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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1950
Page
18
MUSCATINE IOWA Aug 28 Remember that Muscatine rocking chair which rocked by itself It kept moving for four months from last March until the Holladays moved and took the chair to a new address Now the chair is largely at rest with only occasional rocking fits observed in its new home
The British government reports the discovery of the largest single deposit of uranium in the British Isles, located in Northern Wales. The ore is described as extremely low yield, with scientists estimating about 80 grams per ton, raising questions about feasibility of exploitation compared with Soviet deposits.
Chet Robertson, president of the Amarillo Optimist Club, outlined the Boys Work program at a club picnic held in Thompson Park. He cited a report from Optimist International and highlighted the Rattlesnake Junior Optimist Club at Sanborn School, serving ages 11 to 14. He noted 356 Junior Optimist clubs of 816 total units, with 35,548 members and $133,000 spent in 1949-50, and remarked on a clean record among juniors.
The column covers how to introduce PhD holders, hosting overnight guests, tipping airport drivers, signing a name for the bereaved, lobster dining forks, walking between sisters at a double wedding, and choosing sterling versus plate for gifts plus whether to wear evening dress at a 7 pm dinner.
South Africa sent scor pion fish to London Zoo featuring coral red eyes and pink flesh on the upper heads. The fish display bait-like tags to lure smaller fish, which the scor pion consumes.
A Mexican car dealer secured agencies for Czechoslovakian, British and Italian car brands to be assembled in Mexico by a firm that already assembles American cars locally.
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