New Chevrolet Set for Display Here October 16
The 1959 Chevrolets with restyled bodies and mechanical upgrades will be shown at Edwards Chevrolet Company on Thursday morning October 16. Detroit reports call the lineup the most unusual in company history, with new Bel Air and Impala series and 139 commercial models. The exhibition runs through the week as Chevrolet launches a major promotion and advertises the new models.
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Edwards Chevrolet Company
Detroit
Chevrolet
Wooden nickel cost hit by inflation
Montclair, N J reports rising costs for wooden nickels used in a local promotion. The Chamber of Commerce sells 5 cent pine wood tokens to merchants at about seven dollars per hundred, with customers to receive them free after October 16.
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Montclair
N. J
Chamber of Commerce
Man Held in Jail After Sober Up Remark
In Tampa traffic court Arlin Esper Horsley said I am here Bub to the judge who ordered him jailed until he sobered up, by Judge W Marion Hendry. The action followed a court appearance for a traffic case.
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Tampa
Fla
Arlin Esper Horsley
W. Marion Hendry
Horsley
Panicked by Wife Swaps in Upland and Las Vegas
Two aircraft workers Morris Underwood and William Holloway swapped wives after marriages in Las Vegas. Each wife received custody of her children and $30 weekly support. Underwood and Holloway exchanged homes and remarried their former spouses in separate ceremonies.
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Upland
Calif
Morris Underwood
Montclair
William Holloway
Underwood
Las Vegas
Nev
Holloway
Burglars Scared Off by Parrot in Greenwich Village
In Greenwich Village a ground floor restaurant thwarted burglars who triggered alarms after an attempted break in. Despite the cries of El bandito and El policia, police found Se nor Car the parrot may have frightened them away. nothing was stolen. Separately Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley reports a new painkiller candidate undergoing testing, claimed to be far stronger than morphine.
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New York
Greenwich Village
el Policia
Helpo
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Fire losses dip in Texas despite rising U S trend
Texas recorded fewer fire deaths and less property damage in the past year, with 426 deaths down from 500 in 1956 and property losses dropping to 33 745 946. About 9 000 building fires occurred, down 1 000 from 1956, as nationwide figures showed 11 300 deaths and 1 023 190 000 in losses.
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Austin
A. Harrison
Texas
Harrison
United States
Pun Makes History With Exam Joke
A Washington mother asks Billy about exams and he replies he did what Washington did, going down in history. The line delivers a playful pun linking a student’s performance to a national figure.
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Billy
Washington
New Texas tax ideas eyed by state study panel
A Texas State Tax Study Commission report outlines possible new taxes to raise up to 140 million dollars for the next Legislature. It lists options including gross income, corporation income, and selective sales taxes on tobacco, soft drinks, hotel rooms, meals, oils, and kerosene, noting the current system is chaotic and any reform would require careful choice and timing.
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Texas State Tax Study Commission
Fry
Victoria
Texas
Fly
General Revenue Fund
Tax Study Commission
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