Driest drouth year hits McLennan County crops
Drouth conditions in McLennan County and Central Texas are the driest since 1943 with rainfall less than half normal. County Agent Fd McKay warns crops are deteriorating without rain, corn and maize below normal, cotton fading, and farmers urged to seek drouth program reconsideration from county agencies and the state drouth committee.
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Mclennan
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McKay
Farm Agency
McLennan County
Drouth
Agricultural Agency
Farmers Home Administration
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Soil Conservation Service
Courtly Agent
State Drouth Committee
College Station
Bell County
Texas
Crawford
Oqcee
Robinson
Rosenthal
Hmk- Lennon
Guard Unit In Review On Governor's Day At Ft Hood
Governor Shivers watched Texas 26th Infantry Division parade at North Ft. Hood on Governor's Day. About 10 000 guardsmen completed field training as 50 plus trucks brought men to Waco for weekend passes and assignments.
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Texas
26Th Infantry
Gov
Shivers
4Th
Amy
Waco
Fort Hood
736Th Ordnance Battalion
Austin
Richard Burrage
14Ard Infantry
Houston
F. C. Lawrence Chiappino
W1th Medical Battalion
142Nd Infantry
AF Plant 66 to Hear Missiles Talk From DoD Official
John Blair McCauley of the Defense Department will brief Phillips Petroleum employees at AF Plant 66 on guided missiles. He arrives from Washington Tuesday morning and addresses a general meeting at the Roosevelt Hotel at 8 15 p m. McCauley, deputy assistant secretary for research and development since 1955, will discuss JATO and related projects and tour the plant facilities.
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Phillips Petroleum Co
Air Force Plant 66
John Blair McCauley
Department of Defense
McCauley
Waco
Washington
Continental Air Lines
McGregor Air Force 66
Weather Forecast for Waco and Vicinity
Forecast cloudy with scattered thunderstorms today and Monday. High near 98 degrees, low around 73. Record highs 93 and 21 degrees noted, rainfall 0.9 inches in 24 hours, month total 0.2 inches, year total 18.78 inches, deficit 9.82 inches. Moon phase: last quarter on July 1 at 2 PM.
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Waco
Miss Jones Resigns Principal Post at Jefferson Elementar
Miss Ruby Jones resigns as principal of Jefferson Elementary School after many years serving Latin American families. Her successor is Walter Steinmann, a Lake Waco Elementary School teacher for five years. Jones recalls aiding families with illness, custody, naturalization, and even a pupil involved in a murder case.
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Ruby Jones
Jefferson Elemen Itary School
Walter Steinmann
Lake Waco
Miss Jones
Coach Bryan Urges Rally As Nine-Player Error Hints
In a Life League baseball game on June 23 Coach Bryan urged his team with "Come on in" as his right fielder chased a long hit. Moments later the umpire paused play due to seven fielders plus the nine on defense, revealing the outfielder’s dugout-instruction.
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Bryan
Waco sets 1956 heat record with 98.8 degrees
For two days Waco posted near 99 degrees with a 98.8 reading on Saturday narrowly surpassing the prior 98.7 high set Friday. Officials note rounding explains the slight edge. Sunday forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a chance of scattered thundershowers as moist air moves in from the coast.
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Waco
Weather Bureau
West Texas
Panhandle
Rommadoes
Weathen
Rudder Denies Unclear Deal In 1933 Veterans Land Block
AUSTIN June 23 Up Land Commissioner Earl Rudder said he pulled out of a 1933 land block deal involving four Latin Americans because it did not look good. He denied any mystery or scandal relation to the episode, noting it was a political target in his campaign. He described contacting broker Enoch Sheffield about a Brady area tract and four veterans who would be fined, but the arrangement seemed too complex to him. Blueprints of further fallout include state veteran refund warrants totaling 1500 dollars with Rudder as second endorser, dated June 4 1953 and cashed June 16 1953. Rudder, a World War II hero, later led reform of the General Land Office amid Giles scandals and indictments.
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Earl Rudder
Rudder
Enoch Sheffield
Brady
GB. R. Sheffield
Signa
Ture
Shivers
Bascom Giles
General Land Office
Veterans Land Program
Giles
Hillsboro Youth Wins Methodist Youth Assembly Honors
In Georgetown Texas on June 23 Tim Cockrell of Hillsboro and Mary Ann Haynes of Fort Worth were named the most outstanding boy and girl at the Central Texas Conference Methodist Youth Assembly. They received scholarships to Southwestern University.
