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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1951
Page
6
A brief note describes quick drying shorts and batik shirts for men, highlighting fabric choices and a yacht club print style. The item emphasizes practical refurbishment with durable, fast drying materials.
A garbled dispatch discusses shifts toward local control, naming Ralth Roberts and references to government oversight. The text mentions debates on federal versus local authority, with opinions favoring decentralization and community-based decision making. It touches on industry, policy, and convention topics without coherent specifics.
Dorothy Roe notes the fashion editor advises practical Father’s Day gifts like shirts, slacks, and golf accessories while cautioning against drastic collar or fabric changes. She highlights the growing interest in leisure wear, cufflinks, and new fabrics such as nylon blends that resist wrinkling and dry quickly, making stylish, low-maintenance choices.
In Denver a visit by a stork causes confusion as a family learns of a baby on the way and children wander near the hospital. Nurses intervene while the family, neighbors, and onlookers react, with newspaper hawkers seeking a meal as police arrive to restore order.
Colorado State Poultry and Rabbit show officers were elected for the year by O G Atford of Colorado A and M Extension Service. Ed Thelser of Englewood was named president and William F Rogers of Denver as vice president. Y M Pierce of Denver serves as treasurer. New board members include T H Hosking, P P Herwann, PAT Plaree, RG Weston, and several others from Denver Boulder and Englewood. The event aligns with the National Western Stock Show and is sponsored by the board.
Governor Thorn ton disclosed that a Thai princess and four foreign companions will visit Colorado to study American life. The group will return home after serving as local state department staffers in roles such as press assistants librarians and clerks.
West Courtly deputy treasurer Charles Kruger reports property tax receipts rising to 9,959,397.33 through June, 8.42 percent of total collectible 4,214,265.38, up from last year’s 2,900,481.22. May 1 figures show 55.4 percent collected this year versus 59.8 percent last year despite earlier delays. Auto tax ahead of 1950 with 296,811.70 collected in first five months. Kruger notes June to mid July is typically the heaviest period for tax transmission.
The president of the University of Notre Dame, Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, questioned the NCAA's constitutional power to restrict telecasts of college football. He stated Notre Dame will televise home games if possible, urging the NCAA not to exceed its legal authority, and signaling willingness to cooperate if permitted.
A cautious interpretation of the constitution finds no clear sanction for the power for television control exercised this fall. The comment suggests ambiguity in legal authority and questions the legitimacy of the action within constitutional bounds.
Eighty acres in Weld County Colorado near Pierce and Greeley offer level fertile land with eighty acres of alfalfa barley corn and beans plus one hundred tons of silage and seventy five tons of baled alfalfa hay. Improvements include a four room stucco house shop barn and multiple outbuildings with water systems and a Pierce school bus route. The sale lists numerous tractors trucks and farm implements with possession upon sale and abstract delivery by July 16 1954.
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