Mrs Gillis awarded top oldtimers prize at Pecos Museum
Mrs Natha Gillis 90 of Barstow received a geode rock gift as the oldest lady at the oldtimes reunion on the Pecos Museum porch. Ralph Williams earned the oldest man prize with half a geode. Gillis remains a librarian with the Barstow Ward Library, moving to Barstow area in the 1930s. Margene Barr returned to Snohomish, Washington, after a Midland Denver SeaTac trip. her brother Steve Barr piloted her home. Weather along the trip was calm and smooth.
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Natha Gillis
Barstow
Pecos Museum
Margene Barr
Snohomish
Washington
Midland
Denver
Sea-tac
Steve Barr
W.E
Red) Knowles
Barstow area stock market wraps up preholiday trading
NEW YORK AP stocks drifted to a slight gain in quiet preholiday trading with the Dow up 1.02 to 871.40 at noon as New York bankers boosted short term rates. The NYSE index rose .11 to 50.40, while cotton futures firmed and livestock reports showed hogs and cattle activity in Fort Worth. Local Barstow notes include church services, a birth, and a boys’ baseball result from Ft Stockton.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
First National City Bank
Dow
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
New York Cotton Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
London
Paris
Frankfurt
Zurich
Handy & Harman
Engelhard
Sugarcane's ancient journey from New Guinea to India
Sweet start traces sugarcane from New Guinea in the South Pacific to India in prehistoric times. Indians named it sarkara, sukkar, and related forms across languages. They saw crude sugar as gravel and called larger pieces knanda or candy.
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New Guinea
South Pacific
India
Rodeo Clowns Describe Injuries Fear and Pay in the Arena
Urban and Randy Oliver discuss the risks of bullfighting and the comedy behind rodeo acts. They recall injuries from fights with bulls, the balance of fear and respect, and the slim odds of making a living as a rodeo clown. They note crowd appetite for danger, the cost of animal tricks, and typical earnings per show.
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Urban
Oliver
Randy Oliver
Burglary, dog escape, theft reported in city
A coin box from a pay phone at the municipal swimming pool office is missing after an unknown subject pried a window. Patrolman Armando Gil found the burglary at 4 44 a m on Wednesday. Humane officer Ramon Ornelas hunts five dogs released from the city pound after a cut lock opened the pens. About $415 in entertainment appliances were stolen from Robert Estridge at 216 Hickory Street according to police reports.
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Municipal Swimming Pool
Armando Gil
City Humane
Ramon Ornelas
Robert Estridge
Hickory St
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Lupe) Gonzales
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Elia) Florez
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