Poster Girl for Waco United Fund Campaign
The three year old Margaret Louise Shaw, a cerebral palsy victim with blue eyes, is chosen as poster girl to promote the 1957 Greater Waco United Fund drive. The appeal supports United Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center and 31 health welfare and youth agencies. her father I Hal Shaw works as a service salesman at Waco Chevrolet Company.
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Greater Waco
United Fund
Margaret Louise Shaw
Margaret
Waco
United Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center
Lynwood Armstrong
I. Hal Shaw
Park Avenue South
Shaw
Waco Chevrolet Company
Weather Summary for Sunday Night and Monday Dawn
Sunday sunset at 6 52 PM with sunrise 6 06 AM. High 93 degrees at 4 PM and low 68 degrees at 6 AM. Record highs 105 on Aug 15 and low 21 on Jan 19. Rainfall 1 inch in 24 hours ending 6 30 PM, month total 0, year to date 22.65, since Jan 1 9.79 inches with 12.86 inches deficit. River stage 7.6 feet at 7 20 AM Saturday. New moon September 4 at 12 57 PM.
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Besee
Waco
Front Passes as Showers Continue Across Texas
A cool front moved through the state bringing generally fair skies behind it while new showers lingered in some areas. Severe storms Friday into Saturday produced at least two tornadoes with damage near Concord north of Celburne and Sherman. Rain and hail pelted South San Antonio and a three county area south of Austin saw hail up to four inches. New Braunfels faced its worst storm since 1952 with four inch hail flooding streets and halting traffic. Winds caused additional damage and power outages.
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Texas
Concord
Celburne
Sherman
San Antonio
Retired Teacher 64 Weds Ex Pupil 15 In Wisconsin
A 64 year old retired teacher named Casimir Orzechowski married his former pupil Helen Hawro, 15, in Mosinee Wisconsin. The ceremony drew a crowd of around 400 people, with attendees spilling into the street as the couple tied the knot. The bride had turned 15 the previous Sunday and the groom had long been a bachelor after a World War I romance.
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Mosinee
Wis
Casimir Orzechowski
Helen Hawro
Pilot Sets New Bendix Jet Record
Capt. Manuel J. Fernandez Jr. flew 666.661 miles per hour across the nation in 100 minutes to win the Bendix cross country record at the Oklahoma City air show. He paced six Air Force pilots in the event, with Robert Madden and Archie Iddings among the next finishers. The feat surpassed the 616.208 mph record set in 1954 by Ed Kenny.
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Oklahomacity
Manuel J. Fernandez Jr
Miami
Fla
Indianapolis Speedway
Fernandez
George Air Force Base
California
Air Force
Edward W. Kenny
United Press
Joseph McCannel
Jimmy Doolittle
Robert A. Madden
University City
Archie T. Iddings
Elkhorn
Aubrey C. Edinburgh
Spur
Tex
John R. Niemela
Peterboro
N. H
Robert A. Farnsworth
Pascagoula
Miss
Yugoslav Wheat Aid Temporarily Rejected
Washington reports the United States has temporarily turned down Yugoslavia’s appeal for wheat to tide the Balkan nation through the coming winter. The decision was learned on a Saturday.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Balkan
New Traffic Controls Set For Downtown
Crews begin installing 28 000 feet of conduit this week to feed a new electronic traffic system in downtown Vaaco intersections. Traffic Engineer R T Gregory says the 1 4 inch steel conduit will run along three sides of each crossing and be buried under pavement to guide signals governing motorists and pedestrians.
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Vaaco
R. T. Gregory
Marlin Grocer Subdues Intruder After Fifteen Shots
Marlin grocer Vick Randazzo at the Korner Grocery shoots an intruder who breaks in at about 1 a.m. The man hides in a room with no exit, Randazzo fires twice then again before grabbing a .22 rifle and firing until the suspect tumbles through a plate glass door to the sidewalk.
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Marlin
Mounties
Vick
Randazzo
Korner Grocery
Baby Kidnapped From Carriage Outside Hamden Store
Six week old Cynthia Ruotolo was abducted from her grey carriage outside Sears Roebuck in Hamden while her mother shopped. Police describe the suspect as stocky and dark complexioned, and the FBI has joined the search under a new federal law. The Ruotolo family, with an 8 year old son and a 19 month old daughter, recently moved to a $16 000 home in a new development.
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Hamden
Conn
Abraham S. Ullman
Cynthia Ruotolo
Steve Ruotolo
Ruotolo
Boston
Sears-Roebuck Co
FBI
New Haven
Yarborough Stull Hopes For Victory
Ralph Yarborough clung to a straw of hope that the statewide canvass of the runoff next week might yield the Democratic nomination for governor. The Texas Election Bureau rechecked after county canvassing showed Daniel 698,187 and Yarborough 694,444, a 3,343 lead for Daniel. If Yarborough has won, he would seek official tabulations to confirm the outcome and respond to supporters.
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Ralph Yarborough
Sen
Price Daniel
Yarborough
Texas Election Bureau
Daniel
Texas
Baylor appoints Dr. Paul Geren as executive vice president
Baylor announces the arrival of Dr. Paul Geren, a Baylor alumnus and longtime U S Foreign Service member since 1947, to lead as executive vice president. He joins about 40 new faculty hires as the university expands.
