Hal Boyle's Column sample items on curiosities and trivia
A jammed pastiche of whimsy and noted figures, Hal Boyle sketches humorous facts about America including road mileage, hair trends, Vatican grandeur, earth crust minerals, ostrich eggs, cigar smoking, literacy rates, Cuban agriculture, hotel signage, bird names, payroll growth, elephant gestation, and a court case involving Turner.
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Mal Boyle
Kew
York
America
Iris Segal
Vatican
Palace
Pentagon
Former College President Flora Bryson Dies at 84
Flora Bryson, former president of Centenary College at Cleveland Tennessee and longtime Hiwaasee College teacher, died yesterday at 84. Survivors include two sisters Alice Bryson of Washington DC and Mrs C F Keller of Asheville. The memory continues with her 17 years at State Teachers College in East Radford Virginia. The report notes a separate item about the 11th annual General Conference of the Evangelical Methodist Church, started 12 years ago by Dr J H Hamblin of Abilene Texas, and now claiming about 60 churches nationwide.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Flora Bryson
Centenary College
Cleveland
Hiwaasee College
State Teachers College
East Radford
Alice Bryson
Greenville
D. C
C. F. Keller
Asheville
N. C
Memphis
Evangeilcal Methodist Church
J. H. Hamblin
Abilene
Tex
Satisfied Aauto dealer pockets $3,300,000 check
J Go Louis Palmer of Ocean City Minnesota, owner of an auto mobile agency, expected a $3,500 check from General Motors. The check arrived Monday but was written for $3,300,000, a mistake Palmer says may never happen again. He admitted his astonishment and said he sent the check.
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Ocean City
J. Go—Louis
Bus) Palmer
Palmer
Transacion
General Motor’s Inc
Funeral Sef For Fred Slagle
Funeral services were held for Fred Slagle at his home in Bristol Va after his death yesterday. Survivors include his widow, a daughter, Prof Warren Slagle of the University of Tennessee, brother Clayton Slagle of Erwin, and two grandchildren. In Ashland, Ashland Oil declared a quarterly dividend of 28 cents a share on common stock with regular preferred stock dividends, payable to stockholders of record Aug 19.
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Bristol
Geneva
Fred Slagle
Gro
Eisenhower
Warren Slagle
University of Tennessee
Clayton Slagle
Erwin
Ashland
Ashland Oil and Reflning Co
Sun’s fusion furnace threat to Earth assessed by scientists
Washington reports that the sun remains a steady hydrogen fusion source, with only limited danger of catastrophic solar events. A recent flare is described as powerful but unlikely to incinerate Earth. radioactive fallout and radio blackout are noted risks for space travelers and communications.
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Edwin Diamond
R. C. Moore
Tay Washington
INS
Sun
World Communications Network
Earth
Surorn
Moore
General Telephone Kentucky gains operations after Southern Continental sale
General Telephone Co of Kentucky assumes Southern Continental’s Kentucky activities and begins managing a large system expansion, with the Public Service Commission having approved the sale two months earlier. The deal valued at about 4.22 million dollars leaves Southern Continental with minority holds in Tennessee.
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Lexington
General Telephone Co
Kentucky
Pian
Southern Contental Telephone Co
General Telerboe Co
Public Service Commission
Baccacelon
Southern Corlimnnal
Tennessee
Auto Brings Problems To Young Boy
Clarence L. told Wichita police that after his mother-in-law pushed his car, a wheel fell off and he tried to reach a phone. He then found the front end on railroad tracks and waved at the approaching engine, which continued, unaware of the danger until the crash. The engineer, W J Schroeder, said he thought the boy was joking and did not realize the danger until the collision.
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Wichita
Kan
Clarence L
W. J. Schroeder
Schroeder
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