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----- *—-****** - conversation at a base in Korea
OPERATION WINDMILL — Two huge helicopters, the “Hop-A-Long” (left) and “Whirl- began a series of events that cii-
A-Way” (right) get set in Westover Air Force Base, Mass., for takeoff on an attempt to make meareisaa the Rrnionefar, x
the first helicopter flight across the Atlantic. Six stops were planned in Maine, Labrador, when the young corporal
Greenland, Iceland, and Scotland before the final goal of Mansion Air Base in England, climbed out of a car about sun-
(AP Wirephoto) . down, his dad walked out of the
_house to meet him.
I “You must be my dad — you
I I look like the picture," the soldier
/ exclaimed. The father, speechless
_ with emotion, took the boy in his
arms.
25| The father. Printest Harris of
95 | Rotan, had not seen his boy since
111 he was a toddler of 17 months.
130 The soldier CpI. Billy R. Adair.
1 22. had no remembrance of his
1.08 father.
130 "I’ve never been so glad to see
89 anyone in my life.” the father
trace said, afterward. “I’ve been look-
airing for tbat boy half of my life.
6 05 If I had only thought about his
40 surname being changed, I might
17 have found him long ago."
- When man does all he can.
sometimes Fate steps in and takes
est. a hand.
good rain On June 12, 1951. medical re-
170 placements arrived at the base of
.20 the 7th Cavalry Regiment in Ko-
2.40 rea. The first question asked by
70 the lads already there is invar-
2.00 iably, “Where you from, soldier?"
121 Then the question is reversed, of
31 course.
Steelmen Set
Policy Meeting
WHERE IT RAINED
ABILENE
Weather Bureau
1966 Oak St.
1925 South 15th St.
‘ 1800 South Sth St
North 6th & Mockingbird
909 Hickory
1450 Clinton St.
AFTER 20-YEAR SEARCH
Chance Conversation in Korea Starts
GI on Way to Reunion With Dad in Rotan
Demos Due Hottest
Fight in 20 Years
By JOHN MOODY
PITTSBURGH (—The 170-mem-
ber Wage-Policy Committee of the
CIO United Steelworkers meets in
Pittsburgh Monday to decide the
union’s future course in the 45-day-
old stalemated strike that has idled
It million American wage earners.
USW President Philip Murray
called the Policy Committee meet-
ing after a brief negotiating ses-
sion with the industry ended in a
deadlock yesterday.
Murray and Joseph M. Larkin,
vice president of Bethlehem Steel
Corp., issued a Joint atatement say-
ing both sides agree they can find
no common meeting ground on the
controversial union shop issue.
There was no indication when an-
other meeting would be held.
Some observers said the next
move in the crippling strike is
likely to come from the White
House. Presidential Assistant John
R. Steelman spent a long time on
the telephone talking to both union
and industry to set up yesterday’s
session.
At the conclusion of the meeting.
Murray and Larkin were told to
atand by for further word from
the White House — but it didn't
come immediately.
The industry said the roadblock
to a settlement "continues to be
union insistence upon compulsory
unionism.”
The industry said its latest offer
increased benefits which would
total approximately 25 cents an
hour for men now averaging about
$1.95 an hour.
The proposal as defined by the
industry calls for wage increases
averaging 16 cents an hour, six
paid holidays. Improved vacations
and increased shift differentials.
The industry said the union is
now insisting upon elimination
from bargaining an agreement to
permit new employes to withdraw
from the union after a specified
time.
The union originally demanded
a union shop, making it compul-
sory for all employes to Join the
union.
However, contracts have been
signed with several smaller com-
panies calling for a modified union
shop. Thia permits new employes
to withdraw from the union be-
tween the 20th and 30th day of
employment
North Park
BIG SPRING
CADDO
COLORADO CITY
HASKELL
LUBBOCK
LUEDERS
MERKEL
O’BRIEN
ROCHESTER
RULE
SAN ANGELO
SAGERTON
SEYMOUR
SNYDER
STAMFORD
WICHITA FALLS
with the baby, leasing no address.
The father began his search,
even resorting to the Lost Per-
sons Bureau. He had just about
given up hope that bis son was
still alive when the letter arrived
from Korea.
When Billy came home from
Korea he went to see his uncle
in California before coming to Ro-
tan to see his dad. He said the
aunt and uncle reared him like
he was their own child, and were
always good to him.
