Not a Hermit Cave Dweller Relates Residence Reason
Jefferson City Tenn June 23 When Ben Ballenger was three his sweetheart wed another man with a new Hudson He hid in a cave to ease a broken heart for nearly ten years He calls himself the only man in the United States living in a natural cave He built a stairway door stove and basic comforts inside Sleep is on an Army cot and he reads Knoxville papers He coats his bed outside in spring then returns to the cave in November The cave temperature stays around 58 degrees Ballenger recalls four ex sweethearts who left him for richer men
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Jefferson City
Tenn
Ben Ballenger
Hudson
United States
Butlin
Holston River
Ballenger
Knoxville
U S Cotton Textile Industry Struggles Against Japanese Goods
New York June 23 The U S cotton textile industry faces fierce competition from Japanese imports as mills shut down and workers are laid off Japan can price goods lower by paying lower wages and avoiding U S cotton support costs U S production runs about 10 billion yards annually and Japan may ship up to 250 million yards this year constituting roughly 2 5 percent of U S output while concentrating in select markets leading to price declines and factory closures
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New York
U.S
New England
South
Worth Street
Japan
Guard Units Honored for Disaster Duty in Texas 1955
Col Everelt Simpson and Major Roland M. Lawrence led units praised for snow rescue and flood relief in Amarillo Canyon Tulia Mood Brownwood Coleman Brady Stephenville Lubbock Plainview Lavelland El Paso during February April May July 1955. Reviewing stand included Gen John Collier and Gen K L Beery. Mexicana shipped over a billion packs of cigars in 1954.
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Everelt S. Simpson
Roland M. Lawrence
Amarillo
Canyon
Tulia
142Nd Infantry
Albert C. Hoffman
Brownwood
Coleman
Brady
Stephenville
132Nd Field Artillery
Ross Ayers
Shallowater
Lubbock
John Collier
4Th Army
K. L. Beery
Texa
William Gilmore
III Corps
Robert Ives
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Windham
Ohio
Wilson
Wilden
National City Bank
National City Auto
Waco
NEW National City Bank
Bistronax
Amicable Life
U. S
Mexicana
Sears
Pete
Sean
Happi
Bermuda
Ned Weirh
Rane Dears
Waco Drive
WAC
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