Miss America Pageant Shakeup At School Festival
Linda Collins faces pressure from Mrs. Trumbull over casting Rosa in the Miss America role at a school festival. Principal Mark Clemens voices doubt about democracy rhetoric as Rosa sings and defends her chance, while the audience cheers a patriotic finale with Rosa and the campus ensemble.
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Inda
Mrs. Trumball
Collins
Earl
Linda
Ross
Mise Collins
Dorothy Mae
Gre
Chilren
Mark Clemens
Rosa
Kinda
America
Roba Campus
Tire American
Mark
Eye Aiding Color Improving Schoolroom Looks and Grades
The article discusses how cheerful pastel wall colors in classrooms enhance student focus and performance. It credits educators, eye specialists, color experts, and lighting engineers for creating environments that reduce restlessness and aid reading, with colors like blue green peach rose pale yellows and aqua greens cited as effective choices.
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John
Mary
Wrta
Marriages in America Continue Downward Trend
The 1951 marriage total fell about five percent to 1.58 million from 1950, extending a postwar decline. The drop was sharp in the West North Central states and several others, while Delaware, Georgia and a few others showed gains. Las Vegas, Miami, Elkton saw fewer marriages, Reno轻 small rise.
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United States
West North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Montana
Arizona
Oregon
Delaware
Georgia
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Mississippi
Virginia
Indiana
Las Vegas
Nev
Miami
Fla
Elkton
Reno
Alexander Bell and the early cooling iron lung era
The text notes Alexander Bell's 1880s invention of an electrical bullet locator used in surgery, his 1882 suggestion for a device resembling the iron lung, and his later varied interests. It mentions his death at 75 on August 2, 1922, and a contrived air conditioned attic cooling scene in Washington.
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Alexander Bell
Garfield
Roentgen
Bell
Nary A Bleached Finish Types and Confusions
A garbled discussion outlines how bleaching wood yields blond tones and contrasts with natural finishes. It mentions mahogany, walnut, or lime oak, and references chemical solutions, surface effects, and pale appearance.
Tenelen and Anxiety May Cause High Blood Pressure
Cleveland Clinic researchers report that nerve stimulation can trigger the brain to release a substance into the blood that raises pressure. A drug hydrazinophthalazine may block this substance, though its chemical nature is unknown, and further work is needed to assess relevance to essential hypertension in humans.
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Tenelen
Cleveland Clinic
Fiji Islands Gift Offer to United States Recalled
The passage recalls an offer two years earlier for the Fiji Islands to settle a debt, noting the archipelago’s vast spread and strategic sites like the hub air base. It mentions lingering colonial institutions, war era veterans, and a native king Thakoribau who Christianized Fiji and