas
Nev
Chester McCarty
Williams
Richard Brown
Austin American -Statesman
Woody Barron
Warco Newspener
Ince
Twelfth Air Force Marching Band Based at JCAFB
The Twelfth Air Force Marching Band moved to James Connally AFB in September 1958 from Cannon AFB New Mexico. The 35 piece unit performs marching concert and small dance bands for events. Bandleader CWO Henry Jr Gawers and TSgt Gene Egge lead the group which serves Twelfth Air Force bases and supports James Connally mission.
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Twelfth Air Force Marching Band
Jcafb
Twelfth Air Force
James Connally
Cannon Air Force Base
N. M
Tractical Air Command
Southern District Air Training Command
Cwo Henry Jr
Gawers
New York
Chicago
Gustave Heim
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Josephine
Bellmead
Robert
Texas A& M
Tsgt
Gene Egge
James Cornwally
CWO
Henry H. Gowers
Armed Forces
National Guard and Air Force in Dark Cloud Pine Cone II Exercise
Twelfth Air Force Air National Guard units and Air Force Reservists from twenty seven states join in Dark Cloud Pine Cone II a joint Army Air Force training exercise near Fort Bragg North Carolina from May 23 to June 7 Major General Chester F E Mc Carty commander Twelfth Air Force and staff will visit participating units with members currently in North Carolina serving on the joint staff Included are Major Courthland Pessom Lt Col William J Evans Capt James English and Capt Edward Nowagrowski all from George AFB Nellis AFB and other bases
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Twelfth Air Force Air National Guard
Air Force
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Chester FE. McCarty
Twelfth Air Force
12Th Air Force
Air National Guard
Courthland Pessom
William J. Evans
James English
George Afb
Edward E. Nowagrowski
Nellis Afb
Juries Dismissed After Deadlock In Two DWI Cases
Judge Vic Hall dismissed a second jury this week after a deadlock in a driving while intoxicated case. The trial was halted after a two hour and 40 minute session, echoing a May 6 proceeding where jurors met for five hours and ten minutes. Trials will be reset in both cases.
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Vic Hall
City Over-Rides Board On Permitting Home Business
Polio victim Gilbert A Tilberry was granted permission to run a TV repair shop from his home at 33rd and Lyle after a planning board recommendation to deny the exception. Commissioner action followed a 350-signature petition. No protests filed and attorney K E Jones stated neutrality. Southwest Baptist church gains two more weeks to meet under the tent at Second and James. Gilberry’s wife attended with four children. If denied the business would be shut down. A utility easement no longer needed was abandoned.
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Gilbert A. Tilberry
33Rd and
Lyle
Planning Board
Alberry
KE. Jones AI
Southwest Baptist Church
Second and
James
Junior League
Gilberry
Col G B Palmer Addresses Waco Jaycees on Armed Forces Week
Col G B Palmer spoke at a noon Waco Jaycees meeting, saluting Armed Forces week. A Dahlonega native and 18 year veteran, the 39 year old command pilot earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf clusters, Air Medal, and Croix de Guerre after 190 B 24 combat hours in Europe.
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G. B. Palmer
James Connery Air Force Base
Waco Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Armed Forces
Col. Palmer
Dahlonega
Georgia
England
Germany
City Commissioners Approve Designs for New Fire Stations
City Council approval Tuesday enables architects Easterwood-Easter and Mrennan to begin planning a $52000 fire station at Lake Ayr Drive and Dobbs Drive featuring a contemporary design with a 16 by 22 foot living room kitchen and dining area and a 32 by 27 foot dormitory. Architectural work for another station near Park Lake Drive and North 33rd St. will be initiated by Walter Cocke Jr.
