Knowlton Leads The Flint Rescue Squad
Charles Knowlton leads the Flint Rescue Squad, now in its fourth year with about 45 active members. He is president for a second term and holds roles as husband, father, Little League manager, church member, and shop foreman at Williams Auto Parts. The group has purchased land for a building, operates on standby, and has aided cases such as a 35 day river search for James Morris.
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Flint Rescue Squad
Charles Knowlton
Knowlton
Rescue Squad
Williams Auto Parts Co
Morgan County
Montgomery
Lurleen
L&n Railroad
Oliver Corp
Williams Auto Parts
Flint
Georgia
James Morris
Priceville
Triana Landing
Mrs. Knowlton
Charles Robert
Reba Diane
Flint City
Butcher Hogs Drop in Chicago Market Report
AP dispatch notes hog prices eased about 25 cents per hundredweight with mixed No 1 and 2 butcher grades at 25.00 to 25.25, a top 25.50 for around 100 head. Other hog grades sold 24.50 to 25.00 and 22.50 to 24.25. sows 19.50 to 22.25. Slaughter steers steady to strong with prime 31.50 to 32.25, high choice 30.50 to 31.50. slaughter heifers 28.00 to 28.50. Wooled slaughter lambs and ewes steady. wooled lambs 28.00 top.
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Chicago
Mink door on Amana refrigerator decorates New Products
Amana Refrigerator Inc introduces a mink decorated side by side CIMD 22 model with doors covered in mink and 328 textures or colors and a price of 4750. The decorator series offers interchangeable panels from sample books including wood grains glass carpeting fabrics steel and more to suit home decor. Also new pre-cooked smoked sugar cured bacon packets by A B Packing Co for Reddi Bacon Inc let you heat four slices of bacon in a toaster in one minute.
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ED Morse
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Amana _ Refrigeration Inc
Amana
Iowa
A&b. Packing Co
Allentown
Reddi-Bacon Inc
Los Angeles
Calif
Dicta-Phone Class Master aids self paced teaching
Dictaphone Corp introduced its Class Master system claiming it lets teachers tailor instruction for mixed pace groups without elaborate wiring. A transmitter sits on the teacher’s desk with compact receivers for students, enabling multiple subjects to be taught in a closed circuit classroom.
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Dictaphone Corp
Students use compact wireless receivers for in-class lessons
Students receive lessons via three listening channels through lightweight ear pieces. Lessons may come from the teacher or from recorded sources, enabling flexible audio delivery in class.
Smith Corona 250 KPT For Education And Typing
SCM Corp introduces an electric office typewriter with a key punch keyboard named Smith Corona 250 KPT. Sold at a special education discount, it suits elementary typing and teaching key punching with a touch selector to match key response to a key punch keyboard.
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SCM Corp
Smith-Corona
Chek A Lowance kit teaches kids banking at home
Memphis columnist Sydel Sims introduces a Chek A Lowance kit to teach children banking basics at home. The set includes deposit slips checks cash vouchers an accounts book and statements of account. Parents act as adviser and banker while children manage a yearly allowance budget collecting weekly vouchers and keeping weekly and monthly records.
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Sydel Sims
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Timex unveils first ladies electric wrist watch
U S Time Corp announces marketing of the first ladies electric wrist watch. The timepiece is only slightly larger than a standard ladies watch, features a jeweled movement powered by a small energy cell with about a year of life and easy replacement. The watch is less than half the size of existing men’s electrics.
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U.S. Time Corp
Timex
New Products Company Addresses List
Addresses of firms named in new products coverage include Amana Refrigeration Inc in Amana Iowa A&B Packing Co Allentown Dictaphone Corp 730 Third Ave New York NY 10017 SCM Corp 410 Park Ave New York NY 22 Chiek A Lowance Po Box 531 Memphis Tennessee U S Time Corp Waterbury Connecticut 06720.
