Hurricane Debra Leaves Texas Gulf Coast in Millions in Damages
The storm battered Freeport and Lamarque with widespread destruction to boats, crops, roofs and trees. Houston reported minimal damage while transit and air travel halted as Debra swept from Freeport to southeastern Oklahoma, with total losses running into millions.
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Houston
Tex
Debra
Gulf Coast
Freeport
Oklahoma
Gulf
Jim Russell
Lamarque
Lightning Kills Fisherman at Virginia Beach
Adrian L. Bendheim Jr. 37 a Richmond real estate executive was struck by lightning while fishing at Virginia Beach and died at a local hospital. He was vice president and secretary of Morton G Thalhimer Inc and a Washington and Lee University graduate active in Richmond civic life. He served as a World War II naval aviator.
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Virginia Beach
Richmond
Adrian L. Bendheim Jr
Prince Butler
Midge
Bendheim
Pattern advertisement for children’s muu-muu and garments
Cool, quick to sew pattern for a child’s muu muu usable as sundress smock or beach cover all. Includes printed directions and a future half size dress bolero option. Requires 2% yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 35 cents plus 10 cents for1st class mail to Anne Adams at The Winchester Evening Star pattern dept. Address details requested.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Market Quotation Advances in Light Trading
New York stocks opened higher with fractional gains across many issues. U S Steel led steel names with over a point rise as other firms like Reynolds Metals and Litton Industries gained while Emerson Radio and Philco slipped slightly. The AP average of 60 stocks rose 40 cents to 232.20 with mixed sector moves.
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NEW York
St. U.S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
Reynolds Metals
Anaconda
American Smelting
Phelps Dodge
Grain futures steady as soybeans swing in Chicago
Chicago grain markets opened with grains steady to firm. Wheat rose modestly while corn and oats held near previous levels. Soybeans traded mixed with slight gains and losses across the board as traders assessed early Board of Trade activity.
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Wb Oong Grn
Chicago
Board of Trade
Weekend city crashes cause minor injuries and damage
Two low impact traffic crashes occurred in the city over the weekend. A 1958 International pickup was damaged when a 1949 Cadillac turned into its path on Wyck and Cameron Streets, causing about $150 in damage. A second collision at Loudoun and Pall Mall left a 1953-54 Dodge with $200 damage and a 1954 Ford with $150 damage. the Dodge driver sustained a bruised rib.
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Wyck
N. Cameron Sts
Ira Nesselrodt
Novick Transfer
Marion J. Petry
Pennsylvania Ave
Cameron
Sylvestre Littlers
Coleman, Fla
Henry C. Lasane
N. Kent St
Loudoun
Pall Mall Sts
Charles Hill
Chicago livestock prices steady to strong on hogs and cattle
Chicago USDA market reports hogs 9 500 steady to strong under 230 pounds. Weights 230 pounds and heavier up 25. Mixed grades and sizes listed with price ranges. Cattle calves 18 000 volumes. slaughter steers mostly prime 1100-1400 pounds at 28.75-29.75. Good to high choice slaughter cows 25.00-28.00. bulls 21.00-23.00. Sheep 2 500 with lambs 22.50-23.50 and yearlings 18.50-24.00. ewes 4.00-5.50.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Johnson Hints At Compromise On Legislation
In a radio TV interview Senator Lyndon B Johnson signals willingness to compromise with Republicans to avoid a deadlock. He lists labor regulation housing civil rights wheat and tobacco veterans benefits and a CCC measure as items likely to move this session. Senator Dirksen hopes for a workable wheat plan while Smathers questions civil rights bills usefulness.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Democratic Party
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Massachusetts
Texas
Congress
Eisenhower
Civilian Conservation Corps
Everett M. Dirksen
George Smathers
D-Flo
East Coast man seeks Pegleg mine found nearly dead
Joseph Pendginski, 42, of North Brooklyn New York, was found unconscious and dehydrated in an abandoned mine shaft near Brawley California after setting out Friday to search the Chocolate Mountains for the Pegleg gold mine. The 130 degree heat left him in serious condition in a local hospital. He carried only a small water canteen and two tomato juice cans.
