Weathered Wisdom From Panhandle Columns
A rambling column recounts weather lore and regional quirks, noting how deep well and limestone spring water in Texas and Kentucky may affect vitality, cattle gains, and even human vigor. It references cattle, water sources, towns like Amarillo and Lexington, and a reader objection to a four-letter word in Tack's writing.
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Saturday Evening Post
Texas
Kentucky
Herschel Weil
Lexington
Ohio
Tack
Floyd‘ada
Tack Sees Kids as a Word Warped by a Four Letter Shame
A speaker decries the overuse of a four letter word and its spread into everyday speech. He recalls a childhood game and laments modern slang replacing gentler terms for children. The piece critiques linguistic changes in the atomic age and urges restraint in word choice.
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Tack
Agre
Jacks
Elsigor
Yanks Solve Duck Problem Near Ankara Turkey
American military aid members in Turkey found Lake Emir ideal for ducks after capture methods. They used rubber air rafts to retrieve ducks and a low flying trainer plane to drive ducks into guns. Americans reportedly eat so much duck they fear quacking at meals.
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Ankara
Turkey
Emir
China War Hits Brush Industry in United States
The American Brush Manufacturers Association reports civil war in China reduces prime bristles supply. North China fighting cuts bristle flow from Tientsin Tsingtao and Machuria, with only about five percent of bristles sourced from those areas. Bristle mix cannot exceed fifty percent and horsehair, mainly from Canada the US and Argentina, accounts for about 45 percent.
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United States
China
American Brush Manufacturers Association
Tientsin
Tsingtao
Machuria
Canada
Argentine
Lincoln Road Shopping Center Planned as Auto Center
A real estate firm and Bay architectural group announce the Lincoln Road Shopping Center to open next spring on the city’s northwest side. The two level, extended 1000 foot complex will feature drive in lanes for check cashing, laundry pickup, shoe repairs, drug prescriptions and a full supermarket with car delivery via pick up windows and heated sidewalks for year round comfort.
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Yecave
Wine Nation
7 Bay Architectural and Engineering Group
Lincoln Road
Howard T. Fisher
Army Tackles Mole Cancer in Five Year Study
The U S Army medical department launches a five year program to find a cure for malignant melanoma. Fifth Army headquarters cites melanoma arising from moles that suddenly enlarge. Mortality remains high, with death often within years after onset.
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Sie
US Army
Fifth Army
New York
New York City
Markets and Stocks Roundup From Canadian Packers to Rail and Grain
A dense montage lists numerous firms and brands such as Surroughs de Bros, Dry Guardian, Pac ker Corp, Republic Steel, Sears, Union Pacific, and Arkansas gas names, interspersed with financial figures, percentages, and industry terms. The note covers markets, transportation, utilities, grains, livestock, and railroad sectors with scattered prices and earnings cues.
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Surroughs de Bros All Packing Canada
Guadian
Packer” Corp
Counterpiller
Selotex Corpertaines
Besapa
Rev. Motors Bicao Corp Republic Avia MM
St Paul Republic Steel Hago
RiaPac Rexall Drue Brosler Reynold
Tobb
TF Financial Richfield
St Reais
Satewar
Jospeh
Cred Sthenney
Sears
Comm & South
Seiberiing
Sonsol
Edison
Servel
Transam
Cory Pidden
Union Rash Foodyear
Union
Pacific
Jeane Whee
Ims
Ain Rites Carte Uanes
Mick aNnienasl
Batena
Pier Bart
Aes Doe Eiaan
Persotcheen
York
Beltntess
Had
Salite
Financial Industrial Fund Liquidating 11200 Offering 188
Financial Industrial Fund details a liquidation of 11200 units with an offering price of 188. The fragment mentions liquidation actions and a price figure, but lacks full context or clear outcomes.
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Financial Industrial Fund
Captain Price to resign from Amarillo police force
Captain Price announced he will resign from the Amarillo police department at the end of his duty tour to devote full time to his private business, the Price Arm May. Chief Sid Harper expressed regret, and a competitive examination will fill the traffic captaincy. Price, born in Norman Oklahoma, has served since 1930 and helped Amarillo win the 1947 safest city award in its population class.
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Warmer
Police
Price
Earl Price
Long Beach
Cal
Houston
Police Department
Sid Harper
John Anderson
Harper
Ion
Atst
Amarillo
Care packages mocked by Soviet authorities in Frankfurt report
Ernst Gross in Frankfurt says Soviet officials dislike CARE packages. He recalls CARE packages found at his home after arrest were displayed on a public square for one afternoon with a sign saying Thats the way capitalists live. The sign was altered to read the western zones the next day.
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Frankfurt
Ernst Grossin
Soviet Zone
Grossmann
Grossman
Tragic House Fire Claims Child In Driveway Collision
A child died after a fire started between a bedroom and living room during play. Lenora Veale extinguished the blaze before relatives opened the door. The child was wrapped and an ambulance summoned while the family learned of the incident from a returning father. Funeral arrangements were set for later at Blackburn-Shaw Chapel with Rev. Hamm officiating. The ship collision occurred nearby as the Everglades struck a trestle, causing minor damage. Interwoven details name Kamoria Veale and other relatives from Amarillo and Antlers.
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Veale
Kamoria
Lenora
Guire Nursery
West Fifteenth
Drayton Hall
Blackburn-Shaw Chapel
J.enty
Teeareck
Hamm
Nazarene Church
Everglades
Atlantic Coast Line
Liano Cemetery
Nora
Patricia
Connie
Amarillo
Willis
Ama- River
Gop
Sar
Postmasters Meet in April in Dallas
The Texas Postmasters Association announces its annual fate convention set for April 17 to 19 in Dallas. The report notes a remark on Czech workers and private enterprise in a separate context.
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Dallas
Texas Postmasters Association
Stick Up Man Snatches Olives Then Flees With Change
In Pottstown Pennsylvania a young man demanded olives from Mrs Stanley Trojanowski. She handed him a bottle and he flashed a tin. She screamed and he fled leaving 78 cents change in his hand. Police pursue suspect.
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Pottstown
Stanley Trojanowski
Pottstown Police
Ventura Water Dept Solves Sinking Lot Mystery
After 40 years a 100 by 200 foot land parcel in Ventura had been sinking and sliding. Officials blame a deep quick sand pit for cracking water mains and sagging sidewalks and porches. Water crews installed flexible mains to curb breaks.
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Ventura
Cal
City Water Department
Burglary Alert Prompts Roof Patrols by Police Chief
In remarks continued from page 1, the department will start nightly roof patrols of business buildings. Officers will shoot at anything moving on a roof after dark. Chief Harper asks businesses to service air heating units after night to alert police to rooftop work.
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Harper
County Court Discusses Stadium Site At Fair Park
The county court notes public sale limits ruling on county property and cites need for title abstract. School officials consider 12 acres at fair grounds for a new stadium and practice fields with parking requiring about 60 acres total. Property near J R Lawrence section priced at 625 dollars per acre. City plans traffic improvements regardless of stadium at fair Park.
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Peterson
Commissioners Court of
County
Fair Grounds
J. R. Lawrence
George Waddill
Fair Park
N. V. Moss
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