The Miracle of America booklet and American living standards
The piece discusses a booklet titled The Miracle of America arguing Americans live better on a majority basis. It covers machines creating jobs, the need for an economy of plenty over scarcity, freedom and security, and the Advertising Council's platform endorsing human value and unemployment supports such as insurance, retraining, public works, and welfare, while noting more work remains.
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America
Fidence
Advertising Council
Advertising Council Policy Committee
White House
Bing Crosby
Kate Smith
Bob Hope
Arthur Godfrey
Courthouse Records Warrants Deeds and Marital Notices
A courthouse ledger lists multiple warranty deeds transferring property in Amarillo area parcels and additions with buyers and prices, followed by district court divorce filings and marriage licenses for several couples. Names include Quincy Ford, H D Arney, Bessie L Ross, Mattie B Jackson, Vernon D Duniven, J L Summers, West Lawn Homes Inc, Gertrude Hudnall, Oscar Hawk, S L Gray, Lee Waldrop, Seale Annex Co, Edward O Hara Jr, Herchel Faust, Forrest Stradley, Homer Lee, John H Osteen, M F Wirtz, Kenneth Coates, Geo Dunn, Edith Bryant, W O Hendrick Jr, Ruby Harrison, Mildred Beale, Billy Linder, Bonnie Suzanne Johnson, Leona Osborn, Lillian Hes t ion, and others, plus marriage licenses for several couples.
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Quincy Ford
H. D. Arney
Pleasant Valley
W. B. Burkhalter
Bessie L. Ross
Ab&m
Oliver W. Bivins
Hugo H. Loewenstern
Bivins
Mattie
Jackson
Vernon D. Duniven
J. L. Summers
Roberts Place
West Lawn Homes, Inc
Doyal
North Highlands
Gertrude Hudnall
M. O. Hawk
Oakes
Holland
S. L. Gray Et
Lee Edward Waldrop
Plemons
John H. Osteen
M. F. Wirtz
Kenneth Coates
Wayne H
E. E. Raines
Marie Ratcliff
Edith Bryant
Geo. B. Dunn
Mary-Gould Acres
Bonnie Suzanne Johnson
Warren M. Johnson
Leona Goldie Osborn
J. F. Hudson
Lillian Hestilon
William Henry Bates
Sybil Joyce Porter
Thomas William Whelchel
Nancy Gwynn Read
GOP Hopes Humanizing the Party at Dallas Convention
A Dallas January exposition of air conditioning equipment, sponsored by the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, is part of a broader GOP push to humanize the party. The piece cites Truman’s perceived humanity and urges Republicans to relate to voters in plain terms, stressing costs and everyday concerns over abstract ideology.
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Dallas
American Society of Heating & Ventilating Engineers
Skowhegan
Harry Truman
Truman
Republican Party
United Features Syn
Beer tavern operator charged with murder near Taylor
Pete Buentello, operator of a tavern near Taylor, Texas, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Miguel Lugo, 39, of Edinburg yesterday.
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Taylor
Tex
Pete Buentello
Here
Miguel Lugo
Edinburg
Sweetwater Gypsum Plant to Expand at Over One Million Cost
Sweetwater announces expansion of its United States Gypsum Company plant with a new building and equipment project valued at more than one million dollars. The plan is to enlarge operations at the facility resulting in increased capacity and employment.
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Sweetwater
United States Gypsum Company
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Davis-Davidson Co
Finch & Gavin Freeman Insurance Agey
Royce Gant
C. R. Haynie Ins
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L. E. Lyles Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Ordway-Saunders Co. Oakes-Fyfe
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Panhandle Ins
Harold S. Richey
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Gop
U. S. Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Memphis, Tenn
U.P
Fay Vann
Bou
Polk
Amarillo
Curtis Blind
van Buren
Seiwell Drug
N. Fillmore
Armstrong
Helms
Dresden
Minnesota
Texas
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Borden
Atlas
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Polk Street
Pampa Furniture CO
Pampa Lindsey Furniture CO
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