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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1954
Page
3
A feature on hobbyists who collect varied items and share prizes with peers. It notes indoor photography with synchronized flash for near subjects, advising six feet as close distance for box or fixed focus cameras and offering close-up attachments for three and a half feet, with guidance from a photo dealer and John Van Guilder.
A University biochemist proposes expanding ordinary foods to boost daily vitamin intake, arguing current American diets are short on essential nutrients. He suggests targeted supplements may help certain individuals reach recommended levels.
Camden reports Campbell Soup Co plans nationwide distribution of four frozen canned soups oyster stew cream of shrimp chicken vegetable and green pea with ham. Products require only adding water or milk and claim fresh-made flavor from freezing. Virginia and Oregon currently lack sales tax and cigarette tax.
The Veterans Administration said GI housing will loosen in the next few months due to more appraisal requests and higher regional assignments. For January to March 1954 appraisal requests rose 65 percent from 1953, with 36 501 units in March the peak since 1950. Lenders are more willing to finance existing properties and longer loan terms are rising, including 15 percent of February 1954 loans with no down payment.
A push button holster released a gun causing a police officer to be injured and the gun to discharge. The weapon shattered the leg of taxi driver Hezzie Lewis during a demonstration in Lewisburg West Virginia. Lewis sues for damages claiming the device caused the accident and headache for police work.
Evanston Illinois reports the Ave rage American family spends 236 yearly on alcoholic beverages, four times its contributions to churches and welfare, with total liquor, wine and beer expenditures at 9.57 billion and church welfare donations at 2.184 billion. The breakdown cites hard liquor 4.18 billion, wine 0.5 billion, beer 4.89 billion, averaging 108, 12, and 121 per family respectively.
In Albany a group of men discusses a new aquamarine shade derived from indanthrene brilliant green blue. The color, a jade like greenish blue, is predicted to be popular for summer and fall garments. The dye was developed over six years through General Aniline facilities in Linden New Jersey, New York City and Easton Pennsylvania.
The United States coal mining industry reports 1953 as its safest year on record. Officials note that current mining safety is twice as good as a decade ago and markedly better than four decades prior.
Hartford resident Drew Parandes 36 invokes Fifth Amendment when asked to plead to evading responsibility and driving without a license in traffic court He asks Judge John J Bracken to explain the privilege and whether it applies to him in this matter.
Memphis reports 38 month old Alice Hatly has five permanent waves. Her mother Mrs Cecil Hatley notes the first permanent wave came when Alice was 13 months old.
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