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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
9
Butler Pennsylvania residents welcome a reversal of a 15 year stance on street lighting. The township commissioners revived plans and approved 285 street lights installed by West Penn Power Co, promising brighter roads and safer nights.
Charles Donaldson of St Joseph advertised for a wife and drew a flood of responses that overwhelmed him and the telephone company, causing a sudden surge of calls. The episode underscores a humorous misadventure in postwar matchmaking.
Rep Poage says Texas cottonseed rose by eight to ten dollars a ton after government planned a loan program to support the market. The plan, to be run by the Cotton Branch of the Production and Marketing Administration, would require storing seed in approved facilities and aims to guarantee about fifty dollars per ton. Approval rests with local committees as details remain unsettled.
KINGMAN Aug 4 UP East bound out of state traffic on highway 66 at Kingman in July totaled 24 000 cars, up about 2 000 from July 1948. Westbound through Holbrook reached 39 740, a new all time high in 16 years of records. At the Grand Canyon the storage of cotton seed loan requires less than 10 percent moisture.
Turson Eatly Citizen 9 Thursday Evening reports Aug 4 1949 news briefs and civic notices from Turson area. Unclear details but confirms date and local public interest items.
During July, 119,045 vehicles entered Grand Canyon National Park, bringing year to date total to 410,886. The July figure marks a slight year over year increase, while the national park reports a yearly decline overall.
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