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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1951
Page
15
E R Henderson of Thessalia Giles County describes a home made improvement turning a manual garden plow into an electric unit. He installed a 4 hp motor at 1750 rpm with pulleys belts and a wheelbarrow wheel achieving easier handling. The conversion cost around 12 dollars including the motor and attachments.
Chicago publicized a new Illinois narcotics law applied to minors as George Gilbreath, 50, known as Greasy George, received a 25 year sentence for selling two heroin capsules to a 15 year old on May 6. Judge Daniel Covelli called it a grim sentence reflecting harm to youths. The article notes a wartime Navy fact about Vitamin C.
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