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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1948
Page
11
An optimistic year end editorial reflects on 1948 and looks ahead to 1949. It notes hardships and irritations but highlights security and hope, expects continued prosperity, and wishes readers health and progress in the new year.
New York observers note the first full day of television, with 7 am to night programming, resembles radio fare and heavy advertising. A daytime TV babysitter feature with Pat Meikle dominates morning viewing, while sponsors like Maxwell House promote products with novel, visual stunts.
Fragmentary OCR text mentioning Dr Henry Pratt and Vada Child or York appears incomplete. No clear event, date, or organization is readable to summarize a distinct news item or outcome.
In Oxfordshire at Iffley a toll maker refused to release a body that had been recovered, hindering police handling of the scene. The incident raises questions about authority and protocol following the discovery.
In Ruislip Middlesex the council, after advertising with no success, spent 225 pounds converting premises into a flat and then offered the post. The feature notes Sir Robert Horn of Canadian Pacific Railway as a famed train lover who devised a rattling vibrating bed to aid sleep during travel.
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