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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1953
Page
5
Ad claims new Dodge trucks deliver more features for lower cost than three leading rivals. Highlights 17 listed features and urges customers to compare, visit showroom, and buy now. Emphasizes value and profit from choosing Dodge.
Advertising copy touts Dodge trucks as the best among three leading makes with “Job-Rated” advantages. It highlights three powerful engines, a TRUCK-O-MATIC transmission with Fluid Drive, Supen-Safe brakes, increased maneuverability and visibility, wider seats, more pickup bodies, and four ton panel production across models.
County pursues four thousand dollars in damages after a truck destroyed a county bridge. Attorney Hollis assey will represent the county. Judge Joann A. Haneler and Commissioner Chenbeck will witness. County engineer Brandon Fitzpatrick named as witness. Chairman Edmund Munford left for Mississippi Air Force service after two weeks with his mother.
The Everett estate files a district court suit in Columbus seeking removal of a fence and clearing an eight acre right of way on property on the road. The petition lists Aasser, Hodges, Moore and Gates as estate owners representatives, naming William A. Sthingier et al. as defendants. The filing cites actions around late February and references buildings and boundaries involved in the dispute.
A Texas survey by Strauss with assistance from the Texas Employment Commission assesses the 15th Senatorial District across seven counties Austin Colorado Fayette Lavaca Lee Waller Wharton. Population 136 706 in recent counts with 1952 up from 138 689. Wharton and Waller show notable gains. Manufacturing rose 18 percent in 1952 while agricultural employment fell. 573 people were unemployed in 1950, 495 in 1952. The report notes rich agricultural land, oil and gas activity, growing cattle industry, and key railroad centers and factories. it emphasizes informing legislature about district-wide conditions.
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