Conoco Launches New Super Motor Oil Nationwide
Conoco introduces Continental Oil Company’s New Super Motor Oil described as America’s first double-duty motor oil. About 31,000 Conoco dealers coast to coast and from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande participate this week. Kennedy, Conoco vice president, calls it the finest motor oil Continental Oil has produced. He noted that Conoco has further plans.
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Conoco Motor
Rio Grande
Continental Oil Company
America
Conoco
Harry J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Pubic
Brady Standard Announces Political Ads and Candidate List
The Brady Standard prints political announcements for the Democratic Primary and Runoff Elections with cash in advance payments and no refunds after publication. It lists candidates for Congress, state and county offices, and includes notes on advertising campaigns by Conoco and others.
Why Coffee Prices Soar in 1950s Market
A congressional inquiry finds higher coffee costs stem from supply and demand. Frost in Brazil last July reduced exports, dropping Brazil's share from over half of world production. Global consumption rose, with U S and Western Europe expanding demand, creating a persistent deficit and steady price increases.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Brazil
New York
U. S
Western
Europe
Rand McNally Road Atlas Tip at The Standard Office
Planning a trip readers are advised to pick up the Rand McNally Road Atlas for $1.50 at The Standard Office. The concise notice promotes the durable map for travelers and motorists seeking reliable routing resources.
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Rand McNally Road Atlas
Standard Office
Old Howland Mercantile Keeps Running Through The Years
Howland Tex veteran merchant Dick Justiss, 87, runs Howland Mercantile in business for 57 years. The store still serves farm folk though horse collars and wagons have faded. He modernized with a meat counter bulbs and a single remaining horse collar on display.
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Dick Justiss
Justiss
Howland
Yex
Tex
Howland Mercantile Company
Broadway
Shoeing Horses Declines as Last Roxton Smithy Clings On
Elmer Fuqua runs Lamar County's last blacksmith shop in Roxton Texas where shoeing horses fades with time. He recalls a thriving trade in earlier decades and notes woolly prices for beans and coffee have risen since the cotton era. His son Arthur now handles heavy work as Fuqua, soon 80, reflects on a vanishing craft once tied to the Red River Valley.
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Brazil
Colombia
Mexico
John F. Guillett and
John Jr
Chevy Chase
Guillett
Germany
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Texas
C. D. Reed
Brady
Reed
Robert H. Ray
OSI
Washington
Herbert Harkrider
Herbert, Jr
Jennie Mae Dorbandt
Ft. Knox
K. M. Eckert
J. T. Carder
Andrews Air Force Base
H. S. Carder
Ballinger
Robert Holdsworth
Kerrville
Holdsworth
Farmers Home Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Brownwood
Mark Calloway
Calloway
A. P. Rowland
Mr. Rowland
Boy Scouts of America
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
House
Senate
Dick Winters
W. A. King
Bangs
M. E. Brenner
Silver Springs
Leonard
Naval Academy
Roxton
Elmer Fuqua
Lamar County
Justiss
Fuqua
Arthur
Red River Valley
Sulphur River
Guest of Trewitts Visits From A&M College
Herbert Corum D. V. M. of A&M College visited Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Trewitt over the weekend.
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Trewitts
Herbert Corum
A&m College
Tommy Trewitt
Buick Quest for Luxury and Value in Ride Quality
The passage touts Buick as offering room, luxury, size, and solidity, highlighting the Million Dollar Ride and refined handling. It stresses solid, deep value and precision in performance.
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Buick
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Don) Jordan
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R. W
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Jerry” Griffith
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