Local notes include weather reporter honored and area events
Chester C. Atkinson received a service pin from E. A. Farrell for his weather reporting. Construction begins on Rockdale High School with an $800,000 project cost. County votes to borrow up to $25,000 for courthouse improvements. Bryan Chamber barbecue planned for June 27 at the country club with about 1,500 guests expected. Texas Railroad Commission sets July 6 hearing on a Marlin to Crockett bus route via Kosse and Centerville. Various local civic, school, and church notices follow including honors, fundraisers, and community projects.
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Chester C. Atkinson
Hamilton
E. A. Farrell
U. S
Houston
Atkinson
Waco
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Texas Railroad Commission
Kyle Bullock
Marlin
Crockett
Kosse
Marquez
Centerville
Guardhouse Escapee Soldier Reported in Austria
Sidney Ray Sparks, 23, of Tennille Georgia, a U S Army private, disappeared from a West Berlin guardhouse in 1951 with two others. Austrian locals with 186 returning prisoners said they saw him in a Soviet labor camp near Camp Patma in Eastern Europe. Sparks claimed arrest in East Berlin in 1951 and asked authorities to locate him. His mother in Tenile rejoiced. stepfather remains skeptical. A U S Army spokesman noted the charges of AWOL theft and assault at the time. Sparks escaped with Ray B Schultz and Charles J Scott. Schultz later dishonorably discharged and jailed five years. Scott’s status unknown.
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Weiner
East Germany
Sparks
East Berlin
Camp Patma
Eluropean
Russia
Tenile
J. W. Gladin
Berlin
U. S. Army
Army
Ray B. Schultz
Batavia
N. Y
Charles J. Scott
Decatur
Ill
Schultz
East
Germany
Scott
Lawmakers Rally Against New House Benefit Plan
Reps Hoffman and Burdick criticized the House Administration plan to extend fringe benefits and raise pay for about 200 staffers. The package would boost clerks, trips, and long distance calls, plus salaries for the chaplain, clerk, sergeant at arms, and doorkeeper. Burdick opposed the pay hike for lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
Asher L. Burdick
R-N.d
Benefits House
Hoffman
House Administration
House
Burdick
Billy Graham Draws 60000 in Stuttgart Revival
In Stuttgart Germany Evangelist Billy Graham preached to more than 60000 people at a packed football field on Saturday night calling the message his highest success. About 5000 came forward to accept Christ as Graham spoke for 90 minutes with 1000 instruments and 400 singers. He noted Germany's evangelical revival has deeply impressed the world.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Billy Graham
Europe
Graham
Martin Haug
North Carolina
State Fair Posts Large Dairy and Beef Premiums
The State Fair of Texas announced cash premiums totaling 54,137 dollars for beef and dairy cattle at the Pan-American Livestock Exposition to be held October 7 through 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
State Fair of
19 Die When Indian Transports Collide
June 25 New Delhi reports two Indian air force C 47 transports collided near Agra bursting into flames. Nineteen people died including five air force personnel and four army personnel. No survivors reported.
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New Delhi
Agra
Centex Births Report Major June Additions
Birth notices across Centex list multiple families welcoming new babies in June. Girls born to Vick in Iredell and McDaniel in Morgan. boys to Watson in June 22 and Cromeans in Morgan June 23. Falls County families add births in Temple Bremond Marlin Hearne and Waco, including Kubicek Hearne and Yeager Marlin. Gatesville and Hillsboro also report newborns to Anderson Gatesville Henson Caudett Morin Hooks Jackson Garcia Borden and others.
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Merhman
Carl Vick
Iredell
J. G. McDaniel
Morgan
Jim Ben Watson
Mra
Roy Cromeans
Falls County
Donald M Chase
Alllsboro
James Caudett
Line Street
Hillsboro
Lope Morin
Brandon
E.d
Will I Hooks
Ilasca
Terry Jackson
Abbott
Texas
Melvin Leggett
Merlene
W. M. Garcia
Earl Borden
Smith Street
Marvis Brown
Fancher Street
Wilbur Howard
Miner Street
Itasca
Franklin's Mama Teer Celebrates 91st Birthday in Franklin
Mrs. Nancy Alice Best Teer, Franklin's oldest resident, observed her 91st birthday Friday. Surrounded by family at her daughter Otis Crane's home, she remains in good health though eyesight fades. Born June 24 in French Camp, Mississippi, she is the last survivor of two brothers and four sisters, and is related to Abraham Lincoln through her mother.
