Sightseeing From The Clouds Flying High-With Newe
My two months at Craig Air Force Base read like a vacation with work finishing by 2 pm. Free evenings included golf, swimming, movies, bingo, and dances at the service club. Weekends offered trips to New Orleans, Birmingham, Mobile, and San Antonio as we glimpsed the broader world.
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Craig
Base Service Club
American Legion
Taggart Stadium
University of Alabama
Montgomery
Air Force Base
New Orleans
Birmingham
Mobile
San Antonio
Texas
Stop Me and The Salty Chicken Salad in Brief
A druggist fires his chief assistant for over salty chicken salad remarks. A nurse named Grey is hospitalized after nibbling fruit all day. A doctor adage links apples to health. Fred Allen jokes about an ancient Western with a dinosaur cowboy. Mrs Nouveau declines a Louis XIV chair for a Louis XV one.
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Joe
Grey
Barley Giant Sacramento Leads California Crop in 1949
Sacramento California is reported as the leading barley producer with about 47 million bushels harvested in 1949.
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Sacramento
California
Summer fun for kids kept simple with open play
Muggs and Skeeter note summer joys come from free time and imagination. Parents may plan activities but the best play arises when children use simple materials like boxes and crates to build houses castles and rockets, with a hands off approach.
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United Features Syndicate, Inc
U.S
Fire Fighters Honor Local Man At State Meeting
At the Pennsylvania State Fire Fighters Association biennial meeting in Wilkesbarre Ralph H. Montgomery named chairman of the Advisory Board. Charles Wilt of Erie re elected president and Simon Smith of Harrisburg secretary treasurer. Next convention in Oil City. Attending were William Woods and John Oberleitner of the local fire department.
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Pennsylvania State Fire Fighters Association
Wilkesbarre
Ralph H. Montgomery
Charles Wilt
Erie
Simon Smith
Harrisburg
Oil City
Montgomery
William Woods
John Oberleitner
New York City Transit System Tops U.S. Municipal Systems
The largest municipally owned and operated transit system in the United States is the New York City Transit System, serving millions with extensive subway and bus networks.
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United States
New York City
Rose Point Fire Auxiliary Trip and Local News
Slippery Rock Township Volunteer Fire Department auxiliary members spent Tuesday in Pittsburgh aboard a bus that left the fire hall at 9 30 a m with 40 women aboard. Families and visitors from Rose Point are noted including Roy Pack returning to Huntington West Virginia after two weeks with the Allens, Mrs Yeager recovering well from surgery, and Rev Smith visiting from Florida. Local residents Anna Blair and others visited Pittsburgh Monday while several family updates and a traffic safety note conclude the brief column.
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Slippery Rock Township
Pittsburgh
Roy Pack
Huntington
West Virginia
Donald Allen
Fred Yeager
Jack Piper
Carol
John
John Kelland
Henry McClymonds
Rev. Smith
Rose Point
Florida
Rose Point Reformed Church
Anna Blair
Walter McElwain
Marjorie
Harry McElwain
Linda
Karen Bessel
Kiwanians hear Colonel Miller at Wednesday meeting
Kiwanians will hear Colonel Miller of the Pittsburgh Salvation Army speak at their regular meeting Wednesday noon in the Castleton. The item notes completion of schooling and mentions the 3rd Armored Division Fort.
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Colonel Miller
Pittsburgh Area
Salvation Army
Castleton
Soldier completes Army Clerical School in Knox Ky
Pvt. Richard A. Hawn son of Mr and Mrs Harry M Hawn of New Castle has completed Army Clerical School conducted by the Third Division. A note mentions a plan to avoid summer commuting from New Rochelle to New York. An Outboard Commuters club is successful after an initial trip. Two 16 foot Sea Skiffs are used by business executives to travel to work on fair days.
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New Rochelle
New York
Bicycle safety urged for children on vacation
With vacation time here more children ride bicycles. Parents should ensure bikes are in good repair and equipped with lights bell and good tires. Parents should know and teach the legal requirements for riders and ensure children comply.
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Newe
Newcome Lawrence
Lawrence Savings & Trust Co
New Castle, Pa
Ellwood City
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and
Federal Reserve Bank System
Fred Allen
Tay Wass
Allowanes
Muggs and
Skeeter
Ernest G. Osborne
Nath
Gieo Oe
Marquis-Hinish
Sinclair Products
Gardner Ave
Sinclair
Baron’s
Youngstown
Westinghouse
J. Marlin Furniture CO
E. Long Ave
Fort
THE
Bell Telephone Company OF Pennsylvania
New Castle
Casa Ano Ab
Ima
America
BR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N.C
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