Get Off The Line Law For Party Telephones In Texas
The 57th Texas Legislature enacted a law imposing up to a $500 fine or up to one month in jail for refusing to surrender a party line to report an emergency such as a fire robbery or medical need. If you face a real emergency and line is busy, identify yourself and request the line. Report violations to the county attorney for prosecution and you may recover damages for property loss caused by refusal.
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Texas
Fire Department
Vice President Ahead of Time
A visitor found Lyndon Johnson’s office clocks were an hour fast. The maintenance error affected all clocks, and Johnson quipped that staff had no clock-watchers. The moment highlights a light mishap in a high office.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Lyndon
Ain't Gains Official Acceptance in Webster's Third
The article reports that "ain't" is now deemed acceptable in formal usage per the forthcoming Webster's Third New International Dictionary. It notes the change in stance on ending sentences with prepositions and invites readers to verify in the dictionary.
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New York
No Increase for Widows 62 and Over in Social Security Checks
The Dallas Social Security office reports that widows 62 and over collecting benefits based on their husband’s work did not receive the 10 percent increase this week. Some may qualify for higher payments by applying, since the increase is intended for those whose benefits from their husband’s record exceed their own earnings record.
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Eugene Riegler
Dallas
Social Security Office
Kennedy
Rieglar
Holiday death toll drops to record low in Labor Day weekend
Traffic accidents during the long Labor Day weekend killed 386 persons, 34 fewer than the prior holiday period. The National Safety Council estimated about 16,000 injuries during the 78 hour period from 6 pm Friday to midnight Monday, after initially predicting 420 deaths.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Pecan Scab Triggers Early Nut Drop in East Texas
COLLEGE STATION A extension plant pathologist says pecan scab, a fungus, causes premature drop especially on susceptible varieties in East Texas and Gulf areas. It overwinters in twigs and old shucks, with outbreaks after warm wet springs. Resistant varieties and top grafting, along with preventive sprays and cultural practices, help control, with detailed guidance from MP-313.
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Smith
Pear Apple Cross Produces "Pepple" Hybrid
Swedish scientists at the Balsgård Institute announce a cross between a pear and an apple producing a hybrid tentatively nicknamed "pepole" by Prof. Nils Nybom. The fruit reportedly holds qualities of both parent fruits.
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Malmoe
Sweden
Nils Nybom
Balsgaard Institute For Plant Improvement
Mailing Yuletide Cards May Cost Nickel
Congress weighs a postal rate bill sponsored by Rep. John Lesinsky Jr. It would raise single third class letters from 3 to 5 cents and increase sealed Christmas card postage from 4 to 5 cents. The Kennedy administration backs the measure as 2 billion unsealed cards last year at 3 cents would incur about 40 million more dollars annually.
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Washington
Congress
John Lesinsky Jr
D., Mich
Kennedy
Post Office
Listening Between the Lines in Speech Patterns
The article cites John Kord Lager Mann in Readers Digest on how pauses reveal meaning beyond words. It notes that frequent use of I and me can indicate self-focus, with studies from Iowa and Cincinnati showing hospitalized patients use I about once every 12 words.
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John Kord Lagermann
Reader's Digest
Hobart Mowrer
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Cincinnati
Language and personality clues in word choice
The passage discusses how speech patterns reveal personality, noting that passive phrasing signals less control than active forms. It argues that adjectives reflect values, contrasting terms like powerful and overwhelming with beauty versus ugliness as measures of worth.
Beers for Road Plea Follows Bathrobe Riders Event
Two bathrobe clad men in wheelchairs whizzed through a busy intersection on Saturday prompting calls for more road safety. Local responders investigated the incident and advised renewed attention to pedestrian and wheelchair access.
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Peoria
Patrolman Stops Drunken Hospital Three Returning By Wagon
Patrolman Jerry Lehman stopped three hospital patients who drank after leaving St. Francis Hospital. The men claimed to be heading back to the hospital after two more beers were ordered, and a patrol wagon was summoned to transport them. Petrified lightning is reported among Michigan sand dunes.
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Jerry Lehman
Lehman
St. Francis Hospital
Michigan
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