Spicy one liners and home front quips from a busy day
A string of light hearted gags and wry observations. A father boasts of his 19 year old son on space and travel. A wise teacher warns about believing kids. A mother endures chores and a mis admired salesman. A bride and groom exchange barbed questions about mothers and towels. A clerk negotiates a dime price for the earth. A girl requests to see a mock world and aging adults remark on middle age.
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Barker
Peters
Notable Downtown Vehicle Confrontation Over Parking Ticket
A large expensive car was illegally parked on a busy downtown street as a young officer issued a ticket. The owner, a well-dressed middle aged man, arrived angrily and asserted powerful City Hall connections and ties to the police commissioner in an effort to intimidate. He then threatened the officer.
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City Hall
Lord Hartford Bets On Card Cheater Joke
A quip reports Lord Hartford saying if he saw cheating at cards he would bet on the cheater, illustrating a sharp-witted gambler's stance. The line highlights his bold, humorous approach to gaming and risk.
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Lord Hartford
Town minister notes surprise helper at exit
An Alberta minister finds his eldest son in the church collection line after Sunday service as the boy helps his paper route customers missed the day before. A luncheon dessert draws remark on its heavy calories, met with a quip about alterations.
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Alberta
Teenager Saddened by Car Break Down At Local Corner
A mother asks what causes gloom as a teen sits dejectedly in a chair. The father explains the boy wants to visit the drug store at the corner, but the car will not start.
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Father
WANT ADS AND PERSONAL NOTES BLURB SECTION
Classified snippets include a babysitting ironing ad by Betty Cripe, a farmSweep sharpening notice by B L and Bobby Jan way, and multiple card of thanks messages from several families. Also a New York City World Fair site note and Bill Vaughan quote included.
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New York City
Long Island
Texas readies 63 mobile hospitals for disaster shift
Texas begins the year with 63 packaged mobile hospitals ready for rapid deployment after disasters or attacks. Each 200 bed unit houses operating rooms, pharmacy and lab gear, weighs 24 000 pounds, and costs 21000 dollars. Ten towns including Breckenridge and Wichita Falls are slated to receive units, with 11 more allocated later.
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Austin
Texas
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
State Office of Defense and Disaster Relief
Civil Defense and
Breckenridge
Childress
Commerce
Graham
Laredo
Schulenburg
Sherman
Silsbee
Snyder
Sweetwater
Wichita Falls
U S Eating Less Says Grocer Executive
Miami Beach based grocer Myer B Marcus cites Agriculture figures showing per capita food consumption fell from 1641 pounds in 1909 to 1488 pounds in 1959. He notes potato and sweet potato intake has been cut by half.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Myer B. Marcus
Department of Agriculture
Gotham to Omit Color Reference in Birth Certificates
New York City will remove color references from birth certificates for all newborns making the city the first in the United States to adopt this policy Health Commissioner Leona Baumgartner announced The change aims to reduce racial labeling in official records and promote uniformity across demographics.
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New York
New York City
United States
Leona Baumgartner
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Davenport
Clerk
Insy
Tom Sears
Daffynition
The
Gomez and
Kirk May
Betty Cripe
Income Tax Service
Floyd Bassett
East Whitewright
A. L. Vandagriff
Fred James
Trenton
Bobby
B. L
Bobby Janway
Paul Stephens
Dick Walker
O. G. Bow
Edwards Chevrolet Co
Johnson Jewelry & Appliance
Hoover
Whitewright Lumber Co
Rawleigh
Fannin County
Dept
Memphis
Tenn
Floyd Heffley
Collinsville
Tex
Hannah’s
H. H. Taylor
Guy Hamilton
E. D. Carver
Randolph
Morgan Fence CO
Whitewright
Stephens & Bryant
Dawson Propane Gas Co
Johnson Jewelry & Appliances
U. S
Riley Tabor
Rev
Mrs. C. C. Dooley
J. P. Darwin
L. H. Myers
L. E. Myers
W. M. Pierson
W. E. LaRoe
Ron Faison
A. J. Fiorini
W. E. Rice
Paul Geers
W. E. Mynatt
Horace Lewis
Old Justice
Cr. E. Brannum
Bill Vaughan
J. A
Alexander
Grayson Bank
Sherman, Texas
Bells, Texas
Groceryman
Gotham
Linda Theatre
Whitewright, Texas
Matinee Sat. & Son
Ava Gardner
Dick Bogard
Dragon
Mel Torme
Noba McCarty
James Dean, Natalie Wood and
Sal Mineo
Technicolor
Dean Lockwell
Wendy Hiller
John Gavin
Sophia Loren
Maurice Chevalier
U.S.D.A
the Sun
M. B. Hasty
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