Fireworks Plant Explosion Crashes in Mexico City Area
A fireworks factory on the Mexico City Puebla highway near the airport exploded at noon, leveling the plant and damaging nearby buildings. Watchman Nicolas Lome Munoz was killed, his body found 90 feet away. Firefighters and police evacuated the area as a crater 100 feet by 30 feet formed. Damage estimated at $320,000. A second blast and a fish market incident followed, with witnesses reporting the explosion audible for miles and spectators rushing the scene.
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Nicolas Lome Munoz
Mexico
Buebla
Arbulantes
Iguaheype Eneree
Virgil Young
Market
Polite
United Fish
Faubus Pushes Ferry Bill At $25,000 Cost
Ark. special session ends after vote on Senate highway bill funding Toad Suck ferry in Faulkner and Perry counties. Faubus supports amended Senate measure to run the ferry under private operator and foregoes House revision. A scuffle erupts between Rep. Ward and Rep. East over floor time and personal remarks as the fight over funding continues.
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Arkansa
Senate
House
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Arkansas
Belon Faulkner
Perry
General Assembly
State
Orval Faubus
Fatbus
Unien
T Heafier
W. L. Ward Offiee
Highway Department
Jack East Jr
Pulaski
Toad Luck
East
Ward
Walther
Dill
Markets shift as chickens lead price trends in snow-disrupted week
The Associated Press notes shoppers will see chickens priced higher than beef for the first time this week due to heavy Midwestern snowstorms. Hog slaughter and spring prices rise, while turkeys stay low. Buyers are eyeing stored vegetables like potatoes, beets, and cabbage as favorable buys, with celery and greens also in demand. Record past packs and price shifts color the market picture across regions. A separate chancery court notice in Hempstead County Arkansas seeks Bradley v. Bradley with a warning order pending thirty days.
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Fruit and garden bargains attract salad lovers
For salad lovers radishes and gallahs are in the bargain class. Lemons and naval oranges from California, hot house celery from Michigan and apples kept in controlled atmosphere storage to prevent rotting are the best fruit bags. A single silkworm cocoon can produce a mile and a half of silk thread.
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