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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1955
Page
9
The report cites a January rise in building units issued across 165 cities, up 58 percent from the prior year as single family dwellings increase. Massachusetts Commerce highlights strong activity in Boston and Cambridge, with gains also seen in Lynn and surrounding towns.
Senators debated a bill to curb high interest lending and illegal wire actions. The measure seeks to curb abusive practices and requires stronger oversight by the attorney general. The vote tally showed 22 in favor and 17 opposed, with争 mixed support from party lines and regional figures.
United States Senator Albert Gore says atomic and hydrogen weapons could become as taboo as poison gas, but he urges no rush to junk nuclear arms. He calls the Soviet proposal to destroy all nuclear stockpiles a propaganda splurge and questions how Russia would verify disarmament and enforce any agreement.
Massachusetts lawmakers consider constitutional amendments to abolish the executive council and move appointment confirmations to the State Senate. Aimed at elevating the lieutenant governor to Senate president, with a president pro tempore elected by the Senate.
The Erie Society of Boston will hold a March 6 gathering at 3 p.m. in the Sheraton Plaza Hotel ballroom. Miss Alice Curtayne from Dublin will discuss Present Day Cultural Trends in Ireland, followed by an exhibit of antique Irish silver lace glassware and Waterford pieces, plus Irish paintings and harp music by local artists and performers.
A speaker argues against destroying uranium as it is the world’s most powerful energy source and compares it to how chemical processes of making poison gas were not outlawed, only its use.
Miss Priscilla Staples spoke on Longfellow's Wayside Inn with colored slides at the Community House. The event included a business session led by Mrs. Ralph Rand and a dessert by Mrs. Francis Hamel. Upcoming events list a March 7 executive meeting and a March 8 lecture at Jordan Marsh in Shoppers' World.
Wool housewives will find ample fish items both fresh and frozen in retail store iceboxes this weekend. Prices are similar to last year with specials expected. Haddock halibut shrimp frozen swordfish and other items are highlighted along with prime ribs of beef veal lamb and various pork and poultry specials. The Fulton Fish Market opened Lent with plentiful supply of fresh and frozen cod fluke porgies king mackerel clams sea scallops smelts and halibut. March list from the Agriculture Department notes canned snap beans canned sweet corn and rice as top items.
New York based UP report suggests turning a muffin recipe into a quick bread by replacing half the flour with rolled oats. Serve warm with butter or margarine and strawberry preserves for a simple variation.
Rotary clubs of Hudson Clinton and Maynard held a joint banquet at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury to mark Rotary International's founding. Guests included Dr. Oscar L. Perrault, Charles Briggs, Park Stone, and district leaders A. Scott Hyland and Harry Starr. Samuel Ramsey entertained with humor while Edward F. Morgan Jr. played piano.
Massachusetts plans a major display at the 1955 Sports and Vacation Show in New York City. The Massachusetts Department of Commerce will present a modern pictorial exhibit of Bay State vacation spots and thirty large transparencies of resort areas. The program includes sound and color films such as Massachusetts Holiday Island Holiday and Lure of the Berkshires and Bay State Stripers. Plymouth Berkshires Martha's Vineyard will have booths. Plymouth’s will feature a replica of the first Pilgrim house and Mayflower descendant Rose Briggs spinning on a 1750 spinning wheel.
In Schuyler Nebraska Rotarians presented an old hand operated churn to R. T. Fesnet as a joke. An antique dealer later purchased the churn for 50 dollars ending the gag with a small profit.
In Torrington Connecticut Rhoderick K Clinton finally admitted to police he had been driving for 16 years without a valid automobile license after initially claiming he left it in his other trousers.
A Cambridge girl was killed and six other teenagers were injured when their car skidded off Middlesex Turnpike near the Bedford Billerica line. Rachel Haymond 15 died after being thrown against a tree. Passengers include John Puppo 17 Robert Pedro 17 and others who received varying treatment or declined it.
Washington reports the government plans to divest from the beer business by offering 345 000 shares of stock in the Harvard Brewing Co of Lowell Massachusetts. The sale targets about 55 percent of outstanding stock with a minimum bid of 1 87 per share. Proceeds go to satisfy Americans damaged in enemy countries while escrow holds funds pending a court case brought by Fritz Von Opel.
Boston sourced report from the Massachusetts division of AAA finds that seven out of ten automobile accidents happen on rural roads, highlighting risk in sparsely populated areas and urging safer driving.
Rudolph K. King Registrar of Motor Vehicles and Chairman of the Massachusetts Highway Safety Committee calls out the dangers from pedestrians on highways. Police urge residents to exercise greater caution in driving and walking on city streets.
William P. Clark, once a Charlestown Savings Bank leader, leaves banking after 25 years to pursue farming and poultry in Stow. He and wife Erma move from Lexington to Red Acre Road in 1950, opening Clark Farm Store with handmade crafts, local paintings by Mary Coleman, and home cooked chicken.
Local tree wardens and moth superintendents review the Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources aerial spraying program. The plan covers 35 to 40 miles from New Hampshire to the Rhode Island border with May to June spraying in 7 1 2 mile strips using DDT with oil. Section 1 towns meet at Medway and include 19 communities. Section 2 towns span a wide area including Ashland and Framingham among others.
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