G Stephen Potwin dies at 88 longtime Courant editor
G Stephen Potwin 88 editorial writer for the Hartford Courant died after a heart attack and hospital stay. An East Windsor resident, he edited the Farming ton Valley Herald and Bristol Press before joining the Courant in 1948. A WWI veteran and Republican, he served as East Windsor’s representative in the legislature in 1926 and 1927. Surviving are his widow Edna Gordon Potwin and three daughters Joanne, Mrs. Robert Schimmel, and Mrs. James Calhoun, plus four sisters and two brothers.
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Barber Mice Do Free Shaves by Eating Mice Whiskers
A report in the journal of heredity notes barber mice who shave others by eating whiskers. Dr. Theodore Hauschka, studying heredity and cancer links at Lankenau, cites about 8 barbers among nearly 2,000 mice, with barbering showing multi gene control and potential use in studying mouse behavior and handedness.
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Associated Prose Science
New York
Journal of Heredity
Theodore 8. Hauschka
Institute For Cancer Research
Lankenau Hospital Research Institute
Philadelphia
Hauschka
Security Council to Probe Russia Germ War Charge
UN news report from UN headquarters on June 25 notes the Security Council voted to consider a U S demand for an impartial investigation of Russian germ warfare charges. President Malik faced Russian attempts to invite China and North Korea to discuss the American proposal amid debate over Geneva protocol ratification and members' UN status. A demonstrated protest near the UN entrance drew about 120 women and children with Peace in Korea Now placards before dispersing.
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Jacob A. Malik
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Wilder Foote
UN Department of Public Information
Whittemore Named Trustee in Connecticut Life Fund
Governor Lodge appoints Harris Whittemore Jr. of Nauguetuck to the Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund of Connecticut trustees, succeeding Thomas I. Boak of Waterbury. As of June 1, CT had 31 mutual savings banks with 18.935 million dollars in life insurance in force.
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Harris Whittemore, Jr
Naugetuck
Trustees of Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund of
Connecticut
Whittemore
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Lodge Endorses Independence Week Observance
Hartford June 25 AP Governor Lodge endorsed Independence week saying the Declaration of Independence traces human rights to a source higher than the state. He noted the period June 27 to July 4 is set for observances under Spiritual Mobilisation with the theme of freedom under God.
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Independence Day Bell Ringing and Sermons Urged
Declaration of Independence links human rights to a higher source than the state and urges church bells to ring for ten minutes at noon on July 4 along with sermons on freedom under God. The appeal seeks cooperation from penitential groups for the observance.
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