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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1952
Page
10
Christmas is a time for children to enjoy. Do not risk your life on sledding missteps this season. The notice urges vacation safety and lists three things to avoid to stay happy during the holidays.
George Peabody Jr quotes Samuel Grafton on how wives can support their husbands by tolerating quirks and avoiding public criticism. The piece stresses mercy over justice, advocacy over judgment, and preserving private intimacy while embracing imperfection in marriage. Condensed from Good Housekeeping.
Boston University will set up an African Research and Studies Program next July. President Harold C. Case cites Africa's rising role in world affairs and the need for fundamental research. Dr. William C. Brown, head of the State Department African research branch, will lead the program focusing on economic, social, political and technical factors in contemporary Africa.
Hollywood lampooned 1952 with jokes about Marilyn Monroe, inflation, and Johnny Ray. Jokes from RKO and Jack Benny mixed with TV gags, gag lines about dresses and switchboards, and zingers from Red Skelton and Bob Hope as the year’s comedy climate highlighted Monroe’s pull and media buzz.
Providence Rhode Island reports 90 year old Otho Lighter celebrating his birthday by working at a heating concern. He left school at 14 to learn blacksmithing, moved to tire mounting, then learned sheet metal work at 41. He rises at 3 30 a m and is first on the job at 5 45 a m every day.
Waldo Denker advises readers on a simple trap fix in Lestar Iowa. He suggests fastening the cheese to the bait with transparent tape to prevent the mouse from pulling it free before the trap springs.
The Holiday On Ice show at St. Paul Auditorium on January 26 offers a deep sea diver view with Undersea Wonderland. Performances run nightly at 8 30 p m with 2 30 p m matinees Saturday and Sunday.
Laurence Viaci, plastics and stagecraft expert, built a lifelike fish model for a New York theatrical sequence using over 500 tropical fish plus lobsters mermaids and various fish types. Costumes for the number are elaborate with hundreds of overlapping plastic scales and jewels. Each costume costs well over 1000 dollars.
James E. Price of Binghamton has spent 17 years working as an elevator operator in the three story Postoffice building. He estimates his vertical travels total about four fifths of a world circumference. Now 70 and retired, he plans to fish in Florida.
The statement that chimpanzees are the most intelligent animals triggers discussion among scientists and educators about intelligence benchmarks and species comparison.
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