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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1957
Page
13
Fragmented OCR text mentions Ashington Wedel and clerks at Mass. Fee Ice Inc. with unclear context and potential names.
New York report notes consumer fickleness as Joe Smith shifts spending from durable goods to services. Economists cite rising service purchases—maid service, taxi rides, laundry, vacations—driving slower auto and appliance sales despite record overall expenditures.
Wheeler's Rug and Upholstery Cleaners at 115 Waltham St Maynard advertises rug cleaning service two days on request. Services include rug binding repair rug storage and dry cleaning with phone TW 7 2498 for details.
Economists project a record high for consumer spending this year, with A W Zelemek of Virginia University predicting gains of 10 billion dollars or more over last year. Summer merchandise sales are expected to be the strongest in history, signaling continued expansion into spring and summer 1958.
Holyoke, Massachusetts reports the 45 year old Siamese twins Mary and Margaret Gibb, once circus and vaudeville performers, now run a local gift shop. They were joined at the spine base sharing a circulatory system. The text notes the International Geophysical Year aims and the third world wide cooperative attack on the earth's en igmas.
Studies from a Boston hospital reported by the Massachusetts Heart Association show increased salt intake may provide dramatic relief for certain uremia patients, challenging decades of advice to restrict salt. The researchers, Drs John Merrill and Warren Guild of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, suggest life extension for some kidney disease sufferers by adjusting salt levels.
Murphy Trucking Co of Denver Indiana captured first prize in a traffic safety contest for firms with annual vehicle usage under one million miles. The firm hauls eggs to eastern markets totaling forty five million, reflecting careful operations in freight movement.
The Space Age advances as unmanned probes circle the Moon within five years and manned craft follow. Randolph Field researchers study effects of acceleration, cosmic rays, and zero gravity on the human body for future interplanetary travel. Dr Heinz Haber leads Air Force space medicine tests on vertigo and sensory disruption.
Four pounds of bees from a Boston museum exhibit have moved to Arthur Southwick's Newton attic to avoid construction noise. The bees will winter in the observation hive there, while museum work continues to progress. Southwick explains the bees navigate by marking landmarks on their new route back to the hive. The Museum plans to reestablish the bees in Collidge Gallery once the site is safe.
Police concluded the St Armand residence was not burgled but overturned by the family dog after investigations in Fitchburg Massachusetts.
The text questions John Foster Dulles and others using American servicemen as pawns in global games. It critiques surrendering military personnel to foreign justice systems and links morale to decisions on re enlistment, suggesting the logic is flawed.
Mrs. Neinee2axon, age 100, from West Hartford, Conn, offers homely advice advising readers to care for themselves as diligently as they care for their automobiles. The message underlines practical health habits and longevity tips.
The brick building on Marshall Street near Dock Square endures as Boston's first town cey. Town crier William Courser owned and occupied it in 1660. Since 1796 the structure has housed Learnard's Shoe Store.
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