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Georgetown
Tex
Tim Cockrell
Hillsboro
Mary Ann Haynes
Fort Worth
Central Texas Conference Methodist Youth Assembly
Southwestern University
Great Blooming Grove Gold Rush Sparks Return of Old Prospector
Blooming Grove hosts a revived gold rush led by Joe White the Old Prospector who arrived with his atomic reactor and tracer machines. He seeks a cave digging machine to explore the log stagecoach barn area once tied to legends of robbers and hidden treasure near Corsicana.
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Blooming Grove
Joe White
Braymont
Alrady
Kate Simms
Smith Point
Joe
Twining Visits Russian Air Leaders in Moscow
General Nathan F. Twining met Russia's air power chiefs in Moscow on Aviation Day. Deputy defense minister Ivan S. Konev and Soviet Air Marshal Paval Zhigarev welcomed the U S Air Force chief of staff and top American scientists. The visit includes tours of Soviet air installations and an air show.
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Nathan F. Twining
Russia
U. S. Air Force
Ivan S. Konev
Twining
Paval Zhigarev
Money
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Price Daniel Campaign Tour Planned in Waco
Campaign manager Frank Wilson said the Daniel for Governor team will tour Waco on July 2 with Price Daniel returning to the city to meet residents and discuss state affairs as part of his bid for the Democratic nomination. Wilson oversees McLennan County activities and says Daniel will spend the morning greeting people downtown.
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Frank
Price Daniel
Waco
Daniel
Texas
Wilson
McLennan County
U. S. Tourists Mob Truman in Britain
American visitors swarm the Tower of London guiding former President Harry S. Truman on a tour. He explains executions and locations as crowds press for photos and wave from the crowd. A few bobbysoxers from Rosemount cheer and snap pictures while he smiles and waves.
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Fraphilo
North Atlantic NATO faces setbacks in Iceland and Egypt
NATO confronted potential setbacks on its northern and southeastern flanks as Iceland prepares to vote and Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser shifts toward pro Soviet neutrality. Washington monitors Icelandic pullout pressure from parties like the Progressive group while Egypt’s stance risks becoming a Soviet satellite if Moscow aids neutrality erosion.
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North Atlantic Alliance
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Defense Department
Iceland
Egypt
United States
Nome
Russia
Free World
North Atlantic
McNavik Air Force Base
Acelandic
Gamal Abdel Nasser II
Lower-Cost Vets' Bill Unveiled in Congress
Washington June 23 Chairman Olin Teague unveiled a lower cost rival to the veterans payments bill. His substitute focuses on seriously disabled veterans and would cost about 200 million dollars the first year. The committee plan backed by the American Legion would provide 105 dollar monthly pensions and faces a tough floor vote.
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Washington
Olin J. Teague
D-Tex
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Teague
American Legion
Eisenhower
Rayburn
Tex
House
Alf
Legion
Orcopithecus Unearthed in Italian Mine Find Reveals Ancient Lineage
Scientist Dr Helmutt de Terra from Columbia University confirms bones found in a reopened lignite mine near Baciniello belong to a 10 million year old pre-man named Orcopithecus. The discovery, highlighted beside earlier finds like Oreopithecus and Java Man, may reshape views on human evolution.
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Rome
Java
Peking
South Africa
Bacinello
Helmutt de Terra
Columbia University
New York
Uniform Order Is Rescinded
Secretary of Defense Wilson backtracked from labelling senator moves to raise Air Force funds as phony. White House denied pressure, and Wilson said he was misunderstood. He withdrew his order requiring 11,000 officers to change from uniforms to civilian garb. Page 12.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Quantleo
Senate
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Quanileo
James C.hagerty
Waller Reed Hospital
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Suyi
Elvil
General Council approves index rberger of Christian churches
The General Council of Congregational Christian churches approved the index rberger after 31 exhausting hours of nearly continuous meetings. The decision comes amid other national labor concerns and a shift in church governance highlighted by the lengthy session.
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Rberger
Seven Issues Emerge in Texas Governor Race
Seven key points shape Texas six man governor contest five weeks before the July 28 primary. Candidates debate party loyalty scandals government reform water conservation highway financing and convention control while precinct conventions determine party strength ahead of the governor's convention on September 11.
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Texas
Tsaas
Democratic Party
Mary
Dallas
Coke Stevenson
State Executive Committee
Demin Crats
Lyndon Johnson
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