Billy always wanted a sister.
When he found his dad, he found
three of them — and four broth-
ers, Half sisters and brothers, of
course, but he's more than glad to
settle for them.
As he left to report back to base
he told his dad — "When I'm out
of the Army I'd like to come back
here to live if it's okay with you."
His two years will be up in Oc-
tober, and he'll be back. He lo-
cated a Job here before he left.
CPL. BILLY R. ADAIR
...he found Dad
By RELMAN MORIN McKinney said he had a two-hour
CHICAGO UR — The two leading | conference in the White House last
contenders for the Democratic "
presidential nomination — accord-
ing to current estimate — were
heading for Chicago today, plung-
ing into a free-swinging battle
royal unlike anything the party
has seen in 20 years.
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tenn-
essee and Sen. Richard Brevard
Russell of Georgia were both due
on the scene of the convention.
It opens formally on Monday;
but the pre-convention pace al-
ready has reached a high point in
claims and counter-claims, accusa-
lions and denials. The situa-
tion — involving five avowed can-
didates. even "favorite sons” and
a number of other probables —
looks riotously confused
Spokesmen for two of the sup-
posed “probables." President Tru-
man and Adlai Stevenson, gover-
nor of Illinois, issued statements
yesterday that should remove both
from the list.
Regarding the President — Na-
tional Committee Chairman Frank
Sunday, and that Truman told
him "I meant what I said about
not running . . . I’ve served my
time." Moreover, McKinney con-
tinued. he would consider It his
duty to discourage any attempta.
from the convention floor, to start
a draft movement aimed at the
President
Rival
exas Delegations Offer
Polio Cases
Hit New Peak
AUSTIN. July 16. (—Polio clmib-
ed to another alltime Texas record
last week with 296 cases, the State
Health Department reported today.
It was the third new record in
four weeks.
The new reports brought the
year’s total to 1.605, far ahead of
last year’s 528 cases as of the
same date
A whopping total of 56 cases in
Harris County alone last week was
the heaviest single-county count.
Previous polio peak for a single
week was 206 cases recorded for
the week ending June 28. The week
before 146 cases had been counted
for s new record up to that time.
This year’s total of 1,605 far out-
distanced the 1.177 cases which had
occurred during the comparable
period in the previous record year
at 1950.
Dr. George W. Cox, state health
officer, said he had thought the
previous high of 206 cases for a
single week represented the peak
for the year, but how he was fear-
ful to predict when the peak might
be reached
Nine counties suffered polio for
the first time this year. They were
Jones and Rockwell, two cases
each, and Austin, Gray. Hender-
son, Hopkins, Leon, Morris and
Reeves, one each.
The staggering one-week total of
296 was spread over 59 counties
The disease has struck in 190 of
Texas’ 254 counties this year.
Other hard hit counties the week
ending July 12 were Dallas, 35;
Tarrant, 17; Bexar and Jefferson,
15; Stephens, 12: El Paso 11.
Bad Spelling Trips
Milwaukee Forger
MILWAUKEE » - George Lap-
ham was arrested because he
couldn't spell "pheasant."
Lapham entered a bank yester-
day and wrote out a $50 check.
But Assistant Manager Edward
Jung noticed Lapham had written
“Peasant Lane" instead of “Phea-
sant Lane" as Ma address.
Jung, a much better speller,
summoned police and Lapham
was booked on a charge of forgery.
More Rain Possible
After Hard Shower
Abilenians took deep breaths of Good rains were reported north of
“washed" air Wednesday morning Haskell to
and scanned the skies to see if
there was more rain in store for
the city.
The weatherman at Municipal
Airport called for partly cloudy
skies for Wednesday and Thursday
and said there would be “widely"
scattered showers in the area this
afternoon and evening.
"Chances for showers in Abilene
are not as good as they were Tues-
eay,” was his comment when
asked if Abilene might get one of
those showers.
The city was pounded by a hard
shower Tuesday afternoon with
varying degrees of moisture being
recorded throughout the city.
Other West Texas areas also got
rainfall Tuesday. Points in Haskell
County and also those in the vi-
cinity of Snyder caught sizable
showers.
