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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1955
Page
13
A narrator recounts a surreal day chasing wagons rolling downhill and smashing into his garage. He confronts restless children and a skeptical wife as the town’s tires wear thin on wagons and the pace of life accelerates.
A police unit assists in a traffic incident while three tons are diverted to wildlife conservation as authorities mention illegal handling of wild birds.
Mrs. Sarah Stiltner disputed a third parking ticket after paying two for overnight parking in front of her house. She claimed the driveway ticket was false and that her car was not parked there, suggesting someone pushed it. Judge Favino dismissed the summons.
United Press reports Survival Town Nevada shows high structural damage from the atomic blast yet many residents escaped death. Concrete and reinforced buildings survived better. frame houses near ground zero were more vulnerable. observers note no injuries among 2000 civilians and personnel nearby despite proximity.
A light dusting of powdered sugar helps a freshly baked cake release from the plate and prevents sticking.
Engineer Maurice Kirkpatrick touts a pyrodome curved glass dome as an automatic escape route in flash fires. Tests showed a building with the device withstanding flames while a similar building without it burned and collapsed, suggesting potential to prevent Coconut Grove fire deaths.
Oklahoma City couple Jesse J. Brashears and Jeanne Knight divorced so he could join the Marines. He completed boot camp as honor man, then remarried Jeanne and was assigned to Camp Pendleton. Jeanne faced anxious moments as his mail grew infrequent during training.
The American Institute of Cooperation will hold its 27th annual summer conference at Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana, August 7 to 11.
Carol Lane outlines how to use 15 extra days in 1955 as five long 3 day weekends within 200 miles of home. Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Armistice Day and Christmas frame weekend trips to parks, historical sites, zoos, farms, and visiting relatives.
Motor vehicle registrations reached 58,129,000 last year, while over 44 billion gallons of gasoline were consumed to move motorists and truckers to and from destinations.
The Nashoba Associated Boards of Health held its annual meeting in Lancaster with Frank P. Ribbot presiding. Dr. Katherine Scott and Dr. Edward Lilly received special recognitions for long service, while Dr. Kenneth I. E. Macleod highlighted progress toward self funding and expanded services across sixteen towns.
About 80 United Air Lines secretaries took a day off to tour Milwaukee and the state as a gesture of appreciation from the company. The event included a cocktail party and orchid corsages for the women who handle reservations and seldom see the cabin.
The text notes that the average food manufacturing company earns about two percent on each dollar of sales while the typical food retailer earns one cent on the dollar.
National Wadding Co and Boston Quilting Corp plan to take over the former Alsace mill in Woonsocket, aiming for 150 new jobs and a $400,000 annual payroll. Samuel Ketover leads the group, production starts in months, payroll may reach 200 as operations grow.
Clark Farm invites customers to its sales room on Friday from 1 to 9 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm, and Sunday 2 to 5 pm. The stand offers quality poultry and fancy table eggs, red acre radishes, located at Stow Acton Line with telephone Col. 3-5373.
Frank C. Bellrose of the Illinois Natural History Surveys conducts duck counts from a few hundred feet above in cooperation with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service. Aerial photos show bird density over the Illinois and Mississippi River valleys as counts range from six to thousands.
A whistled language flourishes in the Canary Islands as residents of Gomera communicate across long distances. Whistling uses high and low tones, pauses, intonation and stress to convey most daily information, per the National Geographic Society.
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