Barber explains why haircuts cost more today
Joe Cook, a Wilmington barber, argues high prices stem from reduced barber income as customers groom at home. He recalls in old days 60 percent of revenue came from baths and shaves at the shop and notes trips to barbers for Congress members at 50 cents each feel unfair.
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Talking Crow in Sparta Triggers Local Panic
In Sparta Michigan a crow trained to imitate cries unusually alarms residents. The bird named Jimmy calls out for its owner and prompts mothers to check on their children. The Hosmer family owns the one year old bird still at large.
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Lawton Hotel Seeks Public Name Suggestions
Construction of the Lawton Community hotel at Fourth and E avenue progresses with December 1954 target. Directors invite the public to submit a hotel name via a coupon to Lawton Community Hotel Inc. Chamber of Commerce, Lawton, Oklahoma.
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Fourth and
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Lawton Community Hotel, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Oklo
Peace Conferences Like Brook Endless Peace Talks Go On
United Press Foreign Analyst reflects on recurring peace conferences from Potsdam to Panmunjom. He notes four power talks on Germany and Austria stalled by unrelated questions and disagreements, with Berlin slated for January amid waning hope for unity. Russia’s influence often outweighs Western intent, turning meetings into propaganda.
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United Press
Tennyson's Brook
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United States
Russia
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Family in a Hurry Breaks Birth Record in Maine
Mrs. Theresa Valliere of Portland, aged 30, claims a record by delivering three children in the shortest span. Her two sons and a daughter were born within 21 months and eight days, setting a striking family milestone in the state.
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Portland
Theresa Valliere
Girl Shoppers Find Odd Requests Across the World
In San Francisco two sisters run a shop that says We shop for everything and accepts unusual tasks. They sourced a gray shark for a men's sale after a diving attempt, and fulfilled a Saudi desert wife’s wish for a bright party dress to brighten daily life.
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Eleanor Montgomery
Virginia Johnson
Australia
Germany
Finland
Venezuela
San Francisco
Eleanor
Nery
Saudi Arabia
Virginia
Aiken Capehart Likely to Fill GOP S F Rel Posts
Washington reports two Republican vacancies on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee likely filled by Senators Aiken of Vermont and Capehart of Indiana. Seniority places Aiken fifth and Capehart tenth among Republicans, with both seeking the open seats created by Tobey and Taft’s deaths. Tobey supported much of foreign aid. Capehart expected to take the other post.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
Vermont
Capehart
Indiana
Tobey
Taft
Ohio
Foreign policy divide mirrors party lines in senate
The text traces differences in policy between Taft and Truman era programs, noting Aiken’s alignment with latter overseas moves and Taft’s opposition to many Truman foreign policies, with Senate figures like Capehart generally backing the Ohioan stance.
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Aiken
Taft
Truman
Senate
Capehart
Bobby Roberts Shows Kind Heart Amid News of New Sibling
In Memphis Tennessee Bobby Roberts eleven asked his father for money to buy bubble gum for his classmates after learning he would have a new brother or sister.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bobby Roberts
Double Catch Gives Angler Big Pike and Bass
While fishing in East Aurora New York Austin Bennett felt a strike then a heavier second bite. He reeled in a 16 pound Northern Pike and found a live three pound bass still on the line, a surprising two for one catch.
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East Aurora
N. Y
Austin Bennett
Saint Paul Companies Insurance Agency Ad
The Saint Paul Companies General Insurance 48 states wide advertises services through C Schott's Agency on the 2nd floor of American National Bank with contact phone 178.
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The
Saint Paul Companies General Insurance
C. Schott’s Agency
American National Bank
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