Monday, Jun. 13, 1949
Americana
P:In the course of filming a horse opera, 20th Century-Fox was forced to call in a paleface archery expert named Abel Lewis to teach 35 Indians how to use bows & arrows.
P:Headed for a night out, Mr. & Mrs. Ed Rumney of Lusk, Wyo. were unable to locate a baby-sitter in their home town. In their two-seat private plane they flew 28 miles to Lance Creek, found one, flew her back. The next morning they flew her home.
P:Mole Hill, W. Va. (pop. 93) changed its name to Mountain, W. Va.
P:Mindful of middle-aged bridegrooms, the Greater New York Safety Council issued instructions for carrying brides across thresholds: "The correct way...is to bend the knees, keep the body upright, take a firm grip...and push upward with the leg muscles. Do not try to lift too much weight." The council added that this would also be handy for lifting barrels and furniture.
P:Announcing that "this is going to break your heart," Judge Samuel Joseph forbade Probation Violator Joseph Larusso, 22, to enter the Bronx on pain of going to prison for three years.
P: In Big Lake, Tex., the Presbyterians opened a drive-in church. Said the Rev. Rodney Gibson to a 50-car congregation: "There should be no strangeness in worshiping God in this manner."
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