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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1958
Page
2
When repainting a plaster wall check for areas where paint has sealed to bare plaster. Patch edges with paper to obscure spots then prime or seal bare areas and let dry. Apply finish coat across the wall to complete the repair.
Supersonic blades reach 942 miles an hour in the new turbine generator under construction to supply extra power for Alabama. It will take 90 minutes to reach full speed and 30 minutes to stop. The unit will provide enough electricity for a city of about 200000 residents.
The article notes over 260000 Americans are blind, more than the population of Providence, Miami, Dayton or Omaha. It adds about 1000000 people are blind in one eye and thousands have severely limited vision.
Some Malay weddings include a mimic battle where the bridegroom's party fights the bride's protectors and pays mock ransom. Often the bride's female relatives join the fray, reflecting remnants of past bride capture practices.
County Agent briefs urge timely oak brush spraying and fenuron pellet timing. An upcoming June 20 wheat referendum affects quotas and price supports for the 1959 crop, with penalties for overage and exemptions for small or compliant farmers. Local residents Miss Adeline Clarke, Roy Huskey, and others are noted in community visits and visits to the Bowie and Prosper areas.
Mrs Geo W Curlee attended a District Baptist W M U meeting at the home of district president Mrs Virgil Goforth in Tolar Thursday.
Mrs. E F H Black and her son Bob of Lubbock visited Bowie Fort Worth and Dallas this past week. Mrs. Black is the former Virginia Cady.
Early automobile clubs sought to ease motor travel and counter resistance from livery stable operators who barred horseless carriages from their premises, reflecting the era’s transport tensions.
A man en route from Alabama to New Mexico was removed from a Bowie, Texas bus and jailed. He claimed the local jail offered better food than past jails and recalled an opossum had to be evacuated from his bed so he could sleep. Early hours report.
The Goodwin Beauty Salon advertises in Bowie News that it will be closed all day on Mondays beginning June 16. The notice specifies Mondays closures for the business week.
Tom Roland on duty checked the jail but found no man. an opossum rested on the bed near an electric fan while the man slept under the bed. Police logged five noninjury auto accidents Sunday to Monday with about $2000 property damage. two more auto crashes were checked Tuesday and a girl was ticketed for no license.
A local man was summoned Tuesday night after police stopped him for suspected drunkenness. He faced a misdemeanor charge and was processed at the precinct.
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