Fonty Flock Seeks Glory Amid Brutal Stock Car Career
Fonty Flock says he is a lucky guy despite 17 years of crashes and a broken hand, four fractured pelvises, and a punctured kidney. He attributes racing glamour to his drive and notes hospital stays in 1941. his family is steeped in racing. He recalls early derby stunts, prize wins, and sponsors funding his cars, while urging safety belts to cut accident losses.
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Joseci Terrell
Raleigh
N. C
Fonty Flock
Fiock
Mercury
Fleck
Peoale
Citrus Black Fly Pupae Found On Two Texas Farms
Harlingen Texas UP reports citrus black fly pupae found on two farms south of Progreso in Hidalgo county. N O Berry of USDA says not alarming yet, calling it another insect problem, though the fly is a costly pest to the citrus industry. He notes the fly harms tree productivity by covering leaf undersides with larvae after eggs hatch. The pest previously spread from Key West and was eradicated by costly spraying.
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Harlingen
Tex
Progreso
Hidalgo County
Agriculture Department
Mexico
N. O. Berry
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Haringen
Berry
Rio Grande
Key West
Fila
Dancing School Opens Aug 30 on Highway 14g
Laslie's School of Dancing announces registration starting August 30 for two days, with an open house for a new studio offering tap, ballet, acrobatics, modern, and ballroom. The 2 by 20 foot facility, near a dwelling, will host Miss Wheaton with Mrs. A J Woods on piano.
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Laslie’s
Miss Wheaton
A. J. Woods
Baytown
Tessie
WOW
Texas Avenue
Crabh
Highlands
Whealon
Mroo
A. A. Leslie
Shrypetar
Bam Wonston State College
Huntsville
Grover Abel Studios
Houston
Soviet Farm Delegation Brings Home Notes and Ideas
Russian agricultural experts returning from an American tour carry notebooks filled with technical data and diaries of observations. Boris Savelov says the trip is very important and may lead to weeks of post visit reports. Delegates hope to Americanize Soviet dairy and feeding tech and will study American farming literature more deeply.
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Henri Gris
Los Angeles
Soviet Union
Boris Savelov
Russia
State Planning Commission
United Press
Eady
Snavefev
America
Georgi Bolshakov
New York
Tass
Moscow
Aleksandr Talapnikov
More People Now Buying Diamonds Than Ever Before
New York merchants report a surge in diamond purchases driven by engagement buyers and rising wealth. Prices span from 178 dollars to over a million, with the Hope Diamond listed around five hundred thousand to four million. Experts cite color, clarity, carat, and hardness as key value factors.
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Clin
Julius Furst
Wifth Avenue Jewelers Exchange
Wurst
Mu Jions
Sigar
Refinery Promotes Rreselly to Technical Service Specialist
Rreselly has been promoted to a specialist in technical service at a refinery. He earned an engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a AES in chemical engineering, with broad experience across process units. Since 1942 he helped establish operating conditions, later focusing on catalytic cracking and butyl rubber production, then joined the Office of Synthetic Rubber Promotion in 1953 as a production contract handler before returning to Humble to optimize operations at the updated unit.
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Ymomi A
Slown
Ely
Massachusetts
Dreselly
Snythetic Rul- Promotion of Anarchy
Teeharies
Ter
Washington
D.C
Mir
Proaly
Humble
Thane
Hutacion
Humbhls
Small Roller Coaster For One Offered By Bell Snow Co
WALTHAM Mississippi The Bell Snow Co introduces a one seat roller coaster marketed to crowds with a 41 foot drop at 16 miles an hour and instructions included for $79.51 Washington UP Democrats Digest to raise subscription prices for farmers as view on parity shifts signals changes.
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Waltham, Miss
Bell Snow Co
Buinchpplewood
Eorster
Washington
Democratic National Committer
Fisenhower
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