Flying Dog Retires After Storied Flying Career
A veteran cocker spaniel named Spotty retires after more than 600 flight hours and numerous parachute jumps. Once a war time test dog for Lt Clayton Dunbar now stationed in Berlin, Spotty traveled across all U S states plus Canada Mexico Cuba and Puerto Rico and made jumps from a private plane during duck hunting seasons. Now aged about 11 years and weighing heavy Spotty lounges at home eating well and watching kittens while still regarded as indestructible by his keeper L A Dunbar.
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Spotty
Clayton Dunbar
Berlin
Union
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Puerto Rio
L. A. Dunbar
Odyssey For 2 Cents Ends Where It Began in Lubbock
A 24,000 mile odyssey that carried a message to China ended in Lubbock, costing only 2 cents. Texas Tech college news service sent a home town story about Joseph Poa Seng Ma, a 1949 industrial engineering graduate, to Poochaw. After months the battered envelope was returned to Professor Pert Home, stamped with cancellations and Chinese characters. The Chinese post office could not deliver the story to the addressee.
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Lubbock
INS
China
Texas Tech Collage
Joseph "Poa Seng Ma
Poochaw
Prof
Pert
Chinese Post Office
Science Fiction Tops Science Fiction Reading Trends
San Antonio library reports show children favor simple factual science fiction with clear ideas. Younger readers prefer rocket adventure stories with future settings and strong basic information, while romance themed historical fiction gains interest among ages 14 to 20. Maureen Daly’s Seventeenth Summer noted for popularity.
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San Antonio
Bac
Maureen
Daly
New Income Source Found From Auditorium Lost and Found
Griffith, manager of municipal auditorium, reports a new income source from lost and found items. Dozens of articles left since last June include earrings, gloves, a St Christopher medal, baby ring, club pin from Southwest Texas State College, marksmen medals, slingshots, a water pistol, and various baby items. Pocket books often contain IDs but owners rarely claim them. Also noted are catalogs, hymnals, and light want ads.
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Hed, Griffith
Municipal Auditorium
St. Christopher's
Southwest
Texas State College
Griffith
Charleston Craze Returns as Stars Show Dances in News
The piece notes the Charleston comeback with mentions of Bob Hope and dancer legends. It references Jolson Crawford and Eve, a studio mishap with helium, and a school slogan promising that if you can walk you can dance, airing Bob Hope on WOAT Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
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Charlestom
Jolson
Joan
Crawford
Hollylywood
Stuio
Eve
Pht
Smoke Trouble for Texas Towns in Panhandle Borger Plagued by Dust
Borger and nearby towns in the Texas Panhandle faced smoke from carbon black plants that coated the city with fine carbon dust carried by strong winds. The plants, central to Borger, created a widespread air quality problem for residents.
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Borger
Texas Panhandle
Worker Buried in Ditch Cave Rescued in St Louis
A 34 year old laborer escaped serious harm after a ditch collapse buried him in St Louis county. Dusty Mochmamt was reportedly trapped as a 7 foot ditch caved in. Four coworkers worked about 20 minutes to dig him out and he sustained only minor injuries.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis County
Dustin Mochmamt
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el Paso
Travis
Cocalcola Company
Awio -Gisa-Cola
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