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The Tampa Tribune from Tampa, Florida • 17

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The Tampa Tribunei
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Tampa, Florida
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17
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Afler Chewing On Weed Killer TAMPA SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Sunday, June 16, 1957 17-A v.o.. june 15. or and his mnthpr-s miPctmmnf Nine-year-old Britt Poland Eot his bubble gum mixed up with a weed killer. He wound up in a hospital. eiicuea me information yesterday that while he waited for the school bus he found a tiny black crystal on the eround.

He put it where small boys put everything, in his pocket. It merged with his parked bubble gum, for Britt keeps the gum in his pocket too. A check of the area where the crystal was found disclosed that what Britt really found was a weed killer. He had chewed some of the poison. He became ill in the night Clothes Altered By Moster Tailors your clathM too rs too small it jut dont it.

make them "Right" for you. mMwr uiiora to Mrv you! PASQUALE F1CCI0 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt acclaims new HEARING MIRACLE "IT HERALDS A NEW DAY for the HARD QF HEARING!" 1 I r- Jg aV II nnE. -1 ill i hi ii hi II 111 nliw (2 Molded Foam Rubber Reversible C7tE Cushions Attractive Modern Design pH 5T- P8a C5 GSX tf ABBk. RAZED BY TORNADO Springfield, June 15.

All of the houses in this half-block section in the eastern part of Springfield were destroyed by a tornado that killed two persons and injured many" others. The cars in front were not damaged. (AP Wire-photo). 10 Die And 3500 Lose Homes In Flash Floods i is. vyjiiay -5 i fc err.

'tsasrnrnr----' (Continued from Page 1) was turned into a raging tor- $269 Value Bureau reported 8.74 inches TZ -1 were vy me svwil cur- overturned rent. rain, it said it had no record of a heavier rain for such a S4 Pople only knew what a revelation and a joy The LISTENER is, they would not for a moment hesitate to wear one. This is the first hearing aid that exactly fits my needs as I can take it off and put it on as I need it. I just didn't realize a hearing aid could be as good as this!" the amazing HEARING invention that virtually defies detection the Otarion Listener9! About 20 per cent of Belle- short period here. As much as 10 inches of was reported flooded.

At laaim i i wjnaJ was reported unofficially in ad- loast 500 persons were evacu-joining Illinois towns. Hardest aled there, hit on the Illinois side were Coast Guard Aids Belleville. East St. Louis. Alton, Coast Guardsmen and rescue Caseyville, Wood River andi workers evacuated families in TERRIFIC 3.

(Cm 111 ll VALUES- the East St. Louis area which1 I TKMN had as much as fivp and sir! Wanda. Seven hundred of Caseyville's 1500 residents were forced from feet of water in places. Hrv) V-V-v- their homes by flood waters! Alton, with a population of It's the greatest stop forward of the century! Twenty-five years to perfect two seconds to put on nothing to hide. No cords, no ear buttons, no ear mold.

A tiny colorless tube lead3 to the car. To get the complete story, just send the coupon. BETTER HEARING SERVICE "Without cost or obligation, please send illustrated factual literature. Name (from Canteen and Caseyville 30,000, was isolated early in the Creeks last night. day.

Parts of the city were I 100 Leave Homes under five feet of water. Some I I I i uvMlta i Fast St Louis a ritv nf Qfl 200 nersons werp pvarnatprl 000, reported at least 100 per- Illinois state police reported sons had evacuated their homes. all of the 400 residents of Hill- view, 111., 60 miles north of Street City State here, had to be evacuated when 'i Water was two and three feet deep in places and some streets were under water. a levee on Seminary Creek broke. Many persons, trapped in cars both in St.

Louis and in A national uuara unit pa-troled streets and assisted in rescue work at Belleville, hit by its worst flood in history. Rainfall in downtown Belleville OB H3i) BETTE HEARING SERVICE the neighboring Illinois towns. were rescued, borne were was unofficially reported at treated for shock and exposure. 13.75 inches. Belleville is a city Transportation Snarled 602 Florida Ayc 3830 Britton Plaza Ph.

2-3441 Ph. 62-0291 of 35,000. I Richland Creek, flowing -u My mm' I through its business district, Transportation in St. Louis was temporarily snarled by the storm. Some street car and bus lines had to be rerouted.

