Gasoline Bargains Hold Strong for U S Motorists
A 1950s editorial argues gasoline buys more now relative to wages than in 1922 1942 and 1952 outlining tax impacts and rising octane. It notes two and a half cents of every dollar goes to fuel and oil and that taxes fund roads and schools while drivers gain mileage and power with better fuel. The piece references Morris Morrow Humble UT and local Baytown civic topics including Decker drive repairs and the Baytown armory progress.
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Baytown
Morris
Humble
University of Texas
Orange and White
Texas
Rotary
Texas Longhorns
Oklahoma Sooners
Martha
Gordon Farsted
Dallas
Buddy Leake
Buddy
Chancey Dolph
W. V. Ramsey
Ghost of former Canadian PM chats with boy on park bench
Percy Philip a ten year old ex newspaperman in Ottawa told an audience he spoke with the ghost of William L. Mackenzie King at Kingsmere. He says King greeted him and they discussed politics and current events, King noting old colleagues rarely visit.
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Percy Philip
Ottawa
Canada
William L. McKenzie King
England
Kingsmere
Quebec
Philip
Mr. King
King
Winchell
Securities and Exchange Commission
Wall Street
Walter Winchell
SEC
Wyoming
Damon Runyon
Walter
Damon
Ghosts and the end of the rainbow linger in tales
By Erich Brandeis a former newspaperman asserts ghosts are real, recounts a visit from Mr. King, and argues belief depends on imagination and drink. He notes many claim encounters in dreams and warns no road reaches the rainbow’s end, save through hard work and effort.
Gleason Hung Over At Park Sheraton Office Suite
New York reporter recalls Jackie Gleason visiting his hotel suite in the Park Sheraton and waking with a katzenjammer. Gleason jokes about hotel life and his lifelong habit of hotel dwelling since age 17, reflecting on comfort and anonymity in hotel living.
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New York
Uris Fown
Jackie Gleason
Park Sheraton Hotel
Chamberlaads
Jackie
Firewater Ag
Mag
Gleason
Trish and Gleason tale and hotel life notes
The piece outlines Jackie Gleason’s show business rise from early amateur nights to a life of hotel living in New York and on the road. It notes his move toward a Fifth Avenue apartment, his dislike of stark hotel rooms, and his avoidance of active sports roles, with digressions on odd trivia and global musings.
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Trish
Tackle
She Ald Mackwell
4Th Street
Tor Amieur
Rway
Edison
Astor
Piccadilly
The
Park Sheraton
Dennehy
Brooklyn
Jackie
Joe
Westchester
Gleason
Drake
Fifth Avenue
West Coast
New York
bin Aspell
Mata Hari
France
Nog Angeles
New York City
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hermann Gosling
Canton
Chungking
Bible Verse for Today Hebrews 2 3
Prominent scripture urges vigilance about salvation begun by the Lord and confirmed by those who heard him. The brief verse underscores the grave consequence of neglecting the great salvation.
Paris Has World’s Most Beautiful Women
The narrator and companion watch Parisian pedestrians on the Champs Elysees and compare French beauty to American women. They comment on fashion, street life, and the allure of French women while joking about local pretensions and their mock quest for Parisian allure.
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Dallas
Houston
Paris
Harman
Chicago
St. Louis
Farmer City
Ill
Jack
Champs Elysee
France
Celebrities and a Kilts Jibe in Edinburgh Observed
An analyst in Edinburgh jokes about the "kilt complex" while Boston writer Ben Hecht critiques celebrity culture. A widow laments legal heirs and a stalled will, expressing frustration at securing inherited funds.
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Edinburgh
Boston
Puzzle of Names and Dates From a Curious Newspaper Clipping
A jumble of trivia and biographical prompts asks about pyrography and Spanish-American War figures, names in poetry and religion, and a few historical moments. It mixes clues on Theodore Roosevelt era Rough Riders, The Owl and the Pussycat author, and a notable Asiatic politician, with biographical blurbs and a glimpse at calendar events.
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Theodore Ransevel
Rough Riders
Cainist
Dixon Yates contract tied to election gambit stirs votes
Washington inquiry reveals back stage influence in the Dixon Yates private power deal. Yates allies include John C Petti of Birmingham and Gen. Wilton Persons. Budget Bureau notes and pressure from Bobby Jones and Ed Falck shaped fast signing. Analysts warn post election fate could kill the contract.
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Denver
Nixon
Halleck
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Admiral Strauss
Wall Street
Kuhn. Loeb
Congress
Ike
Charley Halleck
Guy Cordon
Oregon
Jim Murray
Montama
White House
Mundt
South Dakota
Sen
Dwarshal
Glen Taylor
Idaho
AEC
Dixon-Yates
Wiser
Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper
Town
South America
Hickenlooper
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dixon- Yates
Sen. Langer
North Dakota
Kefauver
Tennessee
Eugene Yates
Southern Company
Dixon-Yates Combine
Dixon
Middle South Utilities
ANC
Yates
Budget Bureau
John C. Petaongs
Birmingham
Ala
Yates’ Southern Company
Persons
Wilton Persons
Yates’ Power Combine
Bobby Jones
Ed Falck
Falck
War Mobilization Board
FPC
Jerome Kuykendall
Seabern Digby
Nelses Lee Smith
Len
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Morris Morrow
Morrow
By Fred Hartman
Memphis
Tenn
Norman
Okla
Chemist Morrow
Iidin
Armory
Sun
Denison
Nelson McElroy
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Military Affairs Committee
National Guard
Arench Top
Bueser
By Erich Brandeis
Mel Heimer
Tibet
Tke
San Francisco
Bennett Cert
Ben Hecht
Thay
Falks of
Pame
United States
London
India League
United Front
Mme
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
India
Nehru
Toman Cytolix
Isto This Sumner
Ewiss
Vatican
Taig Brilliant Sthalar
Central Press
College of Cardinals
Pius XI
Eugenio Carding
Pacelli
Pope Pius
William C. Menninger
Ina Claire
Arthur M. Schlesinger
Mervyn Douglas
Leonard Wood
Edward Lear
V. K. Krisna Meron
Tldefonsy Cardinal Seuucier
Drew Pearson
Eisenhower
Willie
Leonard Sansema
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