Amarillo Trash Lid Rules Spark Widespread Violations
Amarillo inspectors report at least a quarter of households and businesses fail to meet the city trash lid ordinance while the Flats area shows about 90 percent canopies-covered cans. Officials note grass clipping disposal, nightly routes, and free service as measures to improve compliance. The city also defines numerous public health nuisances from sleeping cellars to stray pigs and improper sidewalk sweeping.
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Amarillo
Tom Burns
Health Department
Department of Final Disposition
Educator Dies in Accidental Shot During Rabbit Hunt
Dr. John Wesley Simmons a 61 year old educator and former foreign service officer and professor of religious education at Southwestern University was killed by an accidental shotgun discharge while rabbit hunting on his Georgetown area property. Justice of the Peace John Shaw ruled the death accidental. He leaves his widow and three sons John 12 Richard 10 and Robert 8. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Georgetown
John Wesley Simmons
Southwestern University
Simmons
John
Richard
Robert
Justice of the Peace
John Shaw
Money-Making Meter Baffles Police in Indiana
In Kokomo Indiana on June 3 officers investigate a single parking meter that collected five dollars in one hour. The haul came after Mrs W L Gunther dropped a five dollar gold piece into the meter, prompting a search through nickels from about a thousand meters to locate the rare coin.
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Kokomo
Ind
W. L. Gunther
Mexican Workers Threaten Strike in Monterrey
Government officials said they would use all means to avert a general strike set for June 12 in Monterrey by the Federation of Workers. The union claims a cracker company dismissed leaders without cause and accuses the employers’ group of aggressive labor practices.
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Mexico City
Monterrey
Federation of Workers
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Fast Relief for Aches
An advertisement urges readers to rub Moone's Emerald Oil on feet ankles and legs twice daily to ease pain irritations and stiffness. It claims the medicated oil accelerates blood flow and offers economical satisfaction backed by druggists.
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Moone
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