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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1950
Page
10
Cleveland June 30 firemen did not assist as 151 automobiles burned on the lake front. The event was a planned scrap drive to rid the city of unsafe jalopies and proceeds from the scrap will go to the American Cancer Society.
Amarillo reports Jas per Franklin Thomas 22 of Wellington killed in an auto train crash east of Amarillo on Friday. Three injured: Raymond J. McGill 21, Mrs Billie Chumley 17, and her eight month old daughter Beverly. This was the second fatal crossing crash in 26 hours following Mrs Lewis Massengale of Amarillo.
Cigarette factories in Richmond Virginia produced 8.959 billion cigarettes in March 1950. For the year to date through March total output reached 24 billion cigarettes.
Chicago June 30 The American Veterinary Medical Association reports sinus infection in turkeys as a common fowl disease. Turkeys suffer sinus disorders and require special nose drops to survive. The condition spreads bird to bird and causes headaches for poultrymen. Preliminary tests hint streptomycin may help. penicillin fails to relieve swollen sinuses.
Roy Hurley 39, an oilfield worker from Harlingen, faces aggravated assault charges after doctors described severe burns on his one year old daughter Opal Marie. Doctors noted a large burn on the stomach and multiple smaller burns on the chest and mouth. The case, filed by Assistant County Attorney Hawthorne Phillips, may move to Cameron County Court at Law.
Prime Minister Louis St Laurent announced that three Canadian destroyers the Cayuga Athabaskan and Sioux on the Pacific Coast have been ordered to be ready to go into action off Korea if needed.
Blair Wilson 21 caused chaos in Pittsburgh after trapping two skunks and entering a Brookline tavern with skunk tails. Patrons fled as glasses shattered and tables overturned, police intervened, and Wilson slept in his car before being fined 25 dollars and released.
In Little Rock Arkansas on June 30 a 26 year old farmer Jack Daniels of Jamestown underwent a four and a half hour operation to remove a .45 caliber bullet embedded in his forehead for 12 years. Surgeons said his prospects for recovery are good. Daniels was shot at age 14 when mistaken for a chicken thief. He later married and has two children. The bullet drifted backward toward the brain area controlling muscles causing loss of coordination before removal.
London report cites rising border clashes with a Bulgarian unit said to have killed a Turkish officer near Adrianople. Athens dispatch notes latest encounter occurred in the southeast area last week.
Joe Bloom from Benton Tennessee describes a dramatic transformation after using HADACOL. He dropped from 115 pounds to 160 pounds while starring for Polk County High School football. The ad touts HADACOL as boosting vitamins minerals iron and hemoglobin with a model photo and prices of 1.25 and 3.50.
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