Comanche County Memorable Year Highlights Peanut State Teams
A Comanche county chronicle notes the Peanut Capital pride with 1950 peanut output, historic 1951 Comanche High School girls basketball state champions, and 1953 54 football success under coach P T Galiga. It also mentions Calvin Lee set to play in the North South game at Alamo Stadium San Antonio.
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Comanche
Comanche County
United States
Daily Papers
P. T. Galiga
Indians
Calvin Lee
Galiga
Alamo Stadium
San Antonio
Comanche farmer strikes pay dirt with uranium tales
Jesse F Reese of Newburg gains national notice after reports of his uranium bearing soil. Despite a low 0.025 percent uranium content, locals and visitors pay $2 for two hours in the Reese dirt house seeking relief, while tests and curiosity mount.
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Jesse F. Reese
Newburg
Comanche County
Dallas Morning News
Jesse
Reese
Comanche Couny
Reese Place
Washington State
Comanche
Dirt Sitting Epidemic Draws Crowd at Reese's Place
Report describes a "dirt house" where patrons sit on benches or floor covered in mineral dirt. Participants register, sign no-treatment statements, then sit an hour and a half for $2. Expansion to accommodate 54 sitters. hours 6 am to 8 pm. crowd includes CBS-TV crew and local reporters.
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Reese
Fred Hall
Reese’s Place
Reese's
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