Black Widow Web Used for State Instrument Work
In Austin a spider named the Black Widow spins a web used for delicate instrument repair in the Highway Department. The web reportedly strengthens cross hairs, is stronger and more flexible than platinum wire, and supports about 30 feet of silk in the shop at Camp Hubbard where chief instrument repairman Claude Evans and senior repairman Milton Sweet oversee operations.
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API
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Black Widow
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Almental
North
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Milton Sweet
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Eera Evans
Abe
Webs and Markets Show Mixed News Across Sectors
The report blends a curious note on a spider's silk production with broader economic signals. A New York field story notes modest business improvement, auto sales up 21 percent year over year in September, copper prices firming, and mixed expectations for 1961. Analysts forecast a recession late this year or early next, while government forecasters expect a seasonal improvement.
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Chase Manhattan Bank
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Budeau
Stans
Office
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Stansi
California
Cohn Flee
Etranies Inc
Sparr
Earth
Attorneys Push Anti Loan Shark Amendment in Texas
Texas lawyers back Amendment No 4 in a statewide mail ballot results 6992 to 648. State Bar resolution urged passage at the November election. Texas Attorney General Wilson praised the broad support and urged law enforcement to curb loan sharks. The Junior Bar led a statewide speaking campaign with endorsements from AFL-CIO and Texas Bankers Association and many civic leaders.
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BIS
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Jack Benny Opens eleventh TV season with Mary sidelined
Hollywood AP reports Jack Benny prepares for his eleventh TV season and explains Gracie Allen’s retirement led to rewriting her part. Benny, 39, says Mary Benny remains a valued adviser, though she no longer performs. He emphasizes routine, audience-building, and a dislike of long vacations.
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Jack Benny
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Benny
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Howe
Import Regulations A only To Hunters
Washington AP The Interior Department announced that American hunters going to Canada for waterfowl this fall will be governed by last year’s import rules. Under these regulations ducks and geese imported from Alberta British Columbia Manitoba and Saskatchewan during the calendar year may be limited to 12 or 10 geese per calendar week starting Sunday.
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Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
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Canaeda
New Agriculture Secretary Faces Farm Headaches Ahead
Washington AP reports the next farm chief will confront a cycle of overproduction in beef, hogs, poultry and eggs. Prices are falling while farm income tightens, with cattle and poultry production poised to rise, potentially easing or worsening the outlook a year from now.
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Noliey
Mirany
Turkey
Soviet Warn West German Arming May Trigger U S Measures
In Berlin AP dispatch, the Soviet Union warned the United States it cannot remain indifferent to West Germany arming with rocket weapons and says it is prepared to take countermeasures. The note was delivered to the U S ambassador in Bonn by Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi Pushkin per ADN dispatch.
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