Continental Oil opens Billings refinery as new era begins
The $9 500 000 Continental Oil refinery debuts in Billings, promising to add about 500 000 dollars to payroll with 180 workers. The project drew on exhaustive regional surveys and will attract other firms to Billings, with local Montana graduates and skilled workers to fill key roles. The piece also notes civic booster sentiment and features a firesafety PSA from public notices.
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Continental Oil Company
Continental
Ite
Billings
Montana State
Billings Herald
Conogo
Midland Empire
National Newspaper Week Echoes in Billings
The piece observes National Newspaper Week with the theme Freedom Gets Where the Newspaper Goes. It praises weeklies for community service and reader interest while noting daily papers receive less attention. The Herald quotes a letter praising its articles aiding a local campaign for public school kindergartens.
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Richard M. Marsh
School of Journalism
State University of Iowa At
Iowaity
Ung
The
Herald
Bil
A Case Against Smoking Sparks Fire Prevention Week
A historical note warns that careless use of cigarettes cigars pipes and matches causes fires and property loss. It claims smokers and matches account for about 30 percent of all fires of known origin in the past decade and promotes Fire Prevention Week focusing on safer habits and the dangers of strike anywhere matches.
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America
Local readers respond to progressive paper with subscription surge
Letters to the editor reveal readers rushed to buy the paper after learning of its progressive stance. A new town resident subscribes quickly, praising the publication. The note, from the Journal of Education, critiques school culture and authority hierarchy, while other anecdotes recount banking pride and humorous quips about modern life.
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Yellowstone County
James F. Byrnes
Rosd Hog
Journal of Education
B. Giannini
Colossus
Hardy
Carr
Lowal
Montana
Historical Society
Historical Society of
Montane
Fiat
W. F. Sanders
Granvilln Stuart
Bez L. Hosmer
Chris F. Higgings
Malcolm Glark
Walter W. DeLacy
A. L. Hosmer
Helens
Society of Montana Fishers
J. R. Wilson
Dillon
Sam Hauser
James Fergus
D. W. Munsigbrodt
W. W. DeLacy
John Potter
George Irvine HS
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Pooucn Commission
Montana Power Company
Documenta
Government Printing Office
Washington
D. C
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