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Baylor Veep
Paul Geren
Baylor
U. S. Foreign Service
Geren
Five Nations to Resume Suez Talks in Cairo
Delegations from five nations meet in Egypt to press for a peaceful settlement of the Suez crisis. Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies heads the mission seeking Egyptian willingness to accept a Western plan to place the canal under international control.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez
Russia
Robert G. Menzies
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal
Menzies Mission
Britain
France
Eisenhower
Army Begins Switch to Black Shoes and Green Uniforms
The Army starts the first phase of a uniform switch with shoes and socks changing from tan to black this month, followed next month by olive drab to a green dress uniform for non formation wear. The 1954 decision praised pride in a proper uniform with distinct jacket styles, trouser bands, and pocket details.
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Washington
Traffic Toll Continues Grim Rise On Labor Day Weekend
The AP reports labor day travel deaths rising on schedule with 125 deaths by 10 p.m. CST and 158 total from all causes as millions drive nationwide. The National Safety Council warns 480 motor vehicle deaths could occur over the holiday period ending Monday midnight. Scattered rain in the east may slow some travelers.
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National Safety Council
Council
Senate Panel to Scrutinize Vote Spending
The Senate Elections subcommittee will hold public hearings September 10 and 11 to study presidential and senatorial campaigns and the money spent on them. Chairman Gore pledged fair and impartial conduct as the probe launches and runs through the campaign.
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Senate
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Gore
D-Tenn
Nixon Keeps Vigil By Father's Bedside
Vice President Richard M. Nixon kept vigil beside his critically ill father in La Habra California as the elder Nixon fought for life.
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Nixon
Father
LA Habra
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Ex-Cons Escape Garden City Jail
Two ex-convicts knocked out a deputy sheriff and escaped from Glasscock county jail in Garden City about 7 20 p m Saturday night. Deputy Otto Dozier 60 was not seriously hurt and was knocked unconscious after being struck from behind. Sheriff Buster Cox identified the escapees as William Carey and William Jones both between 30 and 35 years old.
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Garden City
Tex
Glasscock County
Otto Dozier
Buster Cox
William Carey
William Jones
Waco Tribune-Herald Publishes Single Labor Day Edition
The Waco Tribune-Herald will issue a single edition on Monday for Labor Day. Offices will close Monday, and regular publication resumes with Tuesday morning's Waco News-Tribune.
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Waco Tribune-Herald
Waco News-Tribune
Eisenhower to Provide Stevenson Secret Data Briefings
White House announces secret intelligence briefings on U S foreign affairs will be offered to Democratic candidate Adlai E Stevenson during the fall campaign. Press Secretary Hagerty says Stevenson would welcome the offer and that Truman set the precedent by briefing Dewey and both nominees in 1952.
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Washington
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Truman
Thomas F. Dewey
United States
Hagerty
State Patrol Enforces Law as Riot Breaks Out in Clinton
Tear gas drives back a 300 to 400 crowd outside Clinton courthouse as 100 state troopers and later National Guard move to restore order. A reported sniper fired through an office window with two shots. authorities found no evidence of shooting. Governor Frank Clement orders police and Guard to prevent bloodshed.
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Clinton
Tenn
Sept
Frank Clement
National Guard
Capitol
Nashville
Clement
Tennessee
Debacle over $10 bribe sparks Kefauver nomination
Knoxville dispatch recalls millionaire Bullard admitting he paid an unidentified woman $10 to sway the Tennessee delegation at the Democratic National Convention. The plan aimed to pivot from Gore to Kennedy, but Kefauver secured the nomination after a rapid chain of events.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Bullard
Newport
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Albert Gore
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kefauver
Sen
Chicago
Convention Hall
Union Chief Urges Progressive Government In Labor Day Message
AFL-CIO President George Meany calls for stronger union political action to win more progressive government. Secretary treasurer William Schnitzler cites using the ballot to elect visionaries serving public welfare while Chamber of Commerce head John Coleman offers a nonpolitical workplace prosperity note. International Association of Machinists leader Al Hayes also urges vigorous union effort.
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Labor Day
Washington
George Meany
Afl-Cio
AFL Cio
Adlai Stevenson
Meany
America
William ¥. Schnitzler
Aflcio
Labor
al Hayes
International Assn. of Machinists
Life Returns To Normal At Mansfield
Mansfield Texas September 1 Owen Metcalf once seen as leader of a mob that tried to block Negro registration at Mansfield High is painting a house with other members of the 400 strong mob returning to ordinary work Metcalf warns of possible future trouble for Negro enrollment while noting his hope for no further incidents Constable Tom Beard predicts no trouble on Tuesday the first day of school
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Mansfield
Tex
Owen Metcalf
Mansfield High School
Metcalf
Tom Beard
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Bendix
U. S
Marlin Grocer
Cameron Wallpaper & Paint Store
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Stull
Ccee
Weeenees
Cee
Farm
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Estes
Bullard Trustries Inc
Kefau
John S. Coleman
Chamber of Commerce of the
Coleman
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Schnitzler
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