Glamour Girl Gretchen Wyler in New York City Oddities
Gretchen Wyler from Oklahoma, famed for her Great Dane Katm, recounts braving Manhattan streets at 4 a.m. with fans shouting comments while she walks the dog. The piece weaves in show business notes about Adlai Stevenson escorts and various stage stars, including Sophie Tucker’s illness and the Met jet-age fatigue of opera divas.
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Gretchen Wyler
Oklahoma
New York
Katm
Sophie Tucker
Brooklyn Town & Country
Marty Allen
Steve Rossi
Comedian Allen
Sophie
Richard Tucker
Tucker
Maria Callas
W. 45Th St
Lord Pengo
Harold Speller
Hal
Renata Tebaldi
Italy
Milan
London
Sinatra
Chateau Madrid
Ava Gardner
Don Adams
Perry Como
The
Blue Angel
Peter Duchin
St. Regis Maisonette
National Weights and Measures Week Observed
March 1 through 7 marks National Weights and Measures Week honoring weights and measures officials who test trade scales and package weights. The public service is highlighted as inspectors ensure accuracy in weighing devices and packaged goods.
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Man
Bookmobile Schedule Across Hulaco and Nearby Stops
The schedule lists bookmobile stops at Hulaco General Store Ryan School and other local sites with arrival windows from 9:45 to 2:25, including Ryan Whisenant's Store Center Grove Salem Baptist Church Lawrence Cove and Old Church of Christ. Time blocks vary by location.
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Center Grove
Salem Baptist Church
Lawrence Cove
Old Church of Christ
Balance laws protect buyers and sellers in U S trade
The article notes that even a one per cent scale error can ruin a business and that U S weights and measures laws, first enacted by Congress on March 2, 1799, safeguard both buyer and seller by ensuring fair measures.
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United States
Congress
Truck Stop Operator Charged With Violation of Prohibition Law
Lawrence County records show Federal Truck Stop owner R. E. Venable released on $300 bond after sheriff arrests for violation of the prohibition law. The operator was taken into custody following an unspecified enforcement action by local authorities.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
R. E. Venable
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Earl Wilson
Wilson
Susan Strasber
Strasberg
Joe Kipness Prominete
Winter Garden Bldg
Navy
Joe's
Hawaii
Jan Murray
Copacabana
Larry. Storch
Tony Curtis
Tony
Bernie Schwartz
Bronx
Storch
Schwartz
Phyllis Zellman
Tennessee Country
MR. Farmer
DIAL
Wine Street
Decatur, Alabama
Earl
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Hulaco
Ryan School
Ryan, Whisenant’s
Mecculloch
2Nd Ave
Morgan Furnace & Sheet Metal
MPANY
Masten St
Decatur
Ala
Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone and
Cullman
Morgan, Lawrence
Lime
Stone and
Ginner
ASC
Alabama Farmers Co-Op, Inc
Decatur, Ala
Bank OF Moulton
Moulton, Ala
Alabama Oil CO
Citizens Bank
Hartselle
Frank Coburn
Federal Fertilizer CO
Courtland, Ala
Paul C. Davis Seed & Feed Store
Tur
Decatur Cotton Oil CO
Farmers Gin CO. Moulton
First National Bank
Limestone County Bank
Athens
Murphy Gin CO
Tanner
Penn-Durand Tractor CO
Preuit & Mauldin Gin
Town Creek
Livley Corronco
Hartselle, A
Southern Cotton Oil CO
State Bonded Warehouse
State National Bank
Union Compress & Warehouse
Wilson Tractor CO
Worthey-Anderson Butane-Propane Gas CO
Belle Mince, Ala
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