Pop Jenkins the Nosey Watcher Foils Garage Robbers
Pop Jenkins, a keen observer on Main Street, foils two bank robbery suspects at a Hillcrest garage. He overhears a rustling plan, signals the sheriff, and later helps recover the scene, while Alf and Eddie face misperceptions about his snooping.
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OP Jenkins
Pop
Alf
Eddie
Hillcrest
Pop Jenkins
George Shelby
George
Giles
Shelbyville
Flier Lands Plane At Barber Shop Door
An amateur pilot Richard Konin of Chagrin Falls landed his plane on a vacant field behind Joe Reithoff’s barber shop in Cleveland near Auburn Corners. He taxied up to the back door, using the field as an emergency landing site and gaining a customer.
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Cleveland, O
Joe Reithoff
Auburn Corners
Richard Konin
Chagrin Falls
Reithoff
Heart Association estimates lost man-days from circulatory diseases
The American Heart Association estimates that 152 100 000 man days are lost annually due to diseases of the circulation.
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The
American Heart Association
Yale expert calls for extended reading instruction
Yale University official John M. Duggan argues that U S students exit schools without strong reading skills only because reading is rarely taught past the sixth or seventh grade. He urges teaching focused on ideas per minute and continuous growth throughout schooling.
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New Haven
Easy Ways To Chase Stains From Household Fabrics
Cleaning tips list stain removal methods for blood chocolate coffee egg fruit grass gravy grease ice cream iodine lipstick juices milk paint scorch tomato juice and catsup. Each stain has steps like rinsing with cold or warm water soaking washing with soapsuds or applying treatments followed by laundering.
Tinted windshields cut night visibility sharply
Dr. Henze Haber of the University of California's Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering reports tests show night visibility cut as much as 45 percent by colored glass in auto windshields. The tinted glass also fails to reduce daytime glare, with heat shielding as the only notable advantage.
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Los Angeles
Henze Haber
University of California
Inssttitute of Transportation and Tinraffic Engineering
No Wonder Parcel Found on Decatur Loading Dock
Paul J. Fields discovered a package in his post office box but staff could not locate it. It finally turned up on the loading dock outside the building. The parcel contained eight dollars worth of aroma tic German hand cheese Roque fort and Camembert.
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Decatur
Paul J. Fields
Post Office
Coat fire sparks at Warwick home cause $700 damage
A spark from burning rubbish landed on John Testa's coat in a closet, igniting a fire that caused about $700 in damage to his Warwick residence. Firefighters reported the incident.
Airfield In Jiffy Sets Arctic Engineering Record
Anchorage Alaska Army engineers built a 5000 foot snow compacted airfield in 72 hours under sub zero weather. 150 soldiers from the 127th Airborne Engineers used the pulvimixer and demolition gear to prepare the runway while 2500 troops simulated a defense nearby. The runway, 24 inches compacted snow, supports C 47 landings and expands Arctic air support range.
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Anchorage
Alaska
127Th Airborne Engineers
Alaskan
Airfeld
Hose Hazard Delays Montville House Fire
Firemen fighting a Montville Connecticut house blaze found water in a nearby pond. They rolled hoses across railroad tracks and began pumping when a freight train cut the line. The house burned to the ground.
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Montville
Conn
Uncle Sam to Sell Surplus Atlantic Lighthouses
United Press reports 16 surplus lighthouses along the Atlantic coast offered by the General Services Administration. Some sites date to the 19th century with past prices rising from $3,215 to tens of thousands, as bidders eye historic light stations like Wings Neck and Dice Head amid a buoyant market.
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United Press Extra
Harman W. Nichols
United Press
Washington
Sam
Atlantic
General Services Administration
Wings Neck
Capt Cod
Maine
Dice Head
Penobscot River
Castine
Prospect Harbor
Snazzy Bar Harbor
Yuletide
John W. B.thompson
Cape Florida
Coast Guard
Thompson
Leukemia Under Drug Control Says American Cancer Society
Leukemia, a cancer of the blood forming organs, may soon be under drug control according to the American Cancer Society. Dr William Dameshek reports a 39 year study showing new drugs offer substantial help for most leukemias though some drugs target only specific types.
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Boston
American Cancer Society
William Damesek
New England Center Hospital
Dameshek
Thompson Survives After Rescue Aid Reaches
Help arrived to aid Thompson after a dangerous incident and he survived to tend another light. The report notes timely rescue and his continued care.
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Thompson
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