India Leaders 10 Speak at Knife, Fork Meeting
The Amarillo Knife and Fork Club hosts its first 1960 meeting Jan 5 with Madame Krishna Nehru ambassador to Washington and Raja Hutheesing editor of the Free Press Journal as speakers at the Amarillo Country Club. Tickets go on sale Jan 2 at local drugstores. Frank J. Storm Jr. is new club president.
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Amarillo
Knife and Fork Club
India
Krishna Nehru
Washington
Faja Hutheesing
Bombay
Amarillo Country Club
Herbert Drug
Maxor Drug
Fisk
Frank J. Storm, Jr
Nehru
Raja Hutheesing
Free Press Journal
Hutheesings
Harsha
Ajit
Prevents Car From Crushing His Father
Ley TYLER December 29. Harold Ford, a step son, saved Herman Taylor from a car slipping on him as a jack failed. He held up the vehicle by the bumper until help arrived, then collapsed. Ford sustained strained ligaments and a badly strained back while Taylor suffered only minor bruises.
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Tyler
U.P
Herman Taylor
Harold Ford
Taylor
Ford
Trees Are Worth Money Say Report
University of Nebraska forester Earl G. Maxwell estimates trees add an average 326.06 dollars yearly to farms. A survey of 300 Nebraska landowners breaks down the value into fuel savings 13.53, fuel wood 22.67, posts and poles 6.44, orchard or garden yield Ay pena, wind protection 29.63, increased crop production 43.03, and livestock protection 197.06.
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Lincoln
Neb. U.P
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Earl G. Maxwell
Ay Pena
Fire guts two room house on North East Ninth
A morning blaze gutted the interior of a two room house at 1210 North East Ninth. Firefighters fought the fire for about an hour from an undetermined cause. The home, owned by C. Cretsinger and occupied by Mr and Mrs Vernon Savage and their child, was uninjured. Cretsinger could not estimate the damage to the building or contents.
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North East Ninth
C. Cretsinger
North East Eighth
Vernon Savage
Cretsinger
Rita's Baby Has Black Hair Yasmin Born to Rita Hayworth
Princess Yasmin, born December 28 in Lausanne at Monthoisi Clinic to Rita Hayworth and Moslem Prince Aly Khan, has harmonious features and tiny black hair. The head nurse notes the infant is very well behaved and hardly cries.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Yasmin
Rita Hayworth
Monthoisi
Rita
Aly Khan
Pool Donations Exceed Goal For Youth Center Pool
The Youth Center pool fund drive started in mid September aimed at 5000 dollars and ended with 5572 dollars raised. D W Baker the drive treasurer announced the final tally. Kiwanis Club members and sponsors contributed to push donations over the target as funds will cover plumbing and sanitation equipment for the year around community swim center. A full time Youth Center director is to be appointed soon with the selection announcement expected shortly.
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Youth Center
D. W. Baker
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Ask Resignation of FDRs Eldest Son
The young Democrats of California ask James Roosevelt to resign as Democratic national committeeman. They argue the entry of FDRs eldest son into the governor race diverts focus from party unity and advocate a non ambitious successor. A Roosevelt spokesman declined comment, noting the group is no longer affiliated with the party.
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Los Angeles
California
James Roosevelt
William J. Tiernan
Henry James
Roosevelt
Plutarco River Seeks Police Protection in Mexico
Plutarco River of Tampico asked police for protection after nine days of attempted shootings from the mountain behind his farm. He said the shots never hit him but he believes someone is targeting him.
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Tampico
Mexico
U.P
Plutarco River
Plutarco
Laughton finds audience curiosity shifts from gossip to literature
Hollywood veteran Charles Laughton, on a US reading tour from Canada to Texas, reports scant interest in actors personal lives. Audiences, from business men to students, ask about acting craft and classic works. He read Bible, Shakespeare and Dickens to crowds up to 5,000, traveled 5,000 miles, noting literature draws warmer reception than film gossip. The tour could become annual, with pay rivaling motion pictures.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Charles Laughton
Canada
Texas
Laughton
Shakespeare
Thomas Wolfe
James Thurber
Dickens
Chicago
Bloomington
Ind
The Body Has A Nervous Heart
Marie McDonald known as The Body in Hollywood showed a quick recovery from a nervous heart spasm after a midnight hit run crash in Encino California. She and husband Harry Karl were involved in the accident which damaged their car. She said doctors envied her heart and that she feels fine now after ten days in hospital for treatment.
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Encino
Cal
Marie McDonald
Hollywood
Harry Karl
Miss McDonald
Volcanic School at Hawaii Extends Courses on Rim
The University of Hawaii runs an extension program on the rim of a volcano enabling students to study botany geology and volcanic phenomena. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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University of Hawaii
Texas Prison Guards Fired For Escape Negligence
Huntsville, Dec. 29 Two guards Alton Harmon and Dave Langley were fired for careless ness and negligence after seven convicts escaped through a 21 foot tunnel at Huntsville State Prison. Warden Emmet Moore cited lax guard duty and said the escape could have been prevented. Three inmates remain at large.
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Huntsville
Huntsville State Prison
Emmet Moore
Alton Harmon
Dave Langley
Moore
Judge Finds Nothing Funny in Their Play
In Nashville on December 29 Jerry Body twenty seven, a Negro, faced a charge for swinging a switch blade at David D. Young, another Negro. Young told the judge they were only playing and Body agreed. Judge Andrew Doyle suspended a twenty five dollar fine and dismissed the case.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jerry Body
David D. Young
Young
Andrew Doyle
Body
Doyle
107 Years To This Man in Ocean Park
Cipriano Chavez a 107 year old man in Ocean Park California laughed when police found him after a report of a missing person. He said he could take care of himself and was just looking for work. His daughter said he had worked as a gardener until this year and was slowed by a bus accident. Chavez born in Sinaloa Mexico in 1842 came to the area as a 94 year old man. Also noted is Jimmy Foxx leading the American League in strikeouts for seven years a record.
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Ocean Park
Cal
Cipriano Chavez
Josephine Garcia
Chavez
Sinaloa
Mexico
Jimmy Foxx
Town curbs train whistles through Nahunta
Nahunta officials ordered police to force locomotives to refrain from loud toots while passing through town, arguing a train blast could be a nuisance and the railroad itself should judge the level of sound.
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Nahunta
Ga. U.P2
Railroad
Canasta Tournament to Open in Weslaco February Nine
The national canasta laws committee has been invited to the lower Rio Grande Valley worldwide canasta tournament opening in Weslaco on February 9. The two day event welcomes regional and state champions and will conclude the next day.
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Weslaco
U.P
Rio Grande Valley
Bristol given 90 day workhouse for stealing wedding gift
Lynn Bristol, who left his bride at the altar, received a 90 day workhouse sentence for stealing one of the wedding gifts. The bride-to-be called off the wedding. Globe-News want ads get results.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Lynn Bristol
First minted coins gave name to dollars and thalers
A mine near Joa chimsthal Bohemie was sunk in 1518 and Count Schlick issued the first minted coins called Joachimsthalers. The term was shortened to thalers and later corrupted to dollars, shaping the modern currency word.
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Joachimsthal
Bohemie
Schlick
Metal-working equipment usage in the motor industry
A survey shows twenty three percent of all metal-working equipment is employed by the motor industry. This indicates a strong reliance on machinery in automotive manufacturing and related sectors.
Savannah attorney reveals million-dollar overpayment by bank
A Savannah attorney told bank officials that a check issued to him exceeded his fee by one million dollars. The attorney said the overpayment was unintentional and sought steps to rectify the error.
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Savannah
U.P
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