Passenger trains were from one-half to 16 hours late in arriving at St. Louis. The Missouri Pacific reported washouts and landslides on its tracks from here to Kansas City and to Poplar Bluff in Southeast Missouri. The Frisco Railroad reported two of its rerouted St. Louis-bound trains were stalled near Thayer, by a freight derailment and the 250 passengers were sent by bus to St.

Louis. Thayer is 200 miles southwest of here near the Arkansas 5-Piece Tubular Steel OPEN EVERY NITE 'TIL 9ECT p-pf TERIUFIC 1 QOflHTITY only (inetfe Suite With Extension Tcp Imported Rctran (Large Size) Tubular Steel Legs with Plastic No-Slip Caps BEST VALUE IN TOWN i Highway Blocked Pacific, a small town in West ,4, St. Louis County, had 11.75 inches of rain during the night, U. S. Highway 66 was blocked.

The Mississippi River at St. Louis rose 5.6 feet overnight but was not expected to cause any flood problems unless further torrential rains hit the area. The Union Electric Co. reported 40,000 to 50,000 homes in St. Louis and St.

Louis County were left without electricity. The utility borrowed 100 linemen from power companies in Kansas City, Chicago and Cleveland and the men were flown into the area immediately. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. reported 20,000 telephones were out of order. "s3s LIMITED SUPPLY! HURRY WHILE THEY LAST! Beautiful Plastic or Fabric Covered S-pe.

Mvintg Mm. Suite Perfect For Living TT ll Si Room or Florida i I A jfll I it i I jbsl it it-s44- V-'. life nooiti Lclor selection WHILE TKEY LAST QjS QjS Tallahassee Man Elected By Soil i Conservation Group mwm GAINESVILLE. June 15. i.T) Howard Matthews of Tallahassee was named chairman of the Florida chapter.

Soil Conservation Society of America, at the close of a two-day session here today. He succeeds L. M. Hollingsworth of Gainesville, who becomes a member of Hi of LARGE DON'T MISS THIS TERRIFIC ONE-TIME VWcrr TELEVIS10I1 1 I Reg. $139 1 VARIETY I.lnjh fllfimtniim CsMmn 7 IIIWII f-IIMIIIUIMIH Wl4lii fit 19.95 OAtfO Mf- 1 Masse Loiiiige ut ti in the council.

John Griffin. Lake City, was elected vice chairman, and D. II. Esry of Gainesville was reelected secretary-treasurer. Council members, in addition to Hollingsworth.

include Wayne Smith, i a Springs; Reid Powell, Mayo; William S. Haas. Starke; J. H. Scnterfitt, Williston; Ben Williams, Sanford; William McCall, Largo, and Edwin Jesse, Fort Pierce.

In a principal address, Alexander Nunn, executive editor and vice president of the Progressive Farmer, declared that "without adequate soil and water conservation and all the other practices and attitudes that go with it, America is doomed as every other civilization has disappeared that forgot its soils and the importance of a stable, prospering agricultural population," Molded Foam Rubber Reversible irewn chrry itotia Ft Wide Color Selection Orion-Filled Cushions (199.95 Value) oeoroom iuite 1.93 Value 2-Pc. ii Sectional Sflfl503 1 Decoraioi Pillows WW REMEMBER ichwt. and book- '1 It Better Deals Ar. cM b4. I I S329.9S ValM them "ALLIED" i4 Many Other Terrific Values Automatic Washers Refrigerators Easiest Terms In Town Shop Early Save FREE DELIVERY WITHIN 50 MILES Opposite Springs Thentrm TELEVISION, 1 cm Italy's President Calls Independent To Pick Leader ROME.

June 15. iP President Giovanni Gronchi called in an independent today to try to lead this country out of the political wilderness. He asked 53-year-old Ces-are Merzagora. independent, anti-Facist president of the senate, to see if he could find some formula for a center coalition government. That did not mean he had picked the hard-headed former Milan banker as this country's next premier, although it might amount to that when all the cards are dealt.

Merzaeora told reporters he didn't want the but said he would accept if nobody else could solve the dilemma. I C. 8024 NEBRASKA LOOP PHONE VE 5-4940 PH. 4-1112 PH. MU 8-6291 PH.

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