Total fall in Abilene was gauged
at from .25 of an inch at the Wea-
ther Bureau at Municipal Airport
to 1.75 at North Sixth St. and
Mockingbird Lane, near the site of
the new high school
The moisture which fell on Abi-
lene moved in from the west where
Merkel got .20 of an inch of rain
before the rainfall began in Abi-,
lene.
There were no reports of rain
Tuesday in other parts of Taylor
County.
Streets at four different points
in the city were barricaded after
Tuesday evening’s rain caused a
rash of cave-ins, impeding traffic.
The cave-ins resulted in areas
where sewer line digging has re-
cently been in progress.
Haskell received .40 of an inch
of rain Tuesday, bringing the total
since rains started Monday to 1.04.
Southwest of Haskell, Sagerton
reported a big Hooding rain of 2 40
inches West of Haskell. Rule re-
ported 1.70 of an inch.
East of Haskell, near the
Throckmorton - Haskell County
line, the biggest reported rain
Tuesday afternoon fell. On the C.
C. Middleton farm. 3 inches were
gauged
Northeast of Haskett on the El-
bert Mapes farm in the Mattson
Community. 225 inches of rain fell.
A Rotan lad. Tommy Stanford.
Contradictory C laims to Seats
By DAVE CHEAVENS
and one of the new recruits from
California, Billy R. Adair, got to
talking. When Billy discovered that . - - -----
Tommy was from Rotan he asked macy will be offered the Demo-
if he knew a guy by the name of
Printest Harris.
AUSTIN, July 18 (—Two sharp-
ly contrasting claims to legiti-
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news on Page 10-A
.“Sure.” was the answer.
“That’s my dad’s name.” Billy
said. “I wonder if it might be
him.”
eratic National Convention by ri-
val Texas delegations.
Briefs outlining legal arguments
and alleging facts that are flatly
contradictory were released yes-
terday by leaders of the two fac-
tions.
1 "Why don't you write and find
, within two miles south out?” was the logical advice of
of Weinert, young Tommy.
Stamford got rainfall measuring And write he did Just brier
ty did not report any more than this "letter:" she sop eroteardon
traces, rain.When the father received the
. On Monday, a total of 20 of a” letter he sent a reply by air mall,
inch of rainfall was recorded on special delivery. Correspondence
the . Boedeker farm, eight was regular after that, and pie-
miles northwest of Stamford, tures were exchanged
In Knox City, a total of 1.2 inches while the father had been try-
of rainfall was recorded on the J ing to find his son for more than
C. McGee farm, three miles west20 years, the son had been trying
of Knox City, to locate his dad since the age
Reports from that area said it of 14. An aunt and uncle of his
had rained from one to three inches | deceased mother had reared the
east of Knox City during this lad since he was s baby, and he
week. thought they were his parents un-
Snyder measured two inches of til his aunt died. The uncle, Will
rain Tuesday afternoon, Adair, then told the boy who his
Colorado City, to the south of real father was, and that he might
Snyder, had only .05 of an inch, be living in Rotan. The boy wrote
Other rainfall over the area in lo his father at that address, but
eluded one Ieh recorded on the the father was in Lubbock at the
Joe Dismoe .farm, three miles ' and never received the let-
northwest of the Hobbs Communi- .__. ,
ty. on July 12 and a total of 1.10 The Povawmote several other
inches has been recorded in Herm- Printest Harrises that he heard
leich since last Saturday about but none of them proved to
leign since last aaturuay.________be his daddy.
The father was working in Lit-
tiefield when the son was born Oct.
ITOION LycIO 7 1929. The mother died when the
* 2 baby was 16 weeks old, and her
Cahinak Dacitian kinsmen. Mr. and Mrs. Will Adair,
LdDIICI r Ujlllvll who lived near Littlefield, took the
baby into their home. ********* wuay zv uI —
DENVER. July 16 UR—Dan Thorn- Harris moved to Rotan to work, xrenedent... Truman „ entered, the
ton, a native of Lubbock County, and married again in 1931.
Texas, who became governor of * -
They will be submitted to the
credentials subcommittee of the
Democratic National Committee
in Chicago Friday. Strategists and
lawyers from both factiona were
en route there today. •
Attorneys for the conservative
anti - administration delegation
headed by Gov. Allan Shivers
claimed that its parent convention
was made up of 96.6 per cent of
the legal delegates elected by the
counties.
