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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1950
Page
5
The Ministry of Health identifies 700 proprietary medicines it asks doctors not to prescribe under the free plan to reduce expenses for the National Health Service and curb drug costs across the system.
Washington reports that American business will invest 4.8 billion dollars in new factories machinery and equipment in the first quarter of 1951 a record for any first quarter and the year as a whole is forecast to set a new high the higher costs partly driving the planned outlays while surveys indicate a larger physical level of plant and equipment.
Herbert Marcus, 72, founder and longtime president of Neiman Marcus, died at his Dallas home after a cerebral hemorrhage. A civic leader active in Dallas cultural affairs, he had retained control of the store since buying out A. L. Neiman in 1928, with son Stanley Marcus stepping into management.
The page presents Mrs. Post answering reader questions on etiquette including addressing returned mail, helping a woman on the street, anniversary dates, holiday cards between business associates, funeral attire, and eating melon with ice cream. Also listed are local real estate transfers, marriage licenses, and two divorce cases.
Disk jockey Al Evans of KGNC touts Spike Jones Heyes holiday ballad Mommy Won’t You Buy A Baby Brother on RCA Victor 45. Jones uses festive percussion and kid’s wish theme. Evans promotes the 8:00 AM Tuesday KGNC airing and RCA Victor dealer availability.
A reader asks about engagements without a ring, and Mrs Post says an announcement can be made without a ring with the couple deciding whether to announce now or later. The column also covers tipping etiquette at counters, appropriate headwear for a church wedding, and the practice of including return addresses on envelopes.
Lee McMurtry and wife transfer to Robert Andrews in lot 5 block 81 Eakle. C A Reagan and wife transfer to C M McMurtry lots 9 and 10 block 165 SJH. Frank T Brown and wife transfer to Lawson L Stevens in Tr. 15 and 16 J C Heaton.
Blue and fin whales reach lengths of 65 feet or more in two years and feed exclusively on plankton, the microscopic life of their ocean habitats.
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