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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1951
Page
7
The Navy's underwater demolition experts practice stealth and assault on unknown beaches. Frogmen swim hundreds of yards and sometimes underwater to reach swampy targets, then rush inland to locate and neutralize defenses ahead of land forces. The demanding training highlights their tough missions.
Washington astronomer Dr Harlow Shapley at Harvard College Observatory says mysterious radio signals from space may be swan songs of dying stars nearing cold senility. Signals also arise from Snots in the sky and the Crab nebula, once exploding star, now faint radio emitter, with Andromeda and other island universes as distant transmitters.
Local trustees report graveyard used for drinking with whiskey bottles and beer cans hauled from the cemetery. They query if cemetery use for drinking would require removal of bottles and cans, hinting at enforcement or cleanup.
Boston dispatch reports the U S and Canada have suffered massive fire losses since 1900. The Coconut Grove and Troquois Theatre fires illustrate high fatalities in some cases, while others caused few deaths. Notable blazes include San Francisco 1906, Teses City 1937, Chelsea 1908, and 1914 witchcraft trials fire in Chelsea Massachusetts.
Mexico considers minting gold coins again to encourage hoarding as a tool to reduce currency in circulation and curb inflation. Bankers cited expected inflation control and currency stability amid economic policy debates in Mexico City and nationwide.
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