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Kudos to Charles Davis from Austin for his stand on arming fallout shelters to keep the neighbors out [Aug. 18]. It is indeed wonderful to see that there are still some Americans around who are able to think tor themselves without aid from the Federal Government. Guns are man's best friend...
This kind of tough talk from a Chicago suburbanite last week had echoes all over the U.S., as the headlines spread uneasiness and the shelter business boomed. In Austin, Texas, Hardware Dealer Charles Davis stashed four rifles and a .357 Magnum pistol in his shelter and pointed out its four-inch-thick wooden door: "This isn't to keep radiation out, it's to keep people out." Davis is also prepared in the event that some of his shelterless neighbors get into his shelter before he does. "I've got a .38 tear...
...Britain, Ford's fast-rising subsidiary, Ford Motor Co. Ltd., has become the No. 2 car seller, after British Motor Corp. (which makes Morris, Austin, M.G.). G.M.'s Vauxhall Motors Ltd. is No. 3. From their British bases, both sell widely within the Commonwealth. ¶ In West Germany, G.M.'s Opel and Ford's Taunus are outpaced only by Volkswagen, which, however, is far out front. The two subsidiaries now have the entire six-nation European Common Market open to them...
...Ferguson flame had guttered out. Ma was beaten by, of all people, W. Lee ("Pass the biscuits, Pappy") O'Daniel, a flour miller and hillbilly singer. After Jim Ferguson died in 1944, Ma retired to the house he had built for her, overlooking the State Capitol in Austin. And there, last week, she died at 86-a lesson in loyalty, a footnote to history, a touch of forever Texas...
...AUSTIN SMITH...