False claims on dangers of aluminum spread in Amarillo
Amarillo Better Business Bureau reports confusion over aluminum cookware dangers after a wife threatened to destroy over $100 in pots and pens. Medical authorities and AMA notes counter misinformation. FTC barred Steelco Stainless Steel Inc from making harmful aluminum cookware claims.
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Amarillo
Bureau
American Medical Association
Federal Trade Commission
Steelco Stainless Steel Inc
Better Business Bureau Warns Against Aluminum Utensils
A public notice warns that aluminum utensils may cause cancer stomach trouble ulcers indigestion high blood pressure decayed teeth or poisoning. It urges reporting such claims to the Better Business Bureau immediately.
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Better Business Bureau
Juvenile thief snatches cash and check from local store
A 12 year old boy took 37 dollars in cash and a 35 dollar check from McAfees furniture store at 601 Taylor yesterday noon. He resisted police and attempted multiple escapes as investigators verify his varying statements about grandparents and a home. He was detained at the juvenile detention home while pending checks.
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McAfee
Taylor
Clifford Roberts
McAfee’s
Fillmore
Boys Ranch
Seymour
Dalhart
Hold Rites for Polvadore Child
Funeral services for Barbara Ann Polvadore aged 3 were held at 2 30 PM in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel. Minister H L Gipson of West Amarillo Church of Christ officiated. Barbara Ann died Sunday night after being struck by a automobile at St Anthony's Hospital. Surviving are her parents Mr and Mrs Louis L Polvadore and a sister Juanita.
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Louis L. Polvadore
North West Ninth
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial
H. L. Gipson
West Amarillo
Barbara Ann
St. Anthony's Hospital
Juanita
Barrett Assigned to Air-Ground School
Sgt. Sylvia T. Barrett, daughter of Mrs. Sarah J. Barrett, 2801 Jackson, is assigned to the Air-Ground Operations School at Southern Pines NC. Sgt. Barnes re entered the Air Force in December 1950 after working for Santa Fe Railway in Clovis NM. He served about three years in the last war. he and wife Army Marie Hunt of Carter OK reside in Southern Pines. About 3 000 US farms are certified as Tree Farms focused on lumber and wood products.
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Sarah Josephine Barrett
Jackson
Southern Pines
Barnes
Air Force
Santa Fe Railway
Clovis
Army Marie Hunt
Carter
Okla
Veterans Council To Meet Tonight Report On USO
Members of the Veterans Council will hear a report on the USO at tonight's meeting at 6 o'clock in the American Legion Hall 617 West Seventh. Ronald A. Long, president, says they will decide the council's role with the USO and discuss other business.
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Veterans Council
USO
American Legion Hall
West Seventh
Ronald A. Long
Amarillo Firm Seeks End to Bogus Check Racket
Amarillo businessmen met in the F W Woolworth conference room to discuss stopping the bogus check racket. They reviewed the Protected Check Corporation of America invisible thumbprint check system used nationally and in Texas markets. About 75 local establishments have joined, led by Don Blatzheim of the Amarillo Credit Association, who said only strangers would be asked to imprint thumbprints on checks to verify integrity without burdening regular customers.
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F. W. Woolworth
Protected Check Corporation of America
Amarillo Credit Association
United States
Texas
Don Blatzheim
The
Blatzheim
New Law Outlaws Penny and Nickel Defacement
Washington July 17 President Truman signed a bill making penny pounding and nickel smashing a crime with penalties up to five years in prison and a $2000 fine. The law closes a gap by criminalizing defacement that could pass as other denominations.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Seven Men Sought By Draft Board
Potter Oldham County Selective Service Board seeks current addresses for seven registrants it cannot locate. Mrs. Ranah B. Wilson, clerk, asks for contact from anyone who can provide the present addresses of Arlie Scott Jr Karl Ashley Robert Lee Kelley Carl Purnfey Jr Jerry Edward Perron James Edward Polk Jr and Walter Frederick Hicks.
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Potter-Oldham County
Purchase site for school near Amarillo Air Base
Amarillo School Board bought an eight acre site at Thirty-fourth and Georgia for a new elementary school. Supt. Chas. M. Rogers says enrollment will rise by about 650 next year due to the base, on top of a 1,200 increase from last year. About half of the new students are expected to enroll in September. The board authorized 15 new teachers, with more staff needs to be filled.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
Amarillo Air Force Base
Thirty-fourth
Georgia
Rogers
School board fills vacancies and new positions
About sixty teachers were needed to staff vacancies and new roles. The board also conducted routine business beyond staffing.
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Mately
Pfc Don Lee Morgan Visits Family on Furlough
Pfc Don Lee Morgan, son of Mr and Mrs L L Morgan of 817 Virginia, is home on furlough. He is stationed at Chanute Field Tl after graduating this month from the Aero Industries Technical Institute in Oakland California. A Amarillo High School graduate, he attended Amarillo College before entering the Air Force January 8. He completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
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Don Lee Morgan
L. L. Morgan
Virginia
Chanute Field
Morgan
Aero Industries Technical Institute
Oakland
Cal
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Navy drill canceled as river floods St Louis
In St Louis on July 17, Capt John Hammock at the Naval reserve installation on the Mississippi River announced that drill sessions are canceled temporarily due to high water.
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ST. Louis
John Hammock
Naval Reserve
Mississippi River
Brookline Woman Leaves Estate to Children's Medical Center
Mrs Fannie Hall Fegan leaves most of her 1.4 million dollar estate to Boston area Children’s Medical Center with a condition that the hospital keep her baby portrait on prominent display.
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U.P
Fannie Hall Fegan
Brookline
Children’s Medical Center
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