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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1951
Page
4
Paris report tells how housepainter Robert Corninand panicked when stolen miracle drug, drained into his sink, unleashed a geyser of sticky foam and fungus spreading through the room. He flooded faucets in alarm. neighbors called authorities as the messy incident escalated.
A fragmented 1940s style column features gossip about a singer Li sa Kirk and a discussion of noses and vanity. It contrasts a man’s self importance with physical traits and hints at social judgments, ending with a note about city classifieds.
Navy Underwater Demolition Team operatives, the frogmen, wear full gear and dive to plant explosives on tidal obstructions. They train through Hell Week, endure brutal conditions, and have a storied WWII record including blasting coral reefs at Guam.
US Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels based in Oakland completed their annual mapping patrol in the Bering Sea. Heavy ice slowed operations but the Pioneer and crew report progress toward the long range project to chart uncharted waters. A four million seal colony near the Pribilof Islands impressed crew members.
FBI report shows overall crime up 51 percent in cities and 4 percent in rural areas in the first half of 1952. Auto thefts and larcenies drive the rise while murders and robberies decline. age 23 and under factor notable arrests.
The Federal Civil Defense Administration advises updating home defense kits with fresh flashlight batteries. Batteries last longer if stored in the refrigerator or deep freeze. Costa Rica, roughly the size of West Virginia, boasts the richest variety of flowering plants and ferns for its size in the Western Hemisphere.
In Colorado Springs the vocational school runs a four session class teaching drugstore concoctions to 36 soda jerks. The course relies mainly on film strips rather than samples, leaving students with little hands on practice.
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