Memorial services planned in Waco Sunday
Memorial services will be conducted by Voiture Locale 1037 and American Legion groups Sunday May 29 at 3 p.m. at Rosemound Cemetery veterans burial grounds. Veterans organizations and auxiliary groups will decorate graves. multiple posts and organizations will participate. buglers provided by University High School. Captain Dexter Breazeale to speak. public invited.
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Voiture Locale 1037
American Legion
Veteran’s
Veterans Burial
Rosemound Cemetery
Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary
VFW
US Army Reserve
University High School
Dexter Breazeale
Salvation Army
Martin Wo Harmel
Under-25 Drivers Involved in U S Fatal Crashes 1959
The minority age group under 25 accounted for less than 14 percent of drivers but nearly 29 percent of all fatal accidents in the United States in 1959. This highlights disproportionate risk among young drivers on national roads.
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United States
Armed Forces Day Observance At Connally AFB
About ten thousand visitors attended the Armed Forces Day events at James Connally Air Force Base where precision flying and aerobatic stunts wowed crowds. Copies of the 28 page Radar Review edition were handed to entrants as Colonel Robert Collins accepted a National Safety Award plaque for zero accidents in the past year. The base described the weather as perfect and noted it was the largest issue of the base newspaper published at Connally.
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Carl C. Nelson
Citizen
James Connally
James Connally Ai Force Base
Robert Collins
Collins
Connally
Waco
Dallas
Lacy
Lakeview
BB. Chandler
Acapulco
Old Mexico
Armed Forces
Fort Hood
Prisoner rights and police policy in Waco discussed
The article critiques jail practices prioritizing lawyer contact over solving crimes, notes new writ rules and habeas corpus hurdles, and describes a policy of releasing prisoners under a gentleman’s agreement to secure bonds. It also covers police conduct, McBride’s suspension, local liquor and tavern culture, editorials on printing news, and a brief note from BB Chandler.
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Waco
City Forces Boats Up River
The author argues the city’s new ordinance bans water skiing on the lake forcing boat owners to use the river. Boat owners, paying fees and meeting regulations, must crowd into a narrow river corridor between the Citizens Bank camp and DeHay bridge, raising safety concerns and frustration.
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Burt
Citizens Bank Camp
DeHay Bridge
Twelfth AF Jets Open Baseball Season In Temple
The Twelfth Air Force Jets baseball team will start league play in Temple Tuesday at McClosky VA Center diamond against the Temple Eagles. Paul Martinez to pitch opening fray as Maj. Gen. Karl Truesdell Jr. throws first ball. games entertain Temple VA hospital patients with free admission under coach Staff Sgt Frank E. Greco and Col Ho B Simpson.
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Twelfth Air Force Jets
Tactical Air Command
Temple
Temple Eagles
McClosky VA Center
Paul Martinez
Jets
Karl Truesdell
12Th AF
McCtosky Veterans Administration
Temple VA
Bill Pickard
The
Hurricane Fence
Waco Dons Pendleton
Harbert’s
AF Jets
Frank E. Greco
Col Ho B Simpson
Maj
CC. Odoriio
Cancer figure prompts American Cancer Society appeal
About 45,000,000 Americans now alive will develop cancer if present rates continue. Support the American Cancer Society in its effort to conquer this disease.
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Americanancer Society
Waco Jaycees Plan Fall Board Bid Amid Temple Burglary
Waco Jaycees announce a November Fall Board Meeting bid with support from the Chamber of Commerce. Lubbock and Beaumont also plan bids. On June 3 and 4 the bid will be presented at Jaycee Headquarters in Grand Prairie. Police arrested two Negro suspects in Temple related burglaries. one confessed. Recovered were watches, tools, guns, and other items valued around three thousand dollars.
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Waco Jaycees
Waco
Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock and Beaumont
Jaycee
Grand Prairie
Bezdek
Termple
Bel County
Hubbard Lightfoot
George T. Duckworth
District Legion Convention Over Weekend in Waco
The American Legion and Auxiliary held a successful district convention in Waco over the weekend. Posts 440 and 121 hosted at Speight Street and 3rd and Tennessee. Mrs Myrtice Cowen opened the joint session, with Donald I Peters of Texas and State Representative Jack Woods attending and delivering the principal address.
