Harper to Head Alcoa Directors
John D. Harper, 60, elected chairman of the board of Aluminum Company of America. He will remain chief executive officer and chair of the Executive Committee. W. H. Krome George becomes president. F. J. Close retires as chairman June 30 but stays on as director.
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John D. Harper
Aluminum Company of America
Rockdale Works
First Works
Harper
Alcoa
W. H. Krome George
F. J. Close
Tennessee
Tips From Tippit on Preventing Rear End Collisions
Advice urges drivers to anticipate ahead and slow gradually to give following drivers time to react. Signal intentions early and avoid abrupt moves. If rear followers stay close, slow to let them pass but stay calm to prevent a hazardous situation.
Santa Fe Railroad expands freight car distribution network
Santa Fe Railway introduces five regional freight car distribution offices in Topeka Temple Amarillo Los Angeles and Fresno linked by microwave to a central Topeka computer. Tele processing analyzes 50000 daily records and reports available cars and 1 2 and 3 day projections to improve car utilization and supply.
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Santa Fe Railway
John S. Reed
Chicago
Topeka
Kans
Temple
Amarillo
Tex
Los Angeles
Fresno
Calif
Santa Fe
Cameron Livestock Auction Reports Mixed cattle and hog prices
Approximately 600 cattle and 250 hogs were consigned to Cameron livestock auction. Prices span steers 26 to 29 per hundredweight, fat cows 17 to 19, stocker and bull calves higher, hogs No 1 to 3 23 to 25.60, sows 18 to 21.20, boars 14 to 16.10.
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Cameron
Groovy Nails Tops In Outdoor and Indoor Fasteners
A federal study shows helical threaded nails with grooved features outperform others outdoors and indoors. Nylon coated staples also rated highly among modern nail and staple types for wood fastening.
Add-a-Room Tops U.S. Home Improvements by Dollar Volume
A research bureau says add-a-room projects dominate American home upgrades with as many as 1,250,000 homeowners spending over 2000 dollars each annually. The data highlight the large market for extending living space nationwide.
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America
Funny Accidents Not So Humorous In Texas State Parks
Texas Parks and Wildlife reports hundreds of preventable park mishaps yearly. Falls cuts bicycle crashes and even drownings occur despite safety efforts. Carelessness is the main cause while officials urge visitors to exercise home level caution for pleasant memories.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Bonham State Park
Martin Dies State Park
Hypothetical Shortage Timeline of Food Production
A hypothetical scenario warns that if all food production halted today milk would be unavailable by tomorrow. In five days red meat and eggs would vanish, in seven days chickens would be gone, and by day 25 all canned and condensed milk would be exhausted.
Scrap Wood Now Gives Value to Harvested Timber
Vancouver report explains how sawmill waste once burned is now converted into paper pulp and building materials. MacMillan Bloedel Limited leads advanced processing to turn scrap wood into multiple products and reduce waste.
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Vancouver
B. C
MacMillan Bloedel Limited
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Roger Gulf
R. W. Wells
Gulf
Travis Cameron
Fed. Excise Tex
Cameron Motor CO
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Armstrong Gulf
Preston Smith
J. M. Beall
Water Safety Services
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Coast Yard
Lloyd F. Palmer
Texas Safety Association
Jack Ezell
Austin Power Squadron
Ntu In
Periwinkal
Periwinkel
Periwinkle
St. Edward Hospital
Keith
Golden Age Sodawater
Meiler
Vogue 8
Oupen Good
Alma
Stokely
van Camp Pork & Beans
Vienna
Morton
Oz, Ly ' Canse
Alcoa Aluminum
Stokely Fruit
TV Biscuits
Good Value
Mary Baker
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