Editorials Explore Verse, Meteor Craters, and Government Economy
A collection of thoughts from the August 18, 1950 issue includes proverbs, musings on humility and property, views on competition and business, notes on meteoric craters in Hudson Bay and the American southwest, and a critique of post office economy efforts. The piece ends with humorous anecdotes about missing spectacles on a Pullman, plus editorials from other papers.
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Hudson Bay
Siberia
Maureen O'Hara Plays Bold Role in Comanche Territory
Maureen O'Hara, filmed in Technicolor at Universal-International, leans into a tougher persona in Comanche Territory. The star, famous for social duties on the lot, delivers a rugged Texas drawl and beer-soaked bravado as she portrays a frontier heroine in the Jim Bowie tale.
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Maureen
U-I
Bagdad
Jim Bowie
Mac Donald Carey
Rest room use at city hall draws 1100 signatures in seven months
Matron Mary Chapman says from June to December last year 1100 visitors signed the city hall rest room register, mostly from out of town or travelers on Highway 92. She estimates yearly visits exceed 2000 with Friday and Saturday busiest and claims good will from tourists and locals.
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City Hall
Washington
Central Park
Ralph Smith
Mary Chapman
Chapman
Court House
Sheriff's Office
Washington county license day pumps 235 renewals
Every Thursday 200 to 250 residents visit the Washington county court house for driving licenses. Three state highway patrol license division men operate from eight until four performing forms, driving tests, and vision tests. Last week 235 customers visited, 151 renewing old licenses and 22 becoming first time drivers after tests.
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Washington County
Court House
State Highway Patrol
Washington
Driving Test Trends in August License Issuance
About 25 driving instruction permits were issued with two weeks before tests begin. Roughly half of test takers are new drivers, and vision tests cut about ten percent, though half of those obtain glasses. Many applicants are 14 year olds seeking school commute permits. Rk. W. Warner, known as Rube, from Muscatine, heads the Thursday test team of 20, issuing licenses statewide.
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Rk. W. Warner
Rube
Muscatine
Warner
Dick Carroll
Lawrence Molis
Hurricane veers back to sea from Florida coast
A powerful hurricane with 140 mph winds swung away from the Florida coast today and began an erratic path back toward the Atlantic. Forecasters said the storm could drift toward North Carolina as it moves offshore, driven by upper atmosphere winds.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Hurricane center shifts. forecasts cautious on North Carolina hit
The Weather Bureau noted the storm center about 360 miles east of Melbourne Florida moving northwest at 10 to 12 mph with hurricane winds extending 100 miles. Officials said a northern turn is possible but not certain and urged caution for Florida and the Bahama islands as radar detected a shift northward.
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Weather Bureau
Cecil Gentry
North Carolina
Melbourne
Fla
M Navy
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