The rival Loyalists delegation
headed by former New Deal con-
gressman Maury Maverick claims
thst of the 1.213 sulhorized state
convention votes, 627. or more than
half, walked out. They contend
their state convention was the le-
gal one.
Both sides said they would have
the proper documents and evf.
dence to back these and other con-
flicting claima ready for the cre-
dentials hearing.
Truman To
irmy Hospital
WASHINGTON, July
« UP
Colorado, would accept appoint-
ment as Secretary of the Interior.
That is if Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hower becomes President and the
Job is offered.
Gov Thornton, 41. told newsmen
simply that he would take the posi-
tion if offered.
He talked to reporters who ques.
tinned him’ about an article pub-
lished by the U. S. Newa and World
Report which said Thornton meets
the requirements for Secretary of
the Interior.
Eisenhower headquarters here
said "We have never promised
anything to anybody.”
___._________. He
made regular visits to his son at
Littlefield. Then in 1931, the kins-
men, who had never been on too
cordial terms with Harris, moved
Timber Fire Kills 2
Washington Loggers
CONCRETE, Wash. ( — Two
loggers were burned to death and
two others narrowly escaped when
a slashing fire broke out of control
today and jumped into high tim-
ber.
One victim tentatively was iden-
tified as Purl Cook, about 60. The
other was reported to be his son.
name unavailable
Army’s Walter Reed Hospital to-
day for a check-up.
The President was stricken with
a mild virus infection on Sunday.
It had been described by his aides
as not serious, but all bis appoint-
ments had been canceled thia
week .
Each delegation la battling for
the right to caat Texas’ 52 con-
vention votes. The convention’s de-
cision could be the tip-off on wheth-
er or not such rebellious Southern
delegations as thst from South
Carolina will bolt. If the conser-
vative state from Texas is not
seated, there have been hints some
might walk out.
The two state conventions which
the credentials subcommittee will
hear about were held at San An.
tonio May 27, the same day Texas
Republicans erupted at Mineral
Welle.
Maverick, early in the conven-
tion, attempted to require that all
delegates take the pledge to sup-
port the national party’s nominee
for President. A point of order
that such action at that time would
conflict with the legal method of
setting up a temporary roll was
sustained.
Maverick and hia bunch then
streamed out in a Hurry of scuf-
fling and fistfighting Both conven-
tions named national convention
delegates snd presidential elec-
tors.
The Maverick or "Loyalist" con-
vention pledged its electors and
delegates to support the national
convention’s nominees
The Shivers or "regular" con-
vention did not. They said they
wanted to wait and see what the
national convention would do about
FEPC and other States Rights is-
sues.
The Loyalist brief hammers re-
peatedly at this point. It says the
Shivers elector slate includes "no-
torious Dixiecrats and Republi-
cans ”
The Shivers brief retorts
"By no stretch of the imagina-
tion can the Maverick delegation
be called the legally elected group
or representative of the majority
Their only claim is that they have
taken a pledge which is not re-
qulred by the party in the vast
majority of the states."
Gov. Shivers, in the midst of a
campaign for re-election at home,
will leave tomorrow for Chicago.
National Committeeman Wright
Morrow of Houston expected to
reach Chicago by noon tomorrow.
He will speak for the Shivers side.
For the Loyalist delegation.
Chairman Maverick also will reach
Chicago tomorrow, along with Fa-
gan Dickson of Austin, ex-
tive director of the Loyal Demo-
crats.
Regarding Stevenson — his first
and biggest booster, Jacob M.
Arvey, Illinois national committee-
man. said, “The governor has tied
my hands. As a matter of practi-
cal politics it is almost impossible
to nominate a man under these
circumstances. I doubt that it will
be done now."
But if these two statements -
dashed the hopes of many Demo-
crats by eliminating two wished-for
candidates, the party still had a
wide choice left. ,
It includes W. Averell Harriman
of New York, Sen Robert S. Kerr
of Oklahoma and Vice President
Alben Barkley.
Kerr was in Chicago, briefly,
then he flew to Washington to see
the President.
Harriman's campaign manager,
Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. of
New York, reached Chicago last
night. Roosevelt said he waa "very
confident" that Harriman would
eventually win the nomination.
Kefauver steps into s whirling
cyclone of accusations and denials.
He is the pivotal point of the
storm.
