A&M system receives over one million for college improvements
Texas A M board appropriates 1 114 115 for system wide improvements and awards 504 533 65 in contracts with 144 322 79 in contracts confirmed. Prairie View dining bonds sold 120 dollars and printing contract awarded. Arlington State College gains 3 900 for classroom equipment.
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College Station
Tex
Texas A&m
Prairie View
R. J. Edwards & Company
Dallas
Helms Printing Co
A&m College
Foundation
YMCA
Arlington State College
Prairie View A&m
AM College
Tarleton State College
College Exchange
Five Hit Run Mishaps Stir Cop Activity in Waco
A 12 year old boy suffered a broken collarbone and facial cuts when a car struck his bicycle on North Second Street. The driver surrendered later that night, drunk. Police pursue remaining hit and run drivers after five incidents reported afternoon and evening.
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Waco
Charles Melendez
Louis Melendez
North Fifth Street
North Second Street
Melendez
Hillcrest Hospital
A-1
Firemen Put Out Brake Fire in Auto on Fourth Street
Waco Fire Department answered a call at Fourth Street and Waco Drive at 9 19 p m Saturday and extinguished a brake fire on a car. Police towed the vehicle to the city auto pound after confirming 1954 California license tags. Damage was slight.
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Waco
Fourth Street
Waco Drive
California
Solons Tour Texas Rice and Cotton Regions
Eight members of the House Agriculture Committee rice cotton subcommittee concluded a day-long Texas tour. They traveled over 200 miles through Alvin Houston Bay City and Canado areas, spoke with farmers and met about 500 guests from the Texas Rice Promotion Association plus delegations from Arkansas and Mississippi.
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Hallettsville
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Texas
Alvin
Houston
Bay City
Canado
Texas Rice Promotion Assa
Arkansas
Mississippi
Man Found Dead in Desert Second Victim in Ghost Town Quest
Calvert Wilson, 49, a Sunfair businessman and vice chair of the 42nd Assembly District Democratic County Committee, died of thirst and exposure on the Mojave Desert’s Iron Mountain slope. The death followed the loss of three companions who vanished seeking the ghost town Frieda after their jeep broke down. A March Air Force Base helicopter later rescued two men, while a third, James R. Thompson, 70, died from probable thirst. The group had traveled 112 miles in search of a desert ghost town.
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Needles
Calif
California
Mojave
Calvert Wilson
Iron Mountain
Frank Bland
San Bernardino County
Metropolitan Water District
Wilson
Assembly
State Assembly
Elaine
Burbank
Sunfair
Twentynine Palms
Southern Pines
N. C
Wacoan Dies in Idaho Auto Mishap
Mack Powell 54 of 1611 Maple Avenue was killed in a Saturday afternoon auto accident in Coeur d Alene Idaho. Powell, born in Marlin, had lived in Waco eight years and worked as advance advertising man for Clyde Beatty Circus. His body returns to Waco for burial in Marlin. Survivors include his widow Aly Powell of Waco and five sisters O W Moroski of Waco Emmie Wetzel of Freeport Loia Zorn of
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Mack Powell
Maple Avenue
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Powell
Marlin
Waco
Clyde Beatty Circus
Aly Powell
O. W. Moroski
Emmie Wetzel
Freeport
Loia Zorn
Obituary notes for Mrs Edna Cole and relatives
Obituary references Mrs Edna Cole of Bryan and Mrs Ruth McGee of Marlin along with three brothers Dick Powell of Marlin Jack Powell of Orange and J E Powell of Marlin. She died after a heart attack at home and was reported resting well Saturday night. See page 24 section I. Hospital by A-1 Arbulanes at 8 am Saturday.
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Chapel Hill
Edna Cole
Bryan
Ruth McGee
Marlin
Dick Powell
Jack Powell
Orange
J. E. Powell
Wes
Windshield repeatedly broken on car in recent weeks
Charles Krugeman of 3711 North Twenty six Street told police the windshield of his car was broken while it was parked at home Saturday afternoon for the third time in the past few weeks.
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Charles Krugeman
North Twenty-sixth Street
Miss Bell Hospitalized After Heart Attack
Miss Della Bell of 3808 Homan Avenue was taken to Hillcrest Hospital after suffering a heart attack.
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Bell
Della Bell
Homan Avenue
Hillcrest
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Paris
Lovely
Sallisaw
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Europe
A&m
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Joe Wayne Hudson
South Locust Street
Hudson
L. R. Williams
Bosque Boulevard
Columbus Avenue
Fifth Street
Marlborough Avenue
Oscar Jee Watkins
Route 10
Nils Tobert Hoffhlens
Thomas Keohane
North Eighteenth Street
Alcoholics Anonymous Wauld
Washington
Hear! OF Texas Group
Columbin
Featuring
Kaiser
Rockwool Insulation Residential & Commercial
W. Wace
Jericho
Jerusalem
Holy City
Wacoan
Waco, Texas
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DR. Chas
Lemly
Wet Columbus
Wace
Allstate
Eratet
Bach
Sears
Siember Lew Priese
Mackwalle
Fachim
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