Approval of steel houses waits on attorney general sign
A plan to allocate 59 000 tons of steel for six months to support factory made steel houses awaits AG approval. Lustron and five other builders would gain steel access, with anticipated prices around 8000 dollars per home before land costs. Reliance Homes offers a seven section kit for about 6000 dollars delivered and erected in four hours.
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Fred J. Zaly
Washington
Steel Industry
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Tighe E. Woods
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Ohio
Lustron
Attorney General
Reliance Homes, Inc
Lester, Pa
Reliance
Flanders
Representative Sundstrom
Congressional Committee On Housing
Sundstrom
Well Tests Underway for Fourth City Water Well
City manager N V Moss said testing of the fourth city water well 11.5 miles southwest of Amarillo will start within 24 hours. Water department began pumping, and will clean the well before the official test. Well No 3 yielded over 1400 gpm for 24 hours, among the highest in the area. A 36 inch inflow line to the city is pressure tested for leaks at 50 psi per square inch.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
H. H. Heiskell
Pampa
Moss
Atomic Labor Strikes Hit Oak Ridge and Los Alamos
Labor troubles hit the Atomic Energy Commission with about 100 electricians on strike at Oak Ridge Tennessee and a threatened walkout by AFL building trades members at Los Alamos. Carpenters plumbers and other unions protested a contractor’s refusal to negotiate, signaling possible work stoppage. Sam Williams of the Albuquerque Building Trades Council cited rising union sentiment.
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Los Alamos
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Gomez Infant Rites Set for Wednesday
Mary Gomez infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gomez of 1422 Cleveland died Tuesday night at St. Anthony's Hospital. Funeral services were to be held at 4 PM Wednesday at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe with Father Antonio Rodriguez officiating. Burial followed at Liano Cemetery under Boxwell Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home direction. Survivors include the maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Quiantana of Amarillo.
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Mary Gomez
Joe Gomez
Cleveland
St. Anthony's Hospital
Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Antonio Rodriguez
Liano Cemetery
Boxwell Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Joe Quiantana
Amarillo
Three Million Hike In Tax Rolls Seen
Potter County tax collector Frank Hoyt estimates the 1948 tax roll will total between 50 and 51 million dollars, up from about 47 million in 1947. The increased valuation would raise county taxes by roughly 24000 dollars at an 80 cent per hundred rate.
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Frank Hoyt
Potter County
Hoyt
Robber Kills Boyd Doster in San Francisco
Lou Boyd Doster aged 27, former Amarillo resident, was killed Tuesday night in San Francisco by a robber. He was struck on the head. Relatives in Amarillo, including Mrs. Fav Shore and Mrs. J. W. French, prepare to travel to San Francisco. Survived by his parents M. L. Doster Ola Doster two sisters and a brother Von, address unknown.
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Boyd Doster
Amarillo
San Francisco
Fav Shore
Harrison
McDonald Auto Supply
Polk
M. L. Doster
Center
Ola Doster
Syracuse
von Doster
Man 44 Charged In Bicycle Theft Case
Robert Massengale 44 is held in Potter County jail on theft charges connected to a bicycle theft from Fred Weathers of 609 North East Fourth. Massengale says he has no permanent address and arrived in Amarillo Monday. he has not been arraigned.
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Robert Massengale
Potter County
Fred Weathers
North East Fourth
Massengale
Amarillo
Absentee Balloting Near July Totals in Potter County
Absentee voting for the August run off in Potter County reached 289 by 11 a.m. at the County Clerk’s office. The July figure at the same point was 317, indicating a slower early pace for the current election.
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Potter County
Loren Jones
Slim Down Your Waist with Barcentrate Diet Plan
An ad-promotional item touts Barcentrate as a simple grapefruit juice recipe to shed fat without dieting. It claims quick weight loss by mixing four ounces of Barcentrate with grapefruit juice and taking two tablespoons twice daily, with testimonials from Mrs. Florence Chadwell of Sam Antonio and G W Ler of Weatherford, Texas.
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Florence Chadwell
Sam Aptonio
Texas
Blue Star Ointment Ad Promises Quick Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment for various skin issues including eczema tetter ringworm pimples and scabies. It claims one application provides relief and offers money back if the first jar fails to satisfy.
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Woodstock Typewriters
Clary Adding Machines Sales—Service
Pauley Service CO
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Cwone
Eae Fs
Tyler
Tyler Stadium
News-Globe
Fisk Bldg
ST. National Lamia Ae
Lou
G. W. Ler
Weatherford, Texas
John Halley
Mero Nztcelecoco
Waslihy
American Home
Ladies' Home Journal
Better Homes & Gardens
House & Garden, House Beautiful
Newspapers
Nichols
Edgers and Sanders
West Éth
Gibson
Nathan M. Hunt
North Fillmore
Coe’s
Eve Lincoln
N ™ Ave
Phote
Globe-News
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