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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1948
Page
3
Clarence Saunders, famed for two failed grocery chains, unveils the Keedoozle concept in Memphis. The mechanical store uses a key system and translator to total bills, offering about 15 percent lower prices with small markups. Franchises already exist in several cities.
Buffalo Rochester Pittsburgh Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Richmond are named in the regional brief outlining prominent Northeast and Mid Atlantic urban centers referenced in the latest map update.
Police found six year old Matthew DeMalo sitting on a street corner four miles from home in the early morning. He tearfully said he had lost one dollar his stepfather sent him to the store and feared returning home. Officers escorted him home and he was safe. The article notes Switzerland celebrated its 657th year of independence proclaimed August 1, 1291.
A home corner in Mt. Kisco transforms from a simple pool table room into a multimedia parlor. The author recounts purchasing a television a long playing record player and a vaudeville show hosted by Texaco with Milton Berle and Henny Youngman. It contrasts past outings with nightly in-house entertainment and predicts evolving media tastes.
Governor Folsom seeks a State Supreme Court ruling on spending more than 3500 dollars annually for temporary clerks. The 1947 legislature limited the fund to 3500 dollars, but the governor let the bill die without signature. Ralph Eagerton had asked for an Attorney General opinion months earlier. Finance checks through August outlined the ongoing issue.
In regional results Gov. Fielding Wright and Sen. Strom Thurmond carried 1,357 votes out of 1,715 for a States Rights ticket. Truman and Barkley gathered 17, Dewey-Warren 138, while Wallace and Taylor totalled 3.
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