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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1949
Page
9
In Akron Ohio one-year-old Beverly Smith may never feel pain. Doctors at Children’s Hospital report she is among four known cases born immune to pain. She cries only when hungry or angry and must be watched for injuries. The condition described as a developmental defect with no remedy.
Miss Carmelite Janvier of New Orleans urges replacing King Arthur and Sir Galahad with comic strip characters in elementary reading. She suggests movie stars like Van Johnson and Gregory Peck to back up comics teaching, arguing current youth respond to comics and films.
New York report details William Harrington a 25 year old Manhattan College junior and Navy veteran from Dumont New Jersey who ate a 21 pound parcel from Save a Friend in Europe for ten days losing two and a half pounds. The diet produced 40000 calories per parcel and left him listless with reduced energy.
Henry Germain a 30 year old carpenter in Bay City Michigan was driving when his truck struck a utility pole overturned and power lines of 2300 volts fell on the cab causing a fire. He crawled through a broken window unharmed and pleaded guilty to reckless driving receiving a $50 fine.
At Hastings Nebraska a secretive Navy range relies on 20 000 sheep to mow 30 000 acres to prevent grass fires near explosives. Owner Noel Cover grazes flocks across 14 states while Indians and squaws herd them. dog packs and cyanide traps pose risks. winter consumption runs high with alfalfa and soybeans.
The government in Bogota mandates that employers provide a free pair of shoes every six months to permanent workers earning under 80 pesos a month. The rule bars cash substitutes, ties future rights to shoe use, and allows agencies to run factories to supply shoes at cost with fines from 50 to 1 000 pesos for noncompliance.
Four Twin Falls firefighters Kenneth Young Bob Miller Bill Pettigrove and Leonard Ross were on a fishing trip when a storm hit Is land park reservoir. A spilled two gallons of gasoline and an open carbide lamp triggered a blaze forcing them to battle flames with wet burlap sacks.
Lancaster scene notes the famous Mt Johnson Island eagle aerie is empty for the first time since 1936. Dr Herbert Beck says two or three eaglets would normally hatch and fly, suggesting possible death of Mother Baldy or hunter action. The nest remains under federal protection and male Baldy would be replaced only if available.
A lengthy list of New Year's Day and weekend visits centers on DeWitt residents. Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson host, 56 relatives attend in Freeman, while many others visit family in San dford Beaverton Saginaw and Flint. Numerous dinners and card parties outline the extended local social scene.
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