72 Year News Veteran Still Reports For Job
Stanton Tex AP James E Kelly an 86 year old West Texas journalist is said to be the oldest working newspaperman in the state. He has 72 years on the job, once ran the Stanton Reporter solo, and still writes his Scooter Knows column though he now mostly stays home and smokes cigars. He credited good health and the best county with a lively outlook, and Sigma Delta Chi honored him for meritorious service.
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Stanton, Tex
James E. Kelly
West Texas
Kelly
Stanton Reporter
James N. Allison Sr
Midland
and Associates
Allison
Scooter
Sigma Delta Chi
Holdkaldo polio outbreak grows as cases rise
AP reports a polio outbreak on Holdkaldo in Japan's north, with 66 deaths and 1,002 infections since June. Other brief items note eight Soviet scientists killed in a South Pole weather station fire, Congo government censorship, and a Idaho visitor commenting on a 1898 county courthouse.
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Supporo
Japan
Holdkaldo
Moscow
South Pole
Tass
Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Leasing of Household Appliances Dreams of a Rental Era
Consumers may adopt appliance leasing as a future norm, expanding from TVs and tools to full packages including washers, dryers, and refrigerators. Costs vs ownership hinge on lowering monthly rents to equal payments, with benefits cited as avoiding insurance charges and major repairs, though long term costs rise as depreciation shifts.
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Sam Dawson
Newcastle ON Tyne
Eng
Lippincott & Marquiles
Rts
Org
Scomaplicaele der
E Capital
Gualy
Suigmient
Easin
Corporal Tools
Gunman Forces Bus Trip Off Road Robs Driver
A gunman dressed in women's clothes halted a six seat bus on U S 50 near Wendover Nevada, drove it 16 miles off the highway, and forced driver Forrest Cummings of Ely to surrender 780 dollars in cash and 7342 in checks. The assailant and a hooded accomplice fled after disabling the bus and taking the shoes of Cummings and his lone passenger Mike Pearson 14 from Pleasant Grove Utah. Cummings walked barefoot for help and suffered bruises and cuts.
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Wendover
Nev
U.S. 50
Here
Suman
Forrest Cummings
Ely
Mike Pearson
Pleasant Grove
Utah
Cummings
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Frank
Theopolus Matthews
Ileaina
Lee J. Farnsworth
Matthews
Crawford County
Rushville
Ind
Sammy Gruell
Juliaetta
Idaho
Gruell
Troy
A Caxton
Flanders
Harris County Federal Savings & Loan Association
Orion
Dan River
Penney's Cordino
Hove Alzen
Steater
Hog Alzen
Oxfords
Poywatsea
Whith
Guardian” Financial Corporation
West
Texas Avenue
Brunson Theatre
PL & Sehecdays
Moe
Galey & Lord Plaid
Penney
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