Pull Up A Chair And Odd Clippings From A Sunlit Moment
A collage of quirky notes and trivia from a 1950s era newspaper page. Items include a Seattle detective agency offering 24 month credit, a White House visit to cool off, tea consumption trivia, a 200 cup per hour tea device, jokes about spinsterhood, quotes on TV simulcasting, breathing capacity, Washington DC detachment from reality, Eskimo etiquette, shaving thoughts, door mats, and a witty country editor remark about summer laziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Alexandria
White House
Eisenhower
Allentown
Newlyre
Frighteni
Washington
L A Has Another Rafael Trujillo
The Los Angeles report notes a second Rafael Trujillo in the city a 61 year old Mexican honored citizen and Baja California commerce and industry official who comments on Rafael Trujillo Jr. The elder says the younger Trujillo’s actions are pitiful and tragic harming inter American relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Rafael Trujillo
Mexico
Baja California
Santa Claus
Trujillo
Death by own action ends in mud puddle near bridge
In Long Beach California police report Donald Wilt 28 drove off a bridge in a suicide attempt. His companion Phyllis Joann Aultman 19 was with him and survived with minor injuries. The car landed in the San Gabriel River bed as tide receded revealing a shallow pool of mud and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Donald Wilt
Wilt
Phyllis Joann Aultman
San Gabriel River
Aultman
Ferryboat service ends in San Francisco after 89 years
The Southern Pacific ferries abandon the bay after 89 years, ending a fleet once numbering 43 boats. Bridges and rising costs sealed the fate as commuters shift to buses and new routes across the Bay, while rivals like Key system also wind down.
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San Francisco
San Leandro
Southern Pacific Rail
San Francisco Bay
Orante Ferry
Oakland
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
Bay, Golden Gate
Richmond-San Rafael
Key System
Peralta
Key
East Bay
Pas
Trout's stomach reveals fishing gear inside giant lake catch
In Cheyenne Wyoming game officials report a 26 pound Mackinaw trout found dead at Middle Piney Lake. The fish's stomach contained a tangled mass of fishing tackle including line sinkers spinners hooks and bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Middle Piney Lake
Wyoming
Game and Fish Department
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J.P. Bigdome
Jimmy Hatle
L.A
City Transfer and Storage CO
Leonard
Ward ST
Senger
Yerba Buena
Bay Bridge
Puget Sound
Ernie Pyle
Camp Stoneham
Muters
John Reed
Sausalito
West Washington St
Household Alliance CO
Frigidaire
Buy Frigidaire
Household Appliance Co
S. Wrenn ST
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