World War Vet Survives on Tea Ten Years at Sea Side
Oswald Beard, a World War I veteran living in Saint Annes-on-Sea, has reportedly consumed only tea since 1941, about two and a half cups daily, after 21 operations. Despite wartime wounds, his diet is limited by ration rules and local officials.
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Annes-On-Sea
le Park Road
Saint Annes-On
Beard
Prahom
Neashire
England
Oswald Board of 43
Sea
Royal Family Plans New Trip With Queen and Princess
Royal officials announce a major tour for the queen and Princess Elizabeth with Prince Charles, starting January. They will travel through the Empire, visiting Africa, Ceylon, Australia, and New Zealand on a long recuperative and ceremonial program, meeting governors and civic leaders.
Special Traffic Light Keeps Bus Safer in Farmington
A Farmington bus driver Ci fhemin installed a traveling traffic light system on his school bus. The device signals green for moving, yellow for slowing, and red for stopping, claimed as the nation’s first portable traffic signal for a bus.
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Farmington, Cons
Ci Fhemin
Navy Chief Steers Island’s Progress As US Governor
HONOLULU Uiti Life on a lonely island appears to Fred Pobst and his family Pobst is chief petty officer in the Navy assigned to Chi Chi Jima in the Volcano Islands as the American military government representative. Pobst is the first Navy enlisted man to hold such a post and acts as governor business adviser lawyer judge school teacher and agriculture expert. The Pobsts have been on the island for months and Pobst reports busy days with increased fish exports a new school irrigation program and an industrial expansion. He and his wife and 12 year old daughter Caral live in an American style home that held a former weather station. Groceries come from Guam by ship with irregular service and ships arrivals force a holiday. Pobst was chosen for his unusual lack of all trades qualifications and has taught irrigation improved yields and conducted experiments on tropical fruits while also building a refrigerator plant for local fishermen to boost fish exports.
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Fred Pobst
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Chi Chi Jima
Volcano Islands
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Japan
Nief Pobat
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Pebst
Hawaii
Pobst
Caral
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Pobsta
Islands
Good Place For Hermit To Buy Island Near Lake Erie
Sandusky Ohio reports a privately owned island named Rattlesnake Island with 65 acres on the American side of Lake Erie. It includes a landing field, furnished cottages, a boat pier, and wild game. Asking price 125000 dollars, annual upkeep about 6000 dollars. A small airline provides transport to the island on request.
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Sandusky
Ohio
IPI
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Helicon Town ends love strike over midwife clash
In Flavio Italy a village near Rome ended a long sex dispute called the love strike that began after a Christmas 1948 quarrel over a midwife. Bruna Paolini and Wanda Boscagni were appointed to share the maternity work, ending the two-month leave and prompting a local compromise amid sparse village amenities.
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Moxte
Flavio
Italy
Rome
Bruna Paolini
Wanda Boscagni
Bruna
Wanda
He Helps Her Park She Wanted To Leave
In Milwaukee a passerby guided a young woman driver stuck backing in a tight space. After fifteen minutes the car was parked neatly. She thanked him and noted she was trying to leave. The piece ends by mentioning Druids as ancient priests of Britain Gaul and Germany.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Elce
Druids
Britein
Gaul
Germany
Reds Ready To Grab Romania's Uranium
Belgrade dispatch cites refugees and smugglers claiming Romania will start large uranium mining and construction in Turnu Severin and Galatz districts in spring 1952. Soviet plans include supplies from Bulgaria and Danube routes. Reports allege deportations of peasants to interior labor camps as preparations begin.
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Belgrade
U.P
Russia
Romiania
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Buhovo
Sofia
Buhovs
Danube River
Yugoslavia
Turnu Severin
Galatz Diatelets
Freetines Wrere
Kladovo
Dobrudja
Burglars billed victim for stolen tools in Tulsa
In Tulsa, Ted Sieler faced an odd twist after burglars looted his recreation center. Three weeks later a hardware store sent a $16 itemized bill listing discarded items found by police, including four carpenter levels, with Sieler labeled as purchaser. The victim questioned why a burglar would use or buy such tools in his name.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ted Sieler
Selles
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