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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
6
Government economists doubt inflation will erupt from 1955 wage gains linked to auto and steel settlements. They warn rising wages and a steel price increase could push consumer prices if demand outpaces supply, though past similar moves showed little impact on the cost of living.
London scientist Dr. Maurice Burton argues free will is limited, suggesting 5 to 10 percent influence in choices about love and taste. He cites environment, ancestry, and animal behavior as shaping humans, while noting occasional unexpected acts of choice in animals and personal anecdotes about mate preference.
SAN QUENTIN Calif UP A pair of San Quentin convicts were in solitary confinement Monday because they were too clever in attempting to escape. Lifer Elmer Tinsely 25 of Los Angeles and Wendell Havel 24 of Riverside Calif spent 50 hours trapped in a packing box within prison walls while guards searched only yards away. They finally had to call for help to get out of the prison within a prison when their food gave out.
Hollywood studios race to create fresh screen icons as top names wane. Paramount funds a rapid star build around Gari Ohmart in The Scarlet Hour while MGM bets on Taina Elg and Lie Kane Montegacchi. Fox imports Joan Collins and Dana Wynter. Paramount touts Oreste Kirkop. Columbia targets Kim Novak for stardom in Picnic.
Lucerne, Switzerland. Paul Loosli climbed a 68-foot flagpole Monday vowing to remain atop all summer to set a new record. His wife initially opposed the stunt but agreed to pose for photos for the crowd watching the event.
London UP dateline reports a United Press survey finds bikinis vanishing from Europe’s beaches due to perceived dampening of sex appeal. The piece notes shifting swimwear trends tied to modesty and allure, mentioning the Amazon and Yangtze as examples of rivers flowing east and west.
Vienna reports say Hungarian Premier Andras Hegedus has fallen from favor after taking office last April. Die Presse notes possible arrest following an open disagreement with Communist leader Matyas Rakosi over Hungary's direction and policy.
New York City report shows electric current fatalities fell from nine to seven per million in twenty five years despite doubled electricity use. Summer peaks, mainly June to August, due to outdoor work and wet bodies reducing electrical resistance. Majority of deaths are male and home incidents involve cords, appliances, and do it yourself projects.
DECATUR Ga UP A woman bootlegger’s brush with the law had a happy ending Monday. Officers who arrested her on a neighbor’s complaint found in her home a four year old boy suffering from incurable leukemia. She said she had been bootlegging whisky to finance treatment for her tiny son. Lt Richard A Boone of the De Kalb county vice squad decided he did not have sufficient evidence to arrest the woman and promised to find her a job.
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