Retired Railroad Engineer Reflects on 70 Years of Service
Arlington veteran Charlie Patton recalls a 70 year career beginning with the Texas and Pacific in Fort Worth to Texarkana and ending as engineer on Six Flags Over Texas trains. He survived a rare derailment near a hill cloudburst and a near collision, keeps a gold pocket watch, and relishes the real steam locomotive in daily park service.
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Arlington, Texas
Charlie Patton
Patton
Texas and Pacific
Fort Worth
Texarkana
Ark
T&p
Six Flags Railroad
Six Flags
Two-Head Toothbrush Heads for U.S. Market
A two headed toothbrush is selling in four European countries and aims for the United States next. Rene Roy, an ailing French inventor with patent claims to a similar device, dismisses the new toothbrush with a science fiction submarine joke.
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Paris
U.S
Rene Roy
Ray
Patent Office
Jules Verne
Eximag
Roy
United States
England
France
Belgium
Holland
West Germany
Soprano Solo For Concert in Ellis Park Tonight
Anne Swedish-Moses of Iowa City will headline a municipal band concert at 8 in Ellis Park, performing Visid arte from Tosca and Rodgers selections. The concert led by Frank Piersol features Sousa marches and the trombone section, with free admission for the public.
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Anne Swedish-Moses
Iowa City
Ellis Park
Swedish-Moses
Santa Fe Opera Company
Florentine Opera Company
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City Symphony
Minnesota Orchestra
Milwaukee Symphony
Italy
Holland
Austria
Switzerland
Iowa Arts Council
Moses
Puccini
Rodgers
Frank Piersol
Alford
Shostakovich
William Byrd
Jacob
Sousa
Christensen
Invercargill
Lithgow
King
Briegel
Wagner
Rizzo
James Debb
Ray Smith
Dennis Hodge
Mark Lovik
Music Performance Trust
American Federation of Musicians
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Anne
Luxembourg
Trier
Walter Schneider
Associated Press
Schneider
Samaritaine
Ray’s
Spain
Fox Country
Herculon
Cedar Rapids
Kroehler
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