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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1955
Page
13
A. Jgueda joins vaccine lab operations amid recent outbreaks. Officials say new lab activities focus on rapid response and immunization efforts to curb spread in the area.
The best housing value may be homes built ten to forty years ago with $12 billion yearly in remodeling. Many young couples and large families seek these quality frame houses with roomier interiors and decorative woodwork. Consider basements leaks wiring roofs and plumbing when estimating modernization costs to judge a fair price.
Fort Bragg crowds the scene as Army paratroopers teach Air Force personnel how to bail out of disabled planes. Instructors from the 82nd Airborne hold weekly sessions to cut injuries during emergency jumps. Colonel Roy W. Crawford notes higher injury rates among Air Force pilots than Army jumpers.
Rear Adm. Bradley says making Murphy General Hospital in Waltham comparable to Chelsea Naval Hospital would cost 7 to 8 million dollars but would remain basically defective and costly long term, with full duplication estimates around 15 to 20 million. Chelsea has 887 beds. Murphy 450. area needs about 600. Chelsea serves dependents well. Murphy lacks.
The Government owns about 90 million acres of timber land in national forests and holdings. VA direct loans began under the 1950 Housing Act, totaling over 55 000 loans worth more than 370 million dollars. Public school revenues for 1953 54 totaled 7 712 738 267 with shares by federal state local and counties. The Pure Food and Drug Act first passed in 1906 and War Claims Commission was replaced by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission after July 1 1954.
A grandfather warns against assuming tuberculosis only strikes the young and recalls past deaths. He notes that TB can affect any age and that improving treatments reduce fatalities, yet infection spread remains a societal burden to check.
A family learns the grandfather carried TB without severe symptoms until his granddaughter contracted tuberculosis meningitis. After X rays, the source is found and the grandfather is treated. The piece urges regular exams and chest X rays, noting age is no barrier to TB. A health column sponsored by local health boards and the Middlesex Health Association promotes awareness. The U S Bureau of Public Roads notes only 919000 miles of highways are paved.
Practical steps from Dr. F A Bartlett to improve lawn under shade: feed the tree to drive roots downward, thin lower branches for light, raise limbs for air circulation, and water deeply during dry spells. If shade remains dense, consider groundcovers like pachysandra or English ivy. Also notes on timing for scale insect crawlers and effective contact insecticides.
Chicago reports rising illegitimate births with 7,133 of 86,680 live births in 1954 or 8.2 percent. The rate climbed from 6.4 percent in 1951 and 7.0 and 7.8 percent in 1952 and 1953 respectively. Dr. Roland R. Cross cites city migration of unmarried pregnant women as a factor noted by Dr. O K Sagen.
Overseas Chinese are told by Premier Chou En-lai that remittance funds will be safeguarded. The proclamation bans debt coercion and embezzlement and guarantees freedom to spend remittances on weddings funerals and living costs. It targets officials blamed for diverting funds and promises prompt enforcement.
An aged 34 year old owl named Pete acts as a watchdog at the William Ferri farm near Pilot Mound Iowa hooting when any visitor approaches. The bird is noted as a local curiosity and guardian on the rural property.
Carol Lane shares a practical travel tip for women gardeners, describing a DIY "hot house on wheels" to transport bulbs and small plants safely. The method uses plastic bags, a cardboard box, and rubber bands to keep moisture and soil contained during car trips to flower shows and gardens.
New York AP describes crisp vegetables for backyard barbecues offering stuffed carrots with centers removed and filled with firm cheese spread, chilled and sliced before serving. It also suggests artichoke petals arranged with seafood salad on pale leaf portions or around a tomato cup with dunking mix.
Henry Hurley’s white leghorn Gertrude produced an egg seven and a half inches around the middle and ten inches around the long way, an egg about four times the size of a typical store egg.
If traffic increases by 50 percent over the next decade, current accident rates imply about 55 thousand fatalities per year.
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