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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1955
Page
11
A Chicago woman recalls a 1950 medical crisis that led doctors to warn of possible leg amputation within a year. Her mother died unexpectedly after the fear took hold, shaping her life as she learned to trust in God and do what is necessary.
Building inspector H Whittemore Brown lists January permits for Concord including repairs retail and new construction. Totals show $176800 in permits with numerous dwelling and alteration projects across Adams Crescent Nancy Ridgeway Coburn Hill and other streets. The report also notes construction breakdown by New Construction and Alteration, with residential and non residential values.
Veterans Administration and the U S Department of Labor announce a nine booklet series on regional employment conditions by region and state. Five are available from the Government Printing Office at varying prices, with future volumes to follow and prices to be announced.
Warren Rhode Island Police Chief George W. Lewis says the department needs new police cars. He is tired of emergency calls being answered in a truck. Army scout dogs can detect alien scents at 200 to 300 yards.
Step by step directions describe making a Kentucky Lincoln birthplace replica using a small box, sawdust, Sta Flo starch, string, tape, and simple cardboard parts. Includes roof, fireplace, chimney, rail fence, and a Lincoln figure, with color options and base tint.
Lincoln residents attended a DeCordova Museum discussion on basic American philosophy last Thursday night. The panel included Calvin Bartlett Mrs Paul Brooks Charles Kindleberger Rev Morris R Robinson William Preston George Weiss with Saville Davis serving as moderator.
The largest denomination of regular currency in circulation is the $10,000 bill with about 770 notes reported in use.
Sudbury J. Carrell Morris has been appointed to oversee sanitary inspection services at Harvard University in addition to his teaching duties in sanitary chemistry. He is responsible for conditions in eighteen dining halls and two university swimming pools.
John H. Duston, a well known poultry man, was elected president of the Middlesex County 4-H Club at the annual meeting of the First Parish Unitarian church in Westford last week.
January report shows total admissions 268 with 271 discharges and 1954 daily average for 1954, 1955 daily average 57.3. In hospital at month start 63, month end 60, newborns 52, deliveries 0, major operations 27, minor 96, X rays 507, lab exams 1552, pathological exams 32, deaths 6 with 4 under 48 hours.
In East Hartford Connecticut two brothers James and Joseph Burns started at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft 150 years ago. Now eight of their descendants including sons wives uncles and in laws work in the plant alongside them. The article notes a long family tradition within the company.
New England's 1954 recovery featured modernization and aggressive selling. Contracts hit a record 1.4 billion dollars, up 27 percent from 1953, while shoe production rose 2 percent to 37 percent of national output, and department store sales led gains.
Ben Glovsky plans remodeling in Brunswick Maine to create free sleeping quarters at his filling station for drowsy truck drivers. The feature aims to attract motorists and improve convenience and safety at the curbside service site.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Leslie W Crowson of 2 Cedar Road reveals their daughter Miss Lesley Gail Crowson will marry Cadet Paul H Robbins A B Naval Reserve son of Mrs Marguerite Hi Robbins of Miami Florida and the late Arthur Robbins. Crowson is a Concord High School graduate and a University of Massachusetts senior. Robbins is a UMass graduate and stationed at Hutchinson Field Kansas with a planned summer wedding.
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