Nations cities return to curfew in juvenile delinquency fight
Chicago Maryland and other cities revive curfew laws to curb youth crime. Detroit imposes 17 and under curfew with midnight hours and parental escort rules. Other towns set 10 pm limits and require supervision or school program exemptions. Critics warn curfews may push youths to hide from police. advocates call for more recreation.
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Chicago
American Municipal Association
Detroit
Redwood Falls
Minn
N. Y
Oberlin
Salvaged Diamond Dust Outweighs Hope Gem
Schenectady works of General Electric recovered diamond dust last year equal in weight to two dozen Hope diamonds. The dust polishes tungsten carbide dies. during polishing it collects in a container with oil, bristles and cloth. Reclamation burns off debris and washes to isolate the diamond dust.
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Schenectady
Schnectady
General Electric Co
Hope
Hopeful Fortune Teller Warns of Hard Times Until Age Fifty
A humorous exchange features a fortune teller predicting lasting unhappiness and poverty until age fifty, followed by the punchline that afterward the speaker will not notice it. The dialogue highlights skepticism and irony in a small-town scene.
Duke Takes Turn Despite Peters Offer
Old man Peters offers Duke a share of the next item if nine others ahead agree. Duke declines and says he will take his own turn instead.
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Peters
Duke
Old Peters
Bat Masterson the Texas Peace Officer and Frontier Legend
A reminiscence on Bat Masterson once famed as a Texas peace officer and Dodge City legend. It recounts his four confirmed homicides, frontier battles including Adobe Walls, and his later career as a New York sports writer, ending with a quip on ice and fortune. A 1949 legal citation follows, listing A G Gilbert v M M McLain et al about Lot 23 and 24 in College Park Addition Denison Texas.
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Bat Materson
Wyatt Earp
Bat
Adobe Walls
Texas Panhandle
Masterson
Quanah Parker
Bat Masterson
Sweetwater
Texas
Army
Dodge City
Kansas
Masterson Brothers
New York City
Southwest
State of
L. S. Hayward
UxBridge
Worcester
Massachusetts
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
A. G. Gilbert
M. M. McLain
College Park
Denison
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Fort Worther’s New Fishing Bill Ready
A bill introduced in the Texas House by Rep. Doyle Willis of Fort Worth would require Texans to buy licenses to fish out of their county. It sets license fees at 1.65 dollars for out-of-county fishing and 5.25 dollars for non residents with a five day option for out-of-state anglers.
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Austin
Texas
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Texas legislators seek pay raise via contingent fund plan
The Paris News reports Texas voters previously approved a constitutional change doubling legislative days and pay. A current bill proposes using the contingent fund to pay each House member ten dollars daily for stamps stationery and books, aiming to raise pay without new treasury money. Critics call the move hair splitting and unworthy.
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Washington
Austin
Paris News
Texas
Treasury
Texans Seek Cotton Safeguards to Halt Economic Shift
James B. Pattison of Pattison urged Congress to back a strong price support program for cotton during a House agriculture subcommittee hearing. Louis J. Ivey of El Paso noted long-staple cotton receives only 60 percent parity price support versus 90 percent for upland cotton. Mary Queen of Scots had a watch shaped like a skull.
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Washington
Texas
Congress
House Agriculture
James B. Pattison
Pattison
Louis J. Ivey
el Paso
Mary Queen of Scots
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