Hornet veterans group to stage annual reunion at sea
Aircraft carrier Hornet veterans plan a June 3 reunion. About 700 of 7,000 former sailors have written they will attend. Promoter Bretty Cere oversees plans for a no-speech one day event with entertainment by Hornet veterans who served across 150,000 miles of the Pacific. Don Clark and others recount war deeds as they gather to honor old shipmates.
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IAN W. NICHOLS _ sraSBINGSON
Horket
Borof Het
Wali
Qiars
Billings
Montana
Don
Vance
Bretty Cere
Pang
Hell
Don Clark
Perpetual Motion Clock Displayed at Robson's store
A display features Atmos a perpetual motion clock powered by inert gas expansion from temperature changes. It runs with as little as a two degree shift in 24 hours. The Atmos clock, from Swiss firm Vacheron Constantin LeCoultre, was shown alongside a new Limepieces line and a versatile wrist watch with alarm and bedstand use. Norman Hargrave, the store manager, noted a clock could sit in a parking meter or be used for specific appointments. The article also mentions a dial that shows time date day month and a dice game croquis abridged reference to hazards.
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Robson's
Teaus
Atmos
Tt Almom Weaet
Dick _Tree
Norman Hargrave
Vacheron- Constantine-LeCoultre
Seir Wetche
Roosevelts See Buzzie Wedding Planned in Santa Monica
Santa Monica Calif GE The Roosevelt clan gathered to watch Buzzie Roosevelt Dall wed Robin Edwards 21 in an Episcopal ceremony at St Augustine's by the Sea. The groom, 20, needed his mother's consent. John Roosevelt will be best man among about 200 guests including Eleanor Roosevelt and James Roosevelt.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Roosevelt
Brice Curtis
Buzzie Roosevelt Dall
Robin Edwards
Déniglas Aircraft
St Augustine's By the Sea
Texas Traffic Deaths Rise Ahead of Last Year
Texas patrol officials report 670 people killed in traffic accidents through April, 18 percent more than the previous year’s pace. April alone logged 186 deaths, with 124 in April 1949. Officials expect first four months of 1950 to exceed last year by about 22 percent.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
U S Rubber boosts tire prices in surprise hike
The United States Rubber Company raised tire prices by about 2 percent for passenger cars and a similar amount for trucks, effective immediately. The firm cited higher costs including natural rubber which rose about 65 percent in the last six months. The note also mentions a historical shoe sole invention by Joseph Walker in Hopkinton Massachusetts in 1818.
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New York
United States Rubber Company
Eos
Joseph Walker
Hopkinton
Massachusetts
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