Housing shortages loom as Soviet rebuild stalls amid war news
Long dispatch reports severe housing shortages across multiple Soviet towns including Smolensk and Minsk, with plans delayed and construction slow. In a separate Baytown note, Marine Corporal Dewey R. Jones sends a Texas flag home after surviving mortar and small arms fire, with brothers in arms and other locals affected by the conflict.
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Smolensk
Huybishev
Anean Ial
Tevestia
Ko- Tea
Dewey R. Jones
Baytown
Jones
J. A. Ward
Wayer
Cornerel
Boyce B. Langford
Galveston
Jack E. Bonagan
Navy
Fred Mullins
George T ¥ Agoner
Ernest HB. Walley
F. H. Watley
Bolster
Waller
Dedicatory Services for Our Friends of the Church
Dedication services held by Our Friends of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Hormon organization with attendees and ceremonial rites. Details of date location and participants are noted in local church notices.
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OUR Friends OF the Hurch OF
Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints
Hormon
Walking Dog Delivers Lost Golf Balls in Baltimore
In Baltimore Maryland Jack Maskell trains a Bogten terrier named Bar to fetch lost golf balls. Since starting three years ago Bar has retrieved about 3500 balls during daily walks near the golf course, averaging about 20 balls per day.
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Baltimore
Jack Maskell
Maskell
Bor
Housewives Form Mosquito Brigade in Port Orange
A group of about 30 Port Orange housewives organize as a mosquito brigade with women in charge while husbands handle labor. The plan calls for husbands to collect crankcase oil to spread on stagnant water and clear weeds, reducing mosquito breeding as the women organize and oversee efforts. In Berkeley California a plant along highways is noted as a deadly oleander leaf threat, capable of killing a 1000 pound animal with less than 0.2 ounce per UC agriculture report.
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Port Orange
Fis
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Cover Up Maryland Warns Stripteasers Cover Up
UPPER MARLBORO Md Night city operators in Prince Georges County have an official interpretation of how far strip tease and exotic acts can go within the law The ruling centers on a necessary wardrobe that covers the lower extremities and prohibits transparent material The ruling cites a recent court decision deeming transparent brassieres and wet panties indecent enough to be disorderly
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Upper Marlboro
Pri Georges County
Making Fishing Rods Ends Man's Insomnia
Dayton item notes Jack Fiske uses sleepless nights to craft fishing rods. Over 12 years he produced about 400 rods using simple tools. He cites pocket knife saw and paint brush as essentials, plus blisters, and says the hobby yields extra income and aids sleep. The note also mentions Menes as early ruler of unified Egypt.
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Dayton
D.p
Jack Fiske
Wiske
Rider Ungrateful Brazil Bus Driver Bit by Passenger
Howard, a bus driver in Brazil was bitten by a passenger who objected when Howard stopped at the curb. The incident occurred as the driver opened the door at a stop, prompting the attack. The assailant fled after the biting, and injuries were not reported as serious.
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Brazil
Ind
Cisyto
Howard
Howerd
Proxima Centauri Observations From Australia Reported
A UC astronomer on leave in Australia reports new observations of Proxima Centauri at Mount Stromlo Observatory. Using photoelectric methods the results aim to refine apparent brightness and temperature, and to improve distance estimates of the nearest star to the Sun.
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Mount Hamilton
Calif
University of California
Australia
Servatory
Kron
Commonwealth Observatory
Mount Stromilo
Canberra
SCB Gascoigne
Tillios
Jupit
Kren
Keon
Siam Seizes Opium Smuggling Figures Declared High
Bangkok reports at least 20 tons of opium seized by the Thai government this year. Officials say confiscations will cover nationwide needs for the drug, reducing future import costs while suggesting larger smuggling operations may exist. Traffickers allegedly use covert farm carriers as evaders.
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Bangkok
iSem
Evans
Red Feather At Work Sometimes HM Takes Time to Make Up
A Baytown tale portrays a young wife and mother facing marital strain after a long period of trouble. She is surprised when her husband walks out, leaving her to cope with upheaval and seek stability in a difficult chapter.
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Baytown
Former Baytonian McMinn Dies in Abilene
Funeral services for W. J. McMinn of Abilene, a former Baytonian, were held Sunday at the University Baptist Church in Abilene. He died last Friday. He and Mrs. McMinn lived here with their daughter and son in law, Mr and Mrs Earl Copeland, now of Coleman.
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W. J. McMinn
Abilene
Baytonien
University Baptist Church
McMinn
Welfare League Bridges Gap and Legal Help Advised
The article describes Welfare League efforts to aid a wife seeking relief from her husband with legal guidance and financial aid from Finley. It notes Nour Hed Feather Service's year round work improving Baytown. A separate note in Memphis reports a speck driver appealing a parking ticket after a failed car start.
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Memphis
Tenn
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