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Lake Ayr Drive
Dobbs Drive
Easterwood-Easter
Mrennan
Park Lake Drive
North 33Rd St
Walter Cocke, Jr
Two Board Appointments for City Zoning Boards
William Parks was named to fill the vacancy on the zoning board of adjustment joining Mrs. Harold Ambler. The five men who handled the Southern Building Code work form the new building code panel: Carroll C. Martin, William W. Taylor Jr., David R. Henrick, Robert S. Bennett, and William E. Darden. Both boards will operate in an advisory capacity, with a public hearing on the zoning ordinance set for June 9.
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William Parks
Harold Ambler
Zoning Board of Adjustment
City Commission
Carrol C. Martin
William W. Taylor Jr
David R. Henrick
Robert S. Bennett
William E. Darden
Base Commander Welcomes Visitors to Demonstration
James Connally opens a 1959 Day demonstration at the base with the theme Power for Peace. He invites visitors to see air power and defensive capabilities on the sky and parking apron while stressing informed citizens and America's security.
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James Connally
Air Force
America
Armed Forces Day Schedule of Events
A detailed timetable lists aircraft flyovers and demonstrations from 10:14 am to 4:15 pm. Flights include B-57, F-89, F-88, B-47, KC-97, B-52, T-33, F-86, F-29, F-100, KC-135, C-119, F-9, B-25, T-208, and static displays such as Aero Club, Cessna 172s, and various trainer aircraft. The parade of base personnel and helicopter demonstrations are also scheduled.
Sewer Lines in Waco Proving Serious Problem
City faces major sewer line issues affecting the Travelodge project at 14th and Austin. Inspector Hartigen missed a meeting as officials consider the cheapest fix. A crossing over Austin Avenue to lower the line may require pavement digging with Travelodge paying costs. City Engineer Dieter to broker the method.
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Waco
City Commission
Bryan Hartigen
Bloodmobile arrives in Bellmead for Red Cross drive
Sparks Memorial Methodist Church hosts a Red Cross Bloodmobile from 2 to 60 p.m with Ernest Pardo of the Bellmead Lions Club at the truck helm for two hours. Volunteer nurses and PTA members assist as Red Cross officials urge more blood donors.
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Red Cross
Sparks Memorial Methodist Church
Maxfield
Bellmead
Ernest Pardo
Bellmead Lions Club
Howard R. Stewart
J. Steadman
Mary Hamilton
John McNiel
O. B. Lusk
J. S&s
Jesse Sapp
LaVega Elementary Pta
George Cram
Howard Kk. Stewart
Lions Committee
James 8. Pipkin
Frank Turner Jr
Earle S. Woodall
Lee C. Nisbet
Pat Taggart to Speak for Waco Grocery Group
Waco Retail Grocers Association will meet on Tuesday May 26 at the Pure Milk Company plant at Garrison and Faulkners Lane. Pat Taggart of the Waco News Tribune will be the speaker for the event.
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Waco Retail Grocers Assn
Pure Milk Company
Garrison and Faulkners Lane
Pat Taggart
The
Waco News Tribune
City Seeks Bids for Alley Reconstruction and Truck Purchase
City of Waco to receive bids June 3 for concrete alley work between 7th and 9th streets and for the purchase of a pickup truck. Waco Housing Authority funds $3,612.64 in lieu of taxes. Insurance premium $2,792.40 paid for water works vehicle liability. Judge Valentine recommends refund of a $25 cash bond to a juvenile. Lipsitz contract sets minimum $100 monthly or $3 per ton for trash. Lorn Aronson’s claim reduced to $241.87 from $296.20 due to city negligence involving a manhole.
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Waco
Lorn Aronson
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Ray Hicks
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Robert Spratt
U. S
D. W. Bartlett
R. H
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Raleidh
R. H. Claypool
Lee Matthews
Beverly Drive
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National Postal Transport Association
Waco Newsmen To Foundation
Cooves Foundation
Lake Air Little League Park, Inc
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42Nd Street
Toke Avenue
Army Reserve Training Center
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Little W League Park
Little League Park
National Guard
Dallas Highway
AIC
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Air Force Section
Formosa
Chuck Connally
Interstate Theatre
Louis
Keely
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Armed Forces Day
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Bloodmobile
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