Poll reveals 77390 English and Welsh blind at some point
A survey finds 77,390 English and Welsh residents have experienced blindness at least once in their lives. The figure highlights the hidden scope of visual impairment across the two nations.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1951
Page
19
A survey finds 77,390 English and Welsh residents have experienced blindness at least once in their lives. The figure highlights the hidden scope of visual impairment across the two nations.
Two night preliminaries end Thursday with finals on the Paramount stage. Contestants of all ages vie for top applause and $2000 in prizes, in two divisions under and over 12. Entry forms available from Bobby Henshaw, who also performs before judging.
In New Orleans on February six experts report that the severe ice storm devastated crops and timber across the Deep South. Boll weevils in hibernation suffered heavy losses, with Mississippi timber losses alone estimated at ten million dollars and similar damage reported in Louisiana and other states.
Halifax reports Canada's navy delaying the Magnificent training cruise to Bermuda after sabotage damaged its main bearings, with officials shifting sail date from yesterday to today. A separate Tokyo note notes a mine explosion towed into Shikoura harbor killing a baby and injuring eight, wrecking 36 houses.
A constitutional amendment to limit future presidents to ten years in the White House has gained ground. Twenty seven states have ratified. nine more needed for the three fourths requirement. Indiana Montana and Idaho ratified recently. The 22nd Amendment faces passage through several state legislatures this year.
The text notes that compulsory limits on presidential terms began with Washington and end with Franklin D Roosevelt, allowing up to two elected terms and a maximum of eight additional years if serving a predecessor’s unexpired term. It says a vice president may be eligible for election only once if serving over two years of a term, and that Truman was exempted by Congress from these restrictions.
HOLLYWOOD, Feb 6. Eric Johnston was reelected president of the Association of Motion Picture Producers by the board of directors after the annual meeting. Y Frank Freman retained his post as chairman.
The government of West Bengal India orders price reductions on quinine to boost its use among rural populations as an anti malaria measure.
Daniel B. Cogswell, 63, longtime figure in oil and gas in Texas and Kansas, died yesterday of heart disease in Alameda California. He helped lay one of the first natural gas lines running from Kansas to Michigan.
A terse local line reads I ain't never heard of him, he ain't never heard of me reflecting regional vernacular. The note hints at a vague social disconnect or mutual unfamiliarity, with no clear figures or events named.
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