Toll rises as Texas floods drown 13 in two weeks
In Gladewater the Sabine River crested and inundated oil fields halting pumping at about 60 wells. Drowning toll climbs to 13 with evacuees and isolation in flooded areas as highways and roads remain blocked. One captive worker in Trinity awaits return water.
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Texas
Dallas
Sabinee
Gladewater
Earl Thomas
Melvin Farrar
Texas Co
Trinity River
Trinity
Tex
Jim Ellicott
Woman Wounds 2 Men With Knife
Wanda Allen 25 of Nitro West Virginia is jailed in Frederick County on felonious assault charges after wounded men Estie Smith and Larry Smith were treated at Memorial Hospital for knife injuries to the arm and hand. Bond set at 5000. Allen held without bond as details remain scarce.
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West Virginia
Frederick County
Wanda Allen
Nitro
W. Va
Conway St
Memorial Hospital
Estie Smith
Larry Smith
Friendship
Miss Allen
Municipal Court Docket Highlights Local DUI and Reckless Driving
The Municipal Court heard multiple cases. William Agner of Columbus Ohio faced DUI and no operator's license with fines and suspensions. Others include Raymond Jenkins Summit Point reckless driving, Cecil Bailey Wilson McDaniel Apple Pie Ridge drunk, and James Sloan Boyce reckless driving. Several defendants from Berryville Boyce St Lewis Loudoun and nearby addresses were fined for drunkenness or reckless driving.
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William Carlyle Agner
Columbus
Ohio
Robert Glen Meadows
Route 2
John Garrett
S. Cameron St
Cecil Bailey
N. Cameron St
Wilson McDaniel
Apple Pie Ridge
Harrison W. Robinson
Loudoun St
Raymond Lee Jenkins
Summit Point
Wallace Edward Simpson
Berryville
James Edward Sloan
Boyce
Percy Payne
S. Washington St
Howard W. Everhart
St. Braddock St
Ralph Payne
Fragmented clues from a past puzzle page
The text lists scattered crossword style clues with numbers and partial hints. It includes terms like mercenary busy insects writing implement and fruiting spikes of grain, along with references to river animals storage booth found again Bang young dog metal shield and other entries.
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Weys Out
Fee
Booth
Lutherans Study Changes in Synod in Virginia Meeting
About 200 lay and clerical Lutherans from Virginia gather at St. Mark's Church for a four day Synod of Virginia session. President J Luther Mauney spoke at the opening. the group voted to fund Madison College with capital from congregations and approved a 1958 budget of 394,266 dollars. Fourteen new ministers and four new congregations were welcomed. Rev Kenneth Crumpton Jr. opened the sessions.
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Roanoke
Virginia Livestock Market Receipts And Prices Reported APRL 30
Receipts show strong demand across cattle and lamb categories at the Virginia Livestock Market. Notable: Blue O lambs 2866 head and various butcher cattle ranges with top butcher cows at 15.60 and steers up to 23.00. calves and hogs also quoted with several weight and grade distinctions.
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Blue
Nominates Morgantown Man as Ambassador to Dominican Republic
President Eisenhower named Joseph S Farland of Morgantown West Virginia as U S ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Farland 42 is a Republican former State Department foreign aid consultant and ex FBI agent. he will succeed William T Rheiffer who resigns.
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Washington
Joseph S Farland
Morgantown
W. Va
Eisenhower
U. S
Dominican Republic
Farland
State Department
FBI
William T. Rheiffer
New York
Retired Inspector Invokes Fifth Amendment in Bribe Probe
A former Army Quartermaster Corps inspector, Attilio Yadevia of Margate City New Jersey, refused to answer senators questions about receiving 12753.90 dollars in deposits, invoking the Fifth Amendment while facing possible contempt charges. Senate Investigations subcommittee chair Sen Jackson ordered transcripts to the Justice Department amid graft inquiries in military uniform procurement.
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Washington
Army Quartermaster Corps
New Jersey
Attilio Yadevia
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Yadevia
Justice Department
Jackson
Department of Justice
Margate City
N.J
Subcommittee
Donald F. O'donnell
Thomas Digiacomo
Madison Park Clothes Co
Paterson
Digiacomo
Senator Threatens Contempt over Bribe Denial
Jackson argued that by denying bribes Ya devia had waived Fifth Amendment rights and urged the subcommittee to consider contempt of Congress. Ya devia was excused from the stand with a warning.
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Jackson
Yadevia
Subcommittee
Four Start Canoe Trip to Maine
Four young bachelors launch a 4500 mile one way canoe trek from Denver to Maine led by Ed Vestal 29 with teammates Bengt Soderstrom 32 Gerald Hewey 27 and E G Rickers 29. They travel via South Platte Missouri Mississippi and Great Lakes collecting gear including 40 pounds of food a 12 gallon water supply and sleeping bags with rubber sheets for shelter or sails. Vestal predicts it will be the longest one way canoe expedition in the United States.
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South Platte
Denver
Great Lakes
North Platte
Missouri
Mississippi
Maine
Ed Vestal
New Haven
Conn
Aspen
Colo
Bengt
Red) Soderstrom
Stockholm
Sweden
Gerald Hewey
New Hampshire University
Cape Elizabeth
E. G. Rickers
University of California
Vestal
Duck on Trot Line Rescued at Rockport Beach
Kelley McGlamery caught a duck on a trot line in Rockport Texas. The duck flew into a hook on the line when the tide went out. McGlamery freed the duck which was not badly hurt.
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Rockport
Tex
P—Kelley McGlamery
McGlamery
New Hall of Fame to Honor Five Outstanding Senators
Washington The Senate announces new Hall of Fame selections to honor five outstanding senators from the 1820 50 era and the 20th century. Henry Clay Daniel Webster John C Calhoun Robert M La Follette Sr and Robert A Taft are named with Kennedy noting a unanimous choice and a reception room display at the Capitol. Other worthy names noted include Barkley Borah Douglas Glass Morrill Sherman Sumner Trumbull Underwood Vandenberg Wagner and Walsh.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina
Robert M. LaFollette Sr
Wisconsin
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Kennedy
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Clay
Webster
Calhoun
LaFollette
George Norris
Nebraska
Taft
Alben W. Barkley
William Borah
Idaho
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
Carter Glass
Virginia
Justin Smith Morrill
Vermont
John Sherman
Charles Sumner
Lyman Trumbull
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Thomas Walsh
Montana
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