Life Isn’t Same For Davy Crockett in Dallas
David Crockett, 55, great grandson of the famous frontiersman, faces crowds and questions about his lineage. He works as a drug company accountant and says the notoriety brings both curiosity and nuisance, with kids singing his name and adults doubting his relation.
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Wild Frontier
Davy Crockett
Bear-Killer
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Ashley Wilson Cr
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Boston WGBH-TV Becomes 12th Noncommercial ETV Outlet
WGBH-TV in Boston joined the nation as the twelfth educational television outlet on May 2, 1955. The station expands weekly telecasts to nearly 300 hours and serves roughly 25 million people.
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Boston
Wgbh-Tv
Bond Sales Over Quota in Local Areas in April
By April 1955 Winchester and Frederick County reached 51 percent of their EF and H Bond quota while Clarke County hit 40 percent. Local April sales totaled 47 593 for Winchester Frederick County and 4 725 for Clarke County, with year to date totals at 372 937 and 39 833 respectively. Virginia statewide April sales rose to 7 404 563 with H bonds surpassing 1 million for fifth straight month, and four month total reaching 31 269 259, a 20 percent gain over last year.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Treasury Department
Virginia
Senior Senator Rank Means Longer Service and Prestige
A senior senator is the one who has served longer in Congress than the other senator from their state. The title requires continuous service to retain senior status and carries added prestige.
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Congress
Incoherent Clipped Clues From Puzzle Fragment
A garbled OCR style list presents scattered clues and partial answers across numbers. Many entries mix misspellings and unrelated fragments suggesting a failed crossword or puzzle page extraction.
April Employment At Record Level
Washington reports April saw a record level of civilian employment rising to 61,685,000 with a 1.2 million March to April increase. Factory payrolls gained about 40,000 jobs while unemployment declined despite many new job seekers.
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Washington
Mitchell
Walter Williams
Census Bureau
Woman wrecks car before driving test at license bureau
Mrs. Mary Etta Higbie, 63, driver examens prep, crashes into the Jeffersonville license bureau an hour before opening. Though shaken, little damage and she will try again as the tester did not show up. Also notes a $13 billion annual loss from pests and crop diseases per a government study.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Pmrs
Mary Etta Higbie
License Bureau
Summerfield Defends Postal Workers Against Abuse Claims
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield said the public mislabels tens of thousands of postal employees as chisellers. He noted GAO findings of sick leave abuse at 19 post offices and defended the loyalty and conscientiousness of most workers while outlining steps to curb abuses among substitutes during peak loads. He spoke from his Flint home while recovering from a virus.
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Flint, Mich
Arthur E. Summerfield
General Accounting Office
Summerfield
Flint
Congress
Refuge Weekend Guests Visit Local Families
Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Whitely and family of Arlington and Mr and Mrs Irvin Grim of Middletown. Others joined Mr and Mrs Joseph Horwath and children Patricia and Jimmy for Sunday, with Mr and Mrs Austin Conner.
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Jimmy
Austin Conner
Raymond Conner
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Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
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Childs nightie pattern 4642 by Anne Adams
Short and sweet nightie with matching bloomers for a young girl. Diagram shows easy sewing, pattern 4642 with child sizes 2 through 10. Includes complete illustrated instructions and fabric choices, 35 cents plus 5 cents for first class mailing.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
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