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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
12
Grover Brineman profiles St Louis steel workers known as high ball men and sky riders, describing the perilous brace of construction on a bridge north of Eads. He details the vocal jargon, the raising gang, and the danger of climbing 236 feet above the river while rescue boats wait below.
The Oil and Gas Journal reports the US average crude oil production reached a record 5,151,825 barrels per day for the week ending last week in 1950. Texas supplied more than two-fifths of the total, with gains led by Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma in the South Central region.
Captain N C Holt of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol told 316 girls at Girls State on the Oklahoma College for Women campus that women drivers are far safer than men noting many boys drive wildly to impress others. He urged careful driving and responsibility. The report notes a violet shortage context mentioning 2300 pounds needed to make one ounce of the scent, tied to the event.
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