Showgirl Murder Puzzle At Midtown Hotel
Private eye Mike Romano probes a midtown showgirl slaying. A silver Robert Storr letter opener, shorthand clues, and a liquor-averse, two-tummy showman point to a small man in show business as the likely killer.
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Shuberts
Health Clinic Set At Hartford For Pre-School Checks
Hartford announces a summer round up health clinic at Hartford High School next Friday at 8 am. Sponsored by Hartford PTA, the event screens children entering first grade and provides required vaccines with doctors from Hartford Hospital and nurse Mrs. Frank Bradshaw assisting. Dr. R. L. Tindell runs the eye clinic. Parents planning first grade entry should attend.
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Births In County Outnumber Deaths 3 To 1 For July
July births in Houston County totaled 105, outpacing 36 deaths by a 3 to 1 ratio. Of the births, 23 were nonresidents, with 48 male and 53 female babies born, including 71 white and two W Negro in hospitals. Physicians delivered 14 white and five Negro, midwives 2 white and 11 Negro. Beat-by-beat totals show varied birth and death counts across districts.
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Dothan
Butchers Face Rising Prices as Housewives Boycott
Hal Boyle notes a new strain in American life as inflation and protests put meat counters on the defensive. He recalls his own counter experience and observes women increasingly use boycotts to push prices down, leaving butchers and wholesalers amid tensions over supply and demand. He muses whether civilization clings to meat or turns vegetarian, ending with a wry question about carrots.
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New York
Oswald Spengler
Monty Thet
Carrot
Jack Rabbit Faster Than Race Horse In Speed Test
The World Book Encyclopedia states a jack rabbit can run faster than a race horse. A jack rabbit was clocked at 46 mph while the top race horse speed is 42.3 mph.
Incorporation Fight Reaches High Court in Alabama
Bayou la Batre residents push to overturn a circuit judge ruling that blocked interference in a Saturday election for a proposed municipality. Overstreet and Bosarge contend petition signers must own 60 percent of the area, challenging the incorporation process. Local residents seek Mobile County Circuit Court authority to intervene.
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Alabama Supreme Court
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Bates
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Bosarge
Second Jet Brook Halted By Sheriff
DEFUNLAK SPRINGS Sheriff Curtis Midige thwarted a jailbreak plot by John Dalton and his brother Robert Dalton in a San'a Roca jail. A prisoner named Miller revealed the scheme to slug the jailer and escape, with the Daltons and cellmate Rene allegedly crafting a crude blag jack. Robert Dalton was moved to another jail weeks ago as the brother facing September trial was implicated in the plan. Originally sweaters were signed for athletes to wear there to prevent the m from taking cold.
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