Blacksmith Peter Ronca of Roseto a life in iron
In Roseto Pennsylvania the 84 year old blacksmith Peter Ronca remains active, working up to 14 hours daily and riding a bicycle for fun. He embodies Roseto’s famed healthy paradox where heart disease deaths are unusually low. Ronca, born near Naples, has spent seven decades at quarries and forge, now shaping tools, curls, furniture pieces, and auto parts with his sons.
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Moisture favorable across most Texas regions
Moisture is favorable in most regions with variable rainfall. two weeks saw up to two inches in North and Northeast, aiding pastures and grain, though stock tanks remain low and grazing requires rain. Cattle, sheep, and goats face heavy feeding, aging conditions fair to good with calving and lambing underway. some areas report adequate moisture while others remain short, especially South Plains and Panhandle.
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Horse Used To Solve Moonshine Tax Case
Internal Revenue Service agents used plain horse sense to unravel an Oklahoma moonshine case. A horse tethered near an unfinished liquor still outside McAlester led agents to a farmer who admitted ownership and helped connect the culprits in 1953 alcohol and tobacco tax activity.
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Internal Revenue Service
Oklahoma
McAlester
Okla
Four Texas building projects seek congressional funding
The General Services Administration has submitted four Texas projects totaling nearly 4 million dollars to the Senate and House Public Works Committees for approval. The sites are Big Spring post office and federal office building 1,367,000 dollars McAllen Border Patrol headquarters 760,000 Pearsall post office and federal office building 271,000 Houston Veterans Administration building repairs 720,000 and federal office building 790,000.
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Furniture ad lists beds and chest with sizes
A classified item listing offers a 5-drawer Master Chest a canopy bed in full or twin size a chair-back bed also in full or twin sizes Readable phrases suggest a general sale or catalog entry for bedroom furniture without dates or prices.
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