His campaign manager, (Gael
Sullivan, claims that some of the
other Democrats are teaming to-
gether to stop the senator, and
said he had "reports” of efforts
to bribe some of Kefauver’s Cali-
fornia delegates.
Sullivan named no names in his
charge of a "gang up” He said it
might be going ahead without the
knowledge of the candidatea
themselves, but that their backers
were in on the plot.
Letters Being Sent Out Asking
Payment of Air Base Pledges
The 994 business and profession-
al people of Abilene whose pledges
made up the $500,000 to buy land
to be used for the reactivation of
the Abilene airfield have been ask-
ed to redeem those pledges im-
mediately. ,:
The original committee charged
with soliciting the pledges for the
one-half million dollar fund and
which was not asked by the Cham-
ber of Commerce board of direct-
ors to collect the money, met Wed-
nesday morning and approved a
letter to be sent to all those who
offered money.
The letter, submitted by French
Robertson, president of the cham-
ber, reviews developments since
the pledges were made in the pro-
gram to have the airfield re-acti-
vated and gives details of how the
money will be collected.
Dr. Harold G Cooke, president
of the fund-collecting committee,
expressed confidence that all pledg-
es would be redeemed
At the present time a total ol
$15,000 has been received for the
fund.
The letters asking for redemp-
tion of the pledges are expected
to be In the mall by Friday or
Saturday.
Wiley Urges Bipa rtisan Foreign
Policy to 'Steady U.S. Nerves'
By JOHN CHADWICK
WASHINGTON W — Sen. Wiley
(R-Wis) today urged consultation
on foreign policy "by the adminis-
tration and Republicans selected
by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the
GOP presidential candidate, to
end uncertainty at home and
abroad.
He asked that President Truman
and Secretary of State Acheson
invite Eisenhower "to authorize
leading Republican foreign policy
experts to confer, formally or in-
formally, with the administration
regarding basic and continuing in-
ternational problems and chal-
leges that may arise between now
and next inauguration dav (Jan.
20)."
“Unless there is such a basis
laid for continuing high-level con-
sultation between the two parties,
there will be a period of uncer-
tainty and indecision at home and
abroad, existing between July and
next January." Wiley said in a
statement.
"That type of period could only
serve to the advantage of Soviet
Russia which could in turn fully
exploit it by an intended K. O.
blow "
Wiley is the senior Republican
on the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee and ia in line for the
committee chairmanship if the
Republicans win control of the Sen-
ate in the next Congress,
He said his proposal for con-
sultation between the administra-
tion and Eisenhower representa-
tives would “not wrap any cloak
of immunity from criticism"
around the Democrats during the
election campaign.
In fact, he said the consultations
he recommended would take place
on these two conditions:
Both sides would retain the right
to (1) continue criticizing each
other's foreign policy position dur-
ing the campaign, and (2) break
off discussions in the event it was
found either party was not acting
in good faith.
However, he said he believed
"both parties could fulfill their role
with discretion and good judg-
ment.”
He said reports of the consulta-
tions would help combat Commu-
nist propaganda that (A) Ameri-
can foreign policy will be para-
lyzed during the rest of this year
and (B) that no agreement or
pledge made by American diplo-
mata during these next six months
will be worth the paper it is
written on. 4
Press Secretary Joseph Short
told reporters the President may
remain at the hospital for "two
or three daya.”
The virus infection. Short said,
has been pretty much cleared up
He said Truman’s fever “has about
gone.”
The President left the White
House at 5 40 am (CST) and en-
tered the hospital 20 minutes later.
He was accompanied by Maj Gen
Wallace H. Graham, presidential
physician.
White House reporters could not
recall that Truman ever entered
a hospital for as long as two or
three days since he became Presi-
dent more than seven years ago
Truman was admitted to the
presidential suite at the big mili-
tary hospital in northwest Wash-
ington,
This marked the first time the
suite was used by the President
since it was prepared for him sev-
eral years ago
It has been used by others, in-
cluding Gen. George C. Marshall
and Premier Mohammed Mossa-
degh of Iran
Short said the President was
well enough to share and dress
himself before going to the hos-
pital in his big black limousine.
It was Graham's decision that
Truman go to the hospital.
The decision coming five daya
before the start of the Democratic
National Convention, could have
some Influence on the results of
the convention. Many Democrats
believe that an announcement by
Truman as to whom he favors
for the party's nomination for
President would decide the issue.
