Pull Up a Chair By Neal O'Hara Humor In Weather Weathered Cities
A collection of humorous brief items notes Minneapolis cold signs and Christmas tree timing through March 17. It mentions toothpaste with penicillin, a rainstorm at a Miami charity show, wry jokes about marriages and moustaches, and light political and social quips from various sources.
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Minneapolis
St. Patrick's Day
John
Pittsburgh Press
Miami
Economist
London
Brigham Young
Smith
One Million Workers To Get Five Cent Wage Boost
Detroit reports that about one million automobile workers would receive a five cent per hour wage boost. The rise is tied to a series of agreements aimed at offsetting living costs and is being pursued by GM and UAW with Chrysler in discussions. Ford is expected to accept the pattern after the Big Three act.
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Detroit
UAW
VFW News Notes Urges Backing for Post and Community Effort
The High Point VFW urges members to organize for the benefit of veterans and the community. It emphasizes continued support, upcoming meetings on the first and third Monday at 619 West Broad Street at 7:30 p.m., with nomination night next week and the election two weeks from Monday.
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High Point
Paymappa
V.F.W
West Broad Street
Highway and Revenue Trends Face State Policy Debate
The column surveys uneven progress toward a unified highway system with division over local control. It reports February revenue gains across general fund and highway funds, notes cautions about rising momentum against funding strains, and highlights the powerful biannual appropriations process with lawmakers and appointees cited as shaping state finance policy.
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Scott
General Assembly
North Carolina
Senate
House
Fresh eggs stored properly preserve quality in fridge
Fresh eggs stored in a covered container in the refrigerator keep longer and maintain quality. The Brenner Pass area in the Alps is noted in the fragment but the main point concerns egg storage technique.
Little Big Occasions in Family Picture Taking
The article urges capturing frequent small moments, not just big events, to enrich the family photo record. It highlights first dates, graduations, new pets, and everyday celebrations as worthy subjects, noting teens often overlook parents as camera subjects and urging shared snapshots.
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Junior
Onierie van Guilder
Quiet play by Koutchou seals tricky spade defense
In a bridge lesson, France’s Brois Koutchou demonstrates a quiet strategic hand. After an opening lead of the diamond ace, he draws trump and uses a careful spade sequence to set up winners, with success depending on spade doubletons or 3-3 division, and warnings about leading the queen too early.
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Brois Koutchou
France
Koutchou
Dea
East
Declarer
Koytchou
West
Barone
South
Broadcast Schedule Note With Time Zone Clarifications
A notice clarifies broadcast times across zones, adjusting start times by hour for central and two hours for mountain standard. It states that no further changes to program hours will be included and that local relays should follow the updated schedule accordingly.
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Reese Felts
Wellington
Mamie Jo
Phyllis Snipes
Enterprise
Clyde Baxter
Evening Radio and TV Schedule Highlights
A fragmented listing shows a mix of evening programs across radio and television. Programs include News broadcasts, music shows, talk segments, and children's segments with various hosts and time slots throughout the evening.
Frost-Bitten Woman Shows Improvement
A 45-year-old woman nicknamed the frozen woman improved after 72.1 degree temperature and frostbite injury. Maybelle Bingham was found unconscious behind a Milwaukee tavern in subfreezing weather and recovered rapidly in hospital with blood transfusions drugs stimulants and electric warming devices. The piece also notes Chicago resident Dorothy Seepsen Geese and a February 8 date.
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Milwaukee
Maybelle Bingham
Chicago
Dorothy Seepsen
Ceatede
Cago
Washington City Workers Budget From Costs Since October 1949
A Washington estimate places a city worker family budget between 3453 dollars in New Orleans and 3933 dollars in Milwaukee based on price increases since October 1949. The study tallied food can heat utilities housing and other items. Bureau of Labor Statistics was asked for item costs but only provided an overall method and figures. statisticians said the total was correct though not applicable to separate reports.
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New Orleans
Milwaukee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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