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Pegleg
Pendginski
Municipal Court Dockets Reported With Fines
Arless E Funk of 211 Millwood Ave faces a 6.75 dollar fine for an unlicensed male dog. Andrew Gott of 421 W Cork St faces 8.75 dollars for an unlicensed female dog. Doun and Capon Bridge cited for drunken conduct with a 15.25 dollar fine. Planet Pluto details noted as about 4000 miles diameter.
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Arless E. Funk
Millwood Ave
Andrew Gott
W. Cork St
Doun and
Capon Bridge
Primatene Offered Without Prescription For Asthma
In New York a doctors favored asthma formula is now sold over the counter in tablet form as Primatene. The medicine claims to open airways loosen mucus and ease nervous tension to stop attacks in minutes and provide hours of relief. It comes at 98 cents with a money back guarantee.
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New York, N.Y
Woitete
Paarmecei
Ruth's 1930 Salary Tops Baseball Pay Records
Babe Ruth earned eighty thousand dollars in 1930, the highest salary ever paid to a baseball player at that time.
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Babe Ruth
Woman Prefers Mouse to House in Havant
Stella Thompson, 37, chooses to stay in her one room flat with a tame wild mouse named Will instead of moving to a modern house left to her by her father. She says Will would not adapt to new surroundings and cannot fend for himself.
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Havant
England
Stella Thompson
Miss Thompson
Will
California Couple Sentenced to Life for Killing Two Sons
Wanda Brogdon and Archie Merriam of Rockford Illinois were sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury found them guilty of first degree murder in the strangling deaths of Brogdon’s two young sons Virgil Jr 5 and David 3. Merriam admitted the killings and claimed they were at Brogdon’s instigation.
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San Diego
Calif
Wanda Brogdon
Archie Merriam
Rockford
Ill
Merriam
Virgil Brodgon Jr
David
Leathernecks Confined to Quarters During Flag Theft
In San Diego 1200 Marines at the recruit depot are confined to quarters after the flag of Gen Randolph McCall Pate commandant of the Marine Corps was stolen during his inspection tour. Pate arrived Saturday and is determined to recover the flag before leaving for Washington.
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San Diego
Calif
U.S. Marine Corps
Randolph McCall Pate
Marine Corps
Pate
Washington
Hassen to Speak at Lions Club Luncheon
Thomas Hassen of Crown Cork and Seal will address the Lions Club at 12 15 p m tomorrow at the George Washington Hotel about Winchester's new canning plant and upcoming industry.
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Thomas Hassen
The
Crown, Cork and Seal Co
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Lions
Winchester
U S Appears Winner In Battle of Iceland
Icelandic voters shift toward pro American parties as constitutional reforms boost Independence and Social Democrats. The Communist faction loses influence with seven seats for Reds and no coalition partner, while NATO Keflavik base remains secured amid a new parliamentary balance summed by Prime Minister Emil Jonsson.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
NATO
Keflavik
Hungary
China
Tibet
Emil Jonsson
Bjarni Gudmundsson
Foreign Office
Independence Party
Olafur Thors
Thors
Jonsson
Social Democrats
Reds
National Defense
Eisenhowers Return From Gettysburg Farm to White House
President Eisenhower flew 38 minutes from Gettysburg to the White House lawn after a farm weekend. Mrs. Eisenhower planned to return by automobile. In Gettysburg Presbyterian services the minister prayed for nations under tyranny, prompted by the presidential captive nations proclamation. Khrushchev criticized the proclamation in Moscow, and Nixon briefed Eisenhower on the exchange.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
Robert A. MacAskill
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Rrussia
Nixon
Gettysburg Country Club
George E. Allen
Eisenhower's
Dick Sleichter
Farm Boy 17 Kills Father After Domestic Dispute
In Henrico County Virginia a 17-year-old farm boy shot and killed his father during a domestic quarrel. John Gilbert Sharpe is held on a murder charge after firing a single .22 caliber rifle through a window, striking Benjamin Philip Sharpe in the chest as the elder man reached for a shotgun.
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Richmond
Henrico County
John Gilbert Sharpe
Benjamin Philip Sharpe
Young Sharpe
John
Sharpe
Gliding Pioneer Wolf Hirth Killed in Self-Built Plane Crash
Stuttgart with AP reports Wolf Hirth, 59, famed sportsman and gliding pioneer, died Saturday when his self-built sail plane crashed. He was a leader in the modern gliding movement and influential in aviation circles.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Wolf Hirth
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Loudoun St
Front Royal
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