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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
13
Fragmentary text references M Hollingsworth or Illingsworth as research director. Mentions Oregon, Stan/State and dates around 1940s. Context unclear to form a coherent event or outcome.
The piece notes ex communists and ex criminals seeking fame through articles like Why I Joined and Why I Quit. It highlights publicity as a money source from true stories and magazine features, including swimmers who wrote Why I Made It or Why I Didn't Make It. A town incident shows a man egging the Courthouse to get quoted on farm measures.
Minneapolis report of Amen Balkin a 63 year old worker who distrusts banks dumping 5754 in small bills from a gunny sack when police arrived to remove him from his room. Officers explained federal deposit insurance and escorted him to a bank where tellers counted the cash over two hours.
Sioux Falls authorities say Mrs J M Gibson was charged in municipal court with following another motorist too closely. She then faced her husband, head of the police traffic division, at home.
Pentagon maintenance crews replace more than 1,000 electric light bulbs each day to maintain emergency lighting and visibility across offices, corridors, and work areas. This rapid replacement program supports continuous operation and safety throughout the facility.
Comanche Texas reports a ranch near Uranium Avenue drawing hundreds who pay $2 to bury limbs in dust from a mildly radioactive pond. Eschewing medical proof, Esse Reese markets dust as therapy for arthritis and other ailments, claiming 5 000 to 6 000 visitors since 1953. He fields volunteers desperate for relief while planning a boy's ranch with proceeds.
Memoirs from Louise Coleman of Shelby Montana recalling kitchen chores, a white enamel kettle, brick-cleaned cutlery, Arbuckle coffee, a rubber buggy, trips to Sweetgrass for groceries, and a mare named Queen before aging. Includes Lottie Breyfégel memory of coffee ground by a hand mill.
Rhode Island residents voted on a constitutional amendment to raise legislative pay to 1500 a year for 44 senators and 100 representatives. The measure would also lengthen legislative sessions and require annual pay, with other amendments on judges tenure and slum redevelopment. Voting turnout was projected around ten percent.
Keever Germain, 104, applied for a renewal of his gun permit for self protection after telling sheriff's officers he felt the need to be on the safe side. He said there was no specific threat and he had no reason to fear an attack.
Frederick H. Warren, former AEC deputy director, predicts cheap nuclear power in about 12 years if financial barriers are overcome. He notes private incentives are lacking and urges sustained government backing to carry the infant industry forward, with growing AEC participation in private atomic facilities.
Washington based Department of Agriculture issued a 38 page booklet advising grocery clerks on better efficiency and productivity through smarter work practices. The guide, created with support from the Agricultural Marketing Service and Michigan State College, finds participation improves method acceptance, time use, and sales per clerk hour. It notes workers adopt new methods faster when they discuss them with managers and feel part of the program.
About five hundred thousand people in the New York harbor area depend on port commerce for their livelihood either directly or indirectly.
The Marlboro office of the Massachusetts Division of Employment Security reported 583 total unemployment claims for the past week, down from 674 the prior week. Initial claims were 204, continued claims 379, with 36 people placed, 72 applications and 30 openings, and seven counseling interviews conducted.
Connecticut safety director William Greene warned the highway death toll could exceed 285 in 1955, with 161 fatalities reported to date after two more deaths Wednesday and two today. He noted 1942 had 288 deaths and 1935 remains the all time high with 485, urging drivers to slow down.
The report notes Sark produced 342000 bushels in 1954, the highest total on record for the Un- States, highlighting a peak year in agricultural output.
Massachusetts safety officials report 176 accidents in the first six months of 1954 rising toward 192 in the same period of 1955. About 336000 points have been charged against roughly 9000 drivers as part of the Massabiss Point System with nearly two million license holders statewide. The Massachusetts Highway Safety Committee notes an 11 percent rise in violation notices and a 14.6 percent rise in court abstracts in early 1955, attributing it to intensified enforcement and familiarization with new laws. The panel urged the Registrar to restate the penalties based on annual point accumulation, including warnings for 5 points, license suspension at 12 points, and registration suspension at higher totals.
Acton Mrs F Williams Rim bach Mrs Lawrence Tucker and Mrs Cleon Phelps of the Acton High School cafeteria attended the school lunch summer institute at State Teachers College Fitchburg the week of July 17. The institute covers aims and objectives food needs of children nutrition fundamentals of safe food service cooking workshop sanitation and other demonstrations and lectures.
U S Army soldiers practice bayonet techniques for close quarters combat and low visibility situations when firing is not possible. The program focuses on maintaining combat readiness and weapon transition under restrictive conditions.
Cambridge Massachusetts reports Wallace Andrews a 63 year old blind worker who lived frugally at the Work Shop Industry for the Blind. Despite pe rceived poverty he left a sizable estate totaling thirty four thousand dollars.
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