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Amana Refrigeration Inc
Amana
Iowa
A&b Packing Co
Allentown
Dictaphone Corp
Third Ave
New York
N.Y
SCM Corp
Park Ave
Memphis
Tenn
U.S. Time Corp
Waterbury
Conn
Harlem Riots After False Beat Death Report 1935
Riots erupted in Harlem, New York, in 1935 after a false claim that a black boy was beaten to death for stealing candy. The unrest left over 100 injured and three dead, jolting the city and drawing national attention.
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New York
Harlem
Gilchrist opens campaign in Alabama governor race
State Sen. Bob Gilchrist, a Hartselle native, launches his stump campaign across Walker County at eight locations. He vows a hard hitting race, pledging to expose political cronies and the use of insurance agent commissions totaling about 600,000 dollars yearly that could fund mental health, the blind, and elderly services.
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Birmingham
Bob Gilchrist
Walker County
Hartselle
Alabama
Gilchrist
Quit Bickering Candidates Told in Selma Speech
SELMA March 18 AP Sherman B Powell urged gubernatorial hopefuls to end bickering and fussing. A Decatur attorney and one of 11 Democratic nominees spoke at his campaign office about Alabama citizens tiring of daily accusations. Powell said he seeks honest efficient government.
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Selma
Sherman
Powell
Decatur
Democratic Party
Alabama
Giants of American labor fade from public view
Washington AP recalls aging icons like John L. Lewis and David Dubinsky as time dims their influence. Once powerful leaders who shaped unions such as the United Mine Workers and the ILGWU are aging or retiring, leaving a calmer but potent labor movement. The piece contrasts past battles with present restraint and looming arbitration debates.
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Washington
Wyatt Earp
John L. Lewis
West Virginia University
United Mine Workers
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Transportation
Steel
Congress
Treaty to develop Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway signed
In 1941 the United States and Canada formalized a treaty to develop the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway, outlining cooperative plans for navigation, hydroelectric projects, and regional infrastructure. The accord set the stage for joint planning and future implementation of a transboundary waterway system.
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United States
Canada
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
Mart Improves For Third Day
New York stock market on Friday showed a cautious three day recovery with gains in aerospace, airlines, color televisions, electronics and rails. The Dow rose 3.56 to 922.88 as volume reached 6.46 million shares. The Associated Press average gained 1.4 to 343.6, with 13 of 15 most active stocks rising and volume in U.S. markets at 2.66 million shares.
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New York
Associated Press
American Telephone
American Tobacco
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Soybeans Rise on India Demand Report at Board Trade
Soybean futures edged higher on the Chicago Board of Trade with gains up to more than 2 cents a bushel amid light trading. Wheat, corn, oats, rye and soybeans showed mixed moves. March soybeans settled near 2.14 to 3/4 higher at about 2.83 1/2.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
India
United States
Dow Jones Closing Averages Report
Dow Jones closes higher as index near 922.88 with gains in industrials and rails. Trading details show open 920.04 and close 922.88 with mixed moves across utilities and bonds, while the Dow Jones Commodity Futures Index climbs to 134.65.
Stock index snapshot for Standard and Poors in New York
The March 18 AP report shows intraday highs and gains for multiple indices with the Standard and Poors stock index climbing. Notable highs include 95.31 and 93.81, with uniform positive changes listed as Up 3.56 and Up 1.94 respectively, indicating broad market gains across quoted listings.
Longs To Head Local Patterson Drive
Mr and Mrs Grady Long of Hartselle host Morgan County campaign leadership for former Gov John Patterson Patterson plans to campaign in Morgan on March 26 before speaking at a Young Democrats Rally at Austin High School that evening
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Patterson
Grady Long
Hartselle
Morgan County
John Pat
India Needs Soft Terms for Long Term Loans
New Delhi reports India’s economy is in poor shape and requires loans on soft terms for 25 years or more to repay, with no interest. The government says such concessional financing would ease repayment burdens and help stabilize growth.
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India
New Delhi
Price freeze hits clothing and home goods in 1945
In 1945 the Office of Price Administration froze retail prices on clothing textiles furniture and household furnishings as part of wartime control measures.
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Office of Price Administration
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William Green
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