Whitewright Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Community members from Whitewright and nearby towns visit relatives in Dallas Sherman and San Antonio. East Texas State College honors and organizational events include Alpha Chi eligibility and a legion post barbecue. Betty Walker injured in Arizona crash. local planning for Christmas events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Shaw
Whitewright
East Texas State College, Commerce
Joseph Daniel Rodgers
J. C. Rodgers
Route One
Grayson County
East Texas State College
Commerce
Alpha Chi, National Scholarship Society
Betty Walker
Arizona
Winslow
Ariz
Dick Walker
Russia Crew Shot Down U S U 2 Plane Over Cuba
United Nations confirms a Russian crew shot down a U S reconnaissance U 2 over Cuba on October 27. The aircraft was hit at about 70 000 feet by a missile, non-nuclear, with reports citing an advanced SA2 rocket from multiple Cuban sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Cuba
Defense Dept
Washington
Miami
Fla
Texas preps 90 mobile emergency hospitals for rapid deployment
Texas maintains 90 packaged emergency hospitals ready for instant use after attack or disaster. Each 200 bed unit weighs 24 000 pounds and arrives fully equipped with operating rooms x ray labs and power. Installation can be completed by 40 to 50 people in four to five hours with local civil defense storing and managing the units in designated locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Federal Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
State Office of Defense and
Diaster Relief
Texas State Department of Health
Anti
April hour in a fragile flower and a market quip
A poem by Margie B. Boswell contrasts fickle love with hopeful blooms and notes on crickets and thunder. It ends with a brief humorous market exchange about alligator pears and a joking housewife who lacks a goldfish.
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Honir
Diamond Bessie Buried in Jefferson Texas Grave
The Diamond Bessie murder case ends with her grave in Jefferson Texas. Rothschild, accused of her murder after their marriage, attempted suicide after being charged and lost two first degree murder trials before appeals reversed the convictions. The seven year trial spanned much of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Jefferson
Texas
Rothschild
Port of Galveston: America's gateway to cotton and trade
The Port of Galveston, municipally owned and the oldest deep-water port west of the Mississippi, helped launch U S cotton exports and serves as a key gateway for grain sulfur and cattle. It is famed for quick dispatch and year round gulf coast tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Texas
Galveston
Mississippi River
America
Gulf Coast
Brackenridge Trip Promises Quiet Escape for Families
A note invites parents to bring children to Brackenridge for a peaceful outing. The suggestion emphasizes family-friendly spaces and a chance to enjoy nature and recreational areas together.
San Antonio Park Highlights City Gardens and Zoo Visit
Park in San Antonio offers Chinese Gardens and the Sunken Garden Theater. Visitors can enjoy watching children explore one of the country’s finest zoos and plan a memorable trip that makes the effort worthwhile.
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San Antonio
Diet Becomes Huge Success in Britain
Pensnett England former boxer Alfred Glyptist ages 40 claims the diet prescribed by his doctor failed. He says he weighed 448 pounds at the start two months ago and now weighs 483 pounds making him possibly Britain’s heaviest man.
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J. E. Christian
Dallas
J. L. Simmons
R. E. Reading
C. P. Johnson
Edna Wilson
Reid Wilson
Holden, Mo
Mrs. B. W. Newman
Goliad
Don Newman
Mrs. Lallace May
Mrs
Bill Webb
Mardell Pumphrey
Jimmie House
Miss House
Grady Hansard
Greenville
Elbert Hansard
J. M. Ashinhurst
Grand Prairie
J. H. Gosnell
Roby Lee Wilson
Wichita Falls
Lee Wilson
Ruth Keck
Nocona
Preston Hefner
McKinney
Jack Burton
Floyd
C. D. Galyon
Bells
John E. Smith
Frank Alexander
Belinda
Jimmie Ray Jacobs
Plano
Hugh Hunter
James Phy of
Irving
Alton McDowell
Sulphur Springs
W. A. McDowell
H. H. Tate
Claud Adams
Wayde Powell
Paul Rogers
van Alstyne
H. K. Tate
Nuell Skaggs
M&s Hospital
Bonham
Joe Meador
Southwest Regional Orchid Growers Association
Tulsa
Okla
Meador
Buster Anderson
del Robbins
Fort Worth
Arnold Henson
Willie Stapleton
Denison
Jess Blanks
Mrs. Stapleton
Mrs. Blanks
Sherman
Earl Hill
Charles H. Lewhite
Leonard, Mo
Earl Fields
Mr. Lewhite
Mr. Fields
James Robnett
Lubbock
Robnett
Everheart-Thornhill Post
American Legion
American Legion Hall
Arthur Badgett
Mary Dale
the Baptist Church
C. K. Smith
Clarence Tillett
Jim Grider
Russia
U. S
Billheads
Dodgers
The
By Margie B. Boswell
King Cotton
Santone Zoo
Brackenridge
Paul Cornelius
Farley Se
Franks
Gladiola
Shurfine
Roxy
Haven
East
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