Gas Engine Puts Fun In Mowing
A 10 point safety code from the Lawn Mower Institute of Washington urges care with power mowers to prevent injuries like missing toes and cuts. It covers starting safely, keeping feet clear, disengaging the clutch, supervising children, avoiding inclines, clearing debris, avoiding wet conditions, proper spark plug handling, safe fuel storage, and teaching respect to younger users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Mower Institute of
Washington, D.C
Junior
Britain's Victoria Cross Holders Conspicuously Brave
London report profiles Victoria Cross holders as modest figures rather than flamboyant heroes. The piece recalls notable acts, the rarity of wartime feats, the 100th VC birthday celebration, and the award's origins with Queen Victoria in 1856, including criteria, forfeiture policy, and early investitures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Tom A. Cullen
London
NEA
War Ministry
V.C
Nus
Queen Elizabeth
Love Dangerous by RUDE EEE MAKURAY NEA Staff Correspondent
Paris reports that jealousy fuels French romance with about 3000 men killed yearly and 6000 attempted murders tied to passion. Versed in statistics, the piece notes fall vacations strain marriages, with 40 percent of divorces started after summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rude
EEE Makuray
NEA
PARIS
la Belle France
Jealousy in France Reflects Social Status and Work
A Paris hospital psychiatrist studied jealousy over ten years and found higher jealousy among children of alcoholic or epileptic parents. Women who work outside the home show less jealousy than housewives, while white collar men are more jealous than manual laborers. Fidelity today in Paris is higher than a century ago, rising from 4 percent to about 72 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C. Jacko
Jackson
Royal Air Force
Jacko
V.C
Riend
Paris
A. Lagache
Omer
France
Blind Leads Blind to Usefulness
Eighty-year-old Harry Selman, a Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind assistant executive director, is blind yet highly capable. He has devised a miniature cotton seed hopper and a vibrating box to assist blind workers, plus numerous gadgets for the blind community while championing the idea that loss of sight need not curb usefulness. He travels daily, tinkers with ham radio, and leads efforts to show the public the talents of blind people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Concrief
NEA
Dallas
Tex
Harry Selm
Selman
Eator
Jimmy
Voicespo
Harry Selman
Hands Off Policy of Recruits At Parris Island Debate
A Marine Corps debate over hazing in recruit training intensifies after the Ribbon Creek incident. Veterans and officers clash over whether a “hands off” approach harms discipline, while supporters argue controlled physical actions correct posture and morale.
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Douglas Larsen
NEA
Parris Island
S. C
Matthew McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Marine Corps
Randolph McC. Pate
Di's
Legacy of the Brink's Robbers in Boston Crime
The 1950s Brink's robbery tale centers on Specs O Keefe as key witness and the Boston crews led by Anthony Pino and Joseph Banfield. It traces the North End Roxbury and Dorchester backdrop, the $2.779 million haul, and the long pursuit ending in indictments and recovered money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Breslin
NEA
Boston
Roxbury
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Brink's
Specs O'Keefe
Ity
Joseph J. O'Keefe
O'Keefe
North End
Anthony Pino
Jazz Maffie
Joe McGinnis
South End
Elmer
Trigger)o' Burke
F I
Ara Aued
Jat
Pino
McGinnis Keefe
Guseiora
Vincent Costa Young Baker
Michael Geagan
Faherty
Richardson
Joseph Banfield
Meals on Wheels Brings Dignity to Home Living
In North Philadelphia a Lighthouse Community Chest settlement house runs Meals on Wheels five days a week for about 36 aged residents. Platter angels deliver meals via four routes daily, with volunteers totaling at least 40. The program, inspired by a British model, improves diets and spirits, while a study by Dr Tauber tracks the nutritional impact and lessons for elderly care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Community Chest
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
America
Lighthouse
Tauber
Son Clinic
Fife Hamill Health Center
U S Pocket Books to wage cultural war on Russia
The United States Information Agency plans to ship 22 million low priced pocket books to Asia and other regions by June 1957. More than 13 million will be in 24 foreign languages with eight and a half million in English. Prices run 10 to 15 cents each to counter Soviet literature abroad.
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Wasmiauius
U.S
Russia
United States Information Agency
Asia
John Steinbeck
John Adams
America
USIA
Far East
Franklin Burdette
Burdette
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The
Athens Messenger
George V
V. C
Hyde Park
HOPE
India
Jean Batiste Tavernier
Louis XIV
Parade
Hyde
Duke of Edinburgh
McKeon
Brink
Garrett Byrne
Edward J. Powers
Margaret Toy
Oldster
Pocket Books
By Kenneth Gilmore
Vatican City
Michaelantela
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