Ike Considering
2 Major Speeches
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
DENVER (M — Gen Dwight D
Eisenhower reportedly is thinking
about cutting loose with two or
more major speeches next month
in advance of the official start of
the Republican presidential cam-
paign after Labor Day.
Eisenhower, the GOP nominee
for the White House, probably will
make no final decision until he
returns next week from a trout
fishing vacation high in the Rocky
Mountains. He plans to leave to-
morrow for St. Louis Creek near
an old friend’s ranch at Fraser.
Colo, about 70 miles west of
Denver.
TO DO OWN COOKING
The friend and ranch owner, in-
surance man Aksel Nielsen, will
be Eisenhower's only companion.
They intend to do their own cook-
ing — an art at which Mrs Eisen-
hower says the general outshines
her.
Aides said Eisenhower has re-
ceived scores of Invitations from
all sections of the country asking
him to make apeechea. They told
thia reporter the bids are being
studied and that some may be ac-
Th
| Since the general arrived here
from Chicago, where he won the
GOP nomination last Friday, there
has Been talk by persons close to
him that he may address a na-
tional convention of one of the vet-
erans organizations.
Both the American Legion and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars will
hold national conclaves next month
— the Legion in New York and the
VFW in Los Angeles
SEES TOUGH BATTLE
The general said last night he
looks for "no fair weather battle"
against the man the Democrats
nominate at their convention open-
ing Monday in Chicago
He made the statement in pledg-
ing that grass roots Republican
campaign workers — from
the precinct level on up to state
chairmen — “are going to be an
integral part of this . , . drive to
total victory" In November.
The general set forth the prom-
ise in a telegram! to Rep. Edward
H. Jenison, Illinois Republican,
who opened his campaign for re-
election at a rally in Springfield
The Eisenhower camp talked of
the rally aa the kickoff of a nation-
wide drive to capture control of
Congress at the fall elections.
The committee also recommend-
ed that the board of directors of
the chamber and the national de
fense committee of the chamber
decide upon some Abilene account-
ant firm to set up the necessary
records for the fund and to make
audits and do other bookwork nec-
essary.
Members of the fund-collecting
committee are: R. B. Tanner,
Price Campbell, J. C. Hunter, Jr..
Jack Wheeler, Elbert Hall. Mal-
colm M. Meek, George Minter, Jr.
Gilbert Pechacek. Morgan Jones,
Jr., E. L. Thornton, and W. L.
Sibley.
The approved letter reads as
follows:
“The signing of the military con-
struction authorization bill on
Monday. July 14. 1952. definitely
assured the reactivation of Tye
Air Base by the Strategic Air Com-
mand into a permanent Air Force
installation.
"There remains but one further
step — the •_________by Abilene
of its promise and obligation to
furnish the government $500,000
for the purchase of land and for
the construction of certain recre-
ation facilities
"We have been notified by the
Air Force that these funds should’
be made immediately available
"Our records indicate that you
have pledged (specific sum of
money). It now becomes necessary
that all pledges be paid into the
fund
"Please make your check pay-
able to the Air Base Fund. Abi-
lene. Tex . and mail it to the Abi-
See PLEDGES. Pg. 6A, Col. 3
THE WEATHER
U. s DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE AND VICINITY Partly
cloudy with widely scattered afternoon
and evening showers this afternoon and
tonight Partly cloudy tomorrow. High to-
day and tomorrow near 95. Low tonignt
70 to 75.
EAST TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS: Showers and local squalls along j
the coast, partly cloudy with scattered
showers in interior Wednesday. Wednes
day night and Thursday Not much change
in temperature. Fresh to locally strong
southeast winds on the coast
WEST TEXAS AND NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS: Partly cloudy with widely seat-
tered thundershowers Wednesday right
and Thursday No important temperature
changes -
TEMPERATURES
Tues. p. m. Wed. a. m.
93.,. 1., 1.30 74
93 ............2:30 ...........
87 ............3.30 ............
73 ............4:30 ............
73 ............5:30 ............
8=1
Sunset last
5:43: sunset
period ending at 6:30 a.
Minimum tempersatur
par!" edine M SM a.
: sunrise "toy
12:30 a m.: 2.10.
12:30 pm «%.
• for 24-hour-
m. 96.
-A Mhowr
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