Women Safer Drivers Debate Divides Men and Women
A Gallup survey shows 40 percent of men and 42 percent of women say men and women differ in driving safety with women slightly favored by women and men leaning other ways. The piece notes higher accident and speed figures for men but also emphasizes broader factors like mileage and driver type.
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George Gallup
American Tonn
Public van
Akrars
Institute
United States
Soap Box Derby entrants prep for Lubbock race
About 130 South Plains youths ages 11 to 15 work on gravity powered racers for Lubbock’s tenth annual Derby set for July 22 on US Highway 87. Preliminary car inspections occur July 20 at Moden Chevrolet with Holland Graves leading inspectors.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Moden Chevrolet Co
Texas Avenue
Chevrolet Company
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock Exchange Club
Graves
Holland Graves
Modern Chevrolet
Europe
Pan American World Airways
Lub‘bock
Abernathy
Reid Chevrolet Co
Akron
U.S
Canada
Alaska
Germany
Philippine Islands
Modern Chevrolet Co
Speedy) Williams
40Th St
Speedy
Winston D. Williams
Year Without a Summer Named 1816 Global Cold Year
The year 1816 was unusually cold worldwide and is known as the year without a summer. Persistent frosts and poor harvests affected Europe and North America, prompting food shortages and climate-driven disruptions across communities.
Private meteorologists gain role in Texas business decisions
The Weather Bureau notes private forecasters have become integral to firms planning operations and matching demand. Businesses can hire consultants or establish in-house meteorological divisions to secure advance weather insights and potential cost savings.
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Austin
Texas
Bureau of Business Research
Weather Bureau
University of Texas Agency
Bureau
Hong Kong thief Cheng Yiu jailed for fourth year sentence
Cheng Yiu appeared before Magistrate K R MacFee for the tenth time on pocket picking charges. He pleaded for leniency citing a newborn baby, but the magistrate noted two years in prison and sentenced him to four years at hard labor.
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Hong Kong
Cheng Yiu
K. R. MacFee
Cheng
MacFee
Governor veto kills bill to legalize jai alai gambling
SPRINGFIELD Illinois Gov Stratton vetoed a bill to legalize gambling on jai alai calling it a potential opening wedge to legalized gambling in games of human skill. He noted public opposition to extending gambling in such games and acted on 91 bills on his first day in office after the legislature adjourned.
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Springfield
Ill
Jafalai
Stratton
Mincia
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Denton
Krum
Thomas Ellis Allison
Tommy Allison
Allison
Bobby
Flow Memorial Hospital
Carol Ray Lang
Slidell
Wise County
Sunbeam
Dormeyer
Ansco
Pho Tak
Odds and Ends
Seth Thomas
Westminster
Parker
Dormeyer Skillet Automatic
Extra Deep Copper Ltd
VY Price
Gants’ Eline
Gent
Elgin
Hamilton
Kelvinator
Best Buy
Grady
Claude
Knight & Carriker Appl
Bave
Cool
Mnots
Lake Texoma Lodge
Lake Texoma
Box
Kingston
Oklahoma
Quartz Mountane Lodge
Oklahome
Watonga
Otlehowe
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