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Nklin
Nancy Alice Best Teer
Franklin
Walter Williams
Mama" Teer
Otis Crane
Laura Stegall
George Teer
Mies
Mite
Nathan Best
Abraham Lincoln
Nancy Hawke
Lincoln Knep
Whit Teer
Tishomingo
Okla
Robertson County
Herard Stegall
Freshlin
Vernon Stegall
Bobby Harlan
Dintriat
Morgan Harlan
Teer
Greed
Centex and Coryell Counties Marriage Notices
Multiple couples listed in Centex and Coryell Counties with marriage intentions or recent ceremonies. Names include Jamison Sernara Culp with Mian Wor din, Lenora McDougal with William Taylor Jr, and Elvie Leroy Durrence with Annie Lorene Pollard, among others.
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Jamison Sernara Culp
Mian Wordin
Lenora McDougal
William Erasius Taylor Jr
Elizabeth Miller Sayles
Emmett Alexander Underwood
Hessie Townsend Gary Wayne Slover
Jutin Ann Pitin
Bobby Crawford Cox
Eva Janell Dolfina
Coryeli
Elvie
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Coryell Church
Hospital
Chris Sanders
al Schwecke
Luther Pearson
New
Rockdale High School
Walter Droemer
Giddings
Limestone County
Groesbeck
al Harven
Miles Scriviner
American Legion
Hearne
Bob Conforth
Jack Lyons
Harvey Hoffman
Obie Irk
Jack Kelly
Bill Palmes
Tommy Taylor
Ed Utrecht
Bryan
Teague
George E. Moore
Wortham Schools
Clayton Oakes
Connally
Moore
Harmshire High School
Jefferson County
Riesel
Paul Thompson
W. O. Moers
Kenneth Clark
Kim Ben Watson
Meridian High School
Clark
Cypress - Fairbanks
Watson
Joxhua
Valley Mills Lions Club
Lions Club
Belton
Milam County
Farm Bureau
J. C. Rogers
Mart
Dover Cemetery
Coryell Baptist Church
W. T. Fowler
A. T. Ayers
Gatesville
Charles Watson
Wortham Lions Club
Jack Coon
Boy Scout Troop 58
Lott
Ruth Currie
We Ind
Lorch Manufacturing Company of
Robert Richardson
Hearne Golfers Association
Jake Abrams
Martha Slagle
Rockdale
Red Cross
American Legion Building
C. Applegate
Pen Feathers
Hamilton Herald-News
Hillman-Fowler American Legion
Frank Vitasek
Jack Jenkins
Lucian Read
Maecon Herendon
Homer Dante
Sid Chadwell
Wiley Warren
Buck Ables
Bill Apodaca
Les “An
Fort Hood Range
Central Texas Cattlemen's Association
Fort Hood Reservation
Mt. Zion- Lanely
Freestone County
Arlington, Va
Iwo Jima
Guadalcanal
Korea
Red
Cogdell’s
RCA
Jet Us
Es Sg cpeOnt
HICO
A G. McCombs
Lampasas
J. B. Anderson
Bii Henson
Mama’ Teer
Bosque County
Falis County
Harold Conrad Lessman
Francea
Jane LaBarbera
James William Glockzin
Lucy Ann Adams
Willan Samuel Bishop Jr
Linda Marie Langaion
Nealle Adolph Bure
Wanda Jean Ludwig
Joe Glenn Armstrong
Esther L. Womack
Albert Holder
Bertha Mae Holder
Willie Charley Raburner
Barbara Jean Philips
William Weldon Clark
Fannie
Katherine Holdbrook
James Allen Lewis
Billie Jeanette Marlin
Garland Ray Kilgore
Pegrey Dean Flowers
Solomon T. Mosqueda
Misa Maria Ollibla Willis
William Kenneth Work
Juanita June Stout
Hill County
Alvin Clinton Harwell
Misa Martyn
Marie Russel
Joe Parks Ellison
Joan Ann Weir
Bennie Clements
Jo Ann Goodman
Harry Eugene Kearley Jr
Diana Womack
Ola G., Henson Jr
Margaret Daphne Smith
Jimmy Wayne Dean
Nancy Clark
J. F. Moore
Jonell Lewis
William Arlen Southerland
Glenna Lee Anthony
Waly
Kaiser Aluminum
Wm. Cameron & Co
25Th & Frenklin
Phothic Inspectio
Waco Drive
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