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Organs of scent 43. Serpents 44. Stake for roasting meat 45. Tramp 48. Silkworm 49. Ooze 51. Statute 52. Steer wild Water Hyacinth Poses Problem Baton Rouge (AP) ? A gracious Japanese gift to American ladies at the 1884 Cotton Exposition in New Orleans has grown into a beauti ful multi-million dollar headache for Louisiana. The gift was a water hyacinth -r one to each woman visitor. The ladies took them home and placed them in vases. The plants outgrew the vases and were transferred to fish ponds and streams. Now they blanket bayous and streams in bright purple. Th? federal government esti mates loss due to clogged water ways at 50-55 million dollars per year in Louisiana. The water hy acinths also kill off fish, deprive migratory birds of winter quarters and menace navigation. The drink ing water supply is cut down, Gov. Robert Kennon says, and mosqui toes breed in the stagnant pools Man Carries Knife Blade In Skull for 19 Years Stamford, Conn. (AP) ? Physi cians treating 53-year-old Lacy Baker for a stab wound in the head were puzzled when they found a one-inch piece of knife blade im bedded in his skull. The blade on the jack-knife used by Baker's as sailant was intact. Baker recalled that he had been the victim of a previous knife as sault ? in Yi fracas in Philadelphia 19 years before. The piece of steel never had bothered him, and he didn't know he'd been carrying it around. created by the current choking plants. Each year the U. S. Corps of Engineers asks Congress for spe cial appropriations to cut the waterways in Louisiana clear of the pretty pest. The average American used 8.7 pounds of butter and 8.2 pounds of oleomargarine during 1953. Theatre Group Will Meet Tha possibility s( putting on * summer production will be di? cuMcd it a meeting of the Carter et Community Theatre Wednesday at the Scout Hut in Beaufort. Since the Fine Arts School is planning at least one summer pro duction. whatever is decided by the Community Theatre will be in cooperation with the Fine Arts school, said Ed Walston, theatre president. If a production is decided on. it will have to com* in the latter part of the summer, Mr. Wal ston said. The theatre's executive board met last Monday and reviewed the expense incurred producing Father of the Bride and decided to work with the Fine Arts School in any productions it plans. Great News Major Sammy Lee, Olympic diving champ and now an Army doctor In Korea, smiled when he waa awarded Sullivan Trophy as outstanding amateur athlete. No Snakes Wanted Effingham, 111. (AP)? Mrs. John Russell has decided against snake skin accessories for her wardrobe. The sight of a live specimen in her clothes Closet did it. The 3-foot black snake apparently wriggled through a window screen and was resting on a hanger rod. The United States produced a record 9,472,860 gross of wooden lead pencils during 1953. 8Q-Year-Old Widow Prints Weekly in Arkansas Ozarks By HAROLD HART Winslow, Ark. (AP)-Ttie little lady bits huddled at the type case, meticulously assembling the week ly Winslow American with a dex terity belying her 80 years. Outside a raw wind blows across the faee of Boston Mountain, rattling the sideboards of the tiny print shop. A scant 50 feet away U.8. Highway 11 evil northward to Fayetteville, 20 miles away Here on the "top of the Ozarks." highest mountain range between the Alleghenies and the Rockies, twice-widowed Mrs. Maud Duncan hu for more than 36 years been publishing "as respectable a paper as possible " The decision wasn't too difficult to make, she recalls, but circum stances rather than choice resulted in her becoming an editor and publisher Mrs. Duncan's -husband, whp founded the paper, died Nov. 18. 1918. She wrote his obkuary and took over as editor, publisher, printer, circulation and advertising manager and "newsboy." "Sometimes I think of giving up the ??per." >he says, "but (ollts say "Oh, Miss Maud, don't give up lite newspaper We need the pa p.r" ? The circulation list lumbers ?bout tOU, paying $1 ? year. ' The aprighty Miss Maud inter rupt* her type setting long enough to throw another stick of wood bit* the pot l)ellied stove. Nearby stands the ancient, footpedaled job press on which the four to (Continued on Page 6, Section 2) Paul $900 PINT 53.25 % qt. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86 proof. 72H\ gr?ln neutral spirits. Frankfort pt?till?r? Corp., N.Y.C. Mi (Am . . . mcH on* ? prociout portrait Graduation, First Communion, Con fir. mation...keep the memory of these great days fresh for years ? in Portraits. And be sure the portrait is worthy of the occasion. K ltrust its making to the skill and conscientious care of our Studio. Phone for appointment now. HOURS 12 Noon to 6 P.M. Daily Except Monday and by Appointment PHONE 6^730 PluUatyuzfUtesi 411 EVANS ST. MOREHEAD CITY YOU CAN DEPEND ON HUGH Vote For HUGH SALTER . ? . ' . ' . v ? Your rote and active support lor Hugh Salter, Sheriff, will be honestly and sincerely appreciated by me. He U honest, capable and efficient. He i? a food Sheriff I Marshall Ayscue If elected, I will do my utmost to serve all the people of Carteret County to the best of my ability. Hugh Salter, Sheriff Vote For Honest, Capable ?? Experienced Men In The Coming Primary HUGH SALTER.. Sheriff A. H. JAMES Clerk of Superior Court IRVIN W. DAVIS Register of Deeds D. 6. BELL House of Representatives IF I WERE YOU ? I'D VOTE FOR HUGH Tfc4? ?<wllM?i i fUtthf IbrriMfl Afrnam, Ml Dnta, A. ?. tan
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