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The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Waco
Speight Street
3Rd
Tennessee
Myrtice Cowen
Donald I Peters
Department of Texas
Jack Woods
Cancer Crusade Slogan Promotes Checkups for Family Health
The American Cancer Society adopts the slogan Guard Your Family Fight Cancer with a Checkup and a Check for its annual Crusade urging families to schedule regular medical exams and screenings.
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American Cancer Society
City Parks Plan Unveiled For Jaycee Owned Park
The City Park Committee presented a plan for Jaycee Park to the Board of Directors ahead of the May 4 meeting. Development spans seven to ten years and aims to create a family oriented park owned by the City with Jaycees responsible for equipment and beautification to accelerate progress for Waco. The committee seeks formal Park Board approval to begin initial development.
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City Park Committee
Board of Directors
Bill Sessions
Jaycee Park Committee
Jaycee Park
Jaycees
City of
Waco
City Park Board
Senator Johnson Urges Immediate Action on Water Shortage
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson warned in a Texas radio report that the United States faces a severe water shortage by 1975. He urged immediate action and introduced in the Senate a bill to help the nation meet the approaching crisis.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Cameron Park 50th Anniversary Celebration in Waco
The Riverside playgrounds hosted a Sunday rededication marking Cameron Park’s 50th year with free beverages and remarks by De Tom Oliver and Roger Con eer. The event showcased 680 acres, historic cars, fiddlers, and the Lavers Leap as part of the park donated by William Cameron in 1910.
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Cameron Park
Waco
Central Texas
de Tom Oliver
Roger Con Eer
Alvin Stem
Riverside
The
United
States
Wm Cameron
Texas
Kiwanians to Learn Facts on Red Cross Blood Drive
Mrs Veda Ben Pate recruiting secretary for the Red Cross Kiwanis Club will outline blood and plasma needs and how members can participate in giving. Floyd Hollingsworth will be feastmaster.
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Veda Ben Pate
Red Cross Kiwanis Club
Floyd Hollingsworth
Seaman Coleman Ko Coan Completes Naval Reserve Cruise
Coleman Ko Coan of 3909 N 19th St Waco Texas completed a two week Naval Reserve training cruise on May 20 at Galveston aboard the destroyer escort USS Howard D Crow.
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Galveston, Tex
Coleman Ko Coan
USNR
N. 19Th St
Waco
Tex
Galveston
Howard D Crow
Not Illegal To Refuse Service to Negroes
Mrs Ruth Saiopulos wife of a Portsmouth restaurant owner was acquitted on discrimination charges filed by Calvin Flamer a Black policeman who alleged he and three other Black men were refused service on December 14 1959 she said the orders were prepared for carryout and her husband advised her not to serve Flamer due to prior difficulties she was running the restaurant because of her husband's illness and faces three similar charges by the other men
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Ruth Sainopulos
Calvin Flamer
Saiopulos
Flamer
Waco CAP forms advisory group and outlines plans
The Waco Civil Air Patrol forms an advisory board with John Allison as chairman Grady Stidham vice chairman and F N Connally secretary. Col Lowell from Texas Wing helps organize and discusses a new meeting place a recruitment drive and a school plan for cadets ages 14 to 18 though flying remains prohibited. CAP units will fall under Civil Defense in national emergencies.
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CAP
Col Ben Lowell
Texas
Waco Civil Air Patrol
First National Bank
John Allison
Col. Lowell
Grand Prarie
Grady Stidham
F. N. Connally
Texas Cap
Waco
Tim Jones
Cade
United States
Civil Defense
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Ernest Bezdek
Joe Summers
C. A. Phillips Phillips
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New City Park
Lyn Johnson
McLennan Crossing
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South Bosque
Bill Foster Jr
Waco C.A.P
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Rey Hunter
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