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The Waco News-Tribune from Waco, Texas • Page 7

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Waco, Texas
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Kiekoff Thursday in Scout Drive for Building Funds Kiekoff luncheon for the special sifts division of the Boy Scout building campaign will be held at noon Thursday in the Garden Room of the Roosevelt Hotel. Toal of the campaign Is $200,000 to provide adequate camping facilities for Central Texas Boy Scouts. R. D. Curtis Is chairman of the NEW YORK expert told special gifts division.

Senate investigators today that Curtis said division chairmen, crime and horror comic books won't induce a well-adjusted boy! fc ,7, or girl to commit a crime, but may encourage an unstable youth Comic Books Influence Unstable Youth May ffhr Sara Thursday, April 22, 1954 Wtco, executive, died of a heart ailment here yesterday. He chairman of Texas and had served as president of the Ameri- Power Light an execu tive of the Electric Bond Co. and as president of the Centra Arizona Light Power Co. OUT-OF-TOWN MOTORISTS coming to the Boy Scout circus Thursday and Fridav are asked to use north and west approaches at the Heart Texas Coliseum grounds from Highway 6 and enter the gates. Officials urge Wacoans coming from south and east to use Bosque Boulevard or Colcord Avenue and enter the east gates.

to do so. Richard Clendenen, Washington. D. social worker and staff director of a Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency, told a subcommittee hearing 20 million comic books are sold each month. He said there was "substantial among experts on the effect these crime and horror make up a fourth of the 422 different comic books on children, namely: 1.

That reading such crime comics will not cause a adjusted and boy or girl to go out and commit a crime. 2. That the hooks may, however, give support and to disturbed children for out their feelings of aggression." S. That the avid readers Waco, of crime comics are those who Dallas Utilities Official i Heart really rests in the hands of a rela-' NEW YORK, April 21 tively few ard Lewis Aller. 70, Dallas utilities Ork Citj For example, he said the Atlas group of comic books includes 45 I ki Li t.o 50 different comic books all nut 1 lIvQlTl PI.

UallQy, I out under the Atlas trademark, nut through 25 different corporations, all controlled by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Goodman, of New York. Clendenen said advertising in most crime and horror comic books is division will attend the kiekoff luncheon. Division chairmen are Joe L.

Ward, Howard Korsmo and Irving Pettis The campaign is the first appeal for capital funds by the Heart o' Texas Council in its 30-year his tory. Three basic projects are: 1. Training facilities for 2,274 with a training center building at Camp Tahuaya. 2. Improved and expanded fa cilities at the camp to relieve pres ent crowded conditions.

.1. Securing and developing an Explorer Camp site at the new Belton Reservoir. Camp Tahuaya Is the camp located near Belton om the Lampasas River. Harlon Fentress of Waco is general chairman for the nine-county campaign. Gordon Rountree is city chairman for the campaign in COOL YOUR NOME THROUGH YOUR FURNACE It's os silly to roost in hot weather as it- would be.

to freeze in cold when we can provide you with A ROUND air by adding a Chrysler Airtemp Packaged" cooling unit to your present forced air furnace less of make or model and losh much less than you Authorized Dealer Chrysler Airtemp CALL 2-6515 THE Announces Removal of Office to 1710 Colcord Avenue 1825 North 18th St. CIRCUS corromo from tage one audience right from the discovery of America and on through the pa set of history. Scout leaders who will he responsible for hundreds of boys like Jimmy coming to the circus from 57 Central Texas towns were urged Wednesday to observe every precaution. Cautioa want to get all of these boys to Waco for their Circus, and back home Jlgt. Nelson Hreg nbotham of the Waco district, of the Texas ghwav Patrol said.

"Just start early, take time coming to Waco, and be a hurry to get back Crcus Committee Chairman Kmidson asked on the Coliseum grounds to be extra careful. and watch out closely for the youngsters. that many boys around the Coliseum, going to have to be Knudson said. they dash sometimes when they ought to Theme of the Circus for Nine who represents 3.587 boys bom in the nme-county Heart O' Texas Council who will be old enough far Scouting next year. Lloyd Williams 420S Gorman Avenue will represent Buzz, and the show will be described to the audience as Buzz sees it.

Radio Sta-ion will broadcast from the Coliseum floor at 8 30 ton ght. KWTX will broadcast the circus Friday night. WACO also will entertain the Scouts with pre-show music cn the Coliseum grounds with a mobile sound sjstem. George Sauer, Baylor University coach, will be Scout Circus ri master. The newly organized 50 piece Boy Scout band ill lead the grand Personal OAKLAND.

Calif. 10 years Harold R. Williams parked about ino.ooo cars without any damage. record ended when he backed into a pole, causing $150 damage to his own car. Don't Print That! SAN FRANCISCO -Two printers counterfeited U.

S. currency, then lit cigarettes with $5 and $10 bills and tossed the around in a bar. Some bills later showed up in Honolulu. In placing the men on three probation. Federal Judge chael J.

Roche declared the weird gag was the "most nonsensical" thing he ever encountered. BOARD CONTIM ED FROM PAGE ONE for the 15-acre tract now since a site for an elementary school has been purchased in the 4200 block of Proctor Avenue for an elementary school which will serve this district. A school building is under construction there now. The schools paid 22.500 for this lO-a'-re site and Wednesday paid $20.000 for a three-acre site in the 3400 block of Jefferson Avenue, which will be Waco Drive, for a new administration building. Appear Hesitant City aldermen appeared to make the additional grant of land to the It was brought out in a discussion that city still owed approximately $49.000 on the Rich Field bond issues.

Two were voted, an original issue of $75,000. parts of which have been refunded or refinanced, and another $15.000. Citv Manager Jack Jeffrey said the city will pay out approximately $150.000 on the bonds in principal and interest before they are paid off The city has already given away most of the land 100-odd acres to! the Heart Texas Fair, promised 13 acres for a new- military training unit site separate story) and a number of acres to the Lions Club for recreational ground The tract Is approximately 200 acres. THE SALVATION ARMY Needs Your Discarded Bedding Newspapers Clothing Shoes Magazines To Distribute to the NEEDY! Take them to Jotinie Perot itadel. Fourth and Webstar, or dial for pickup.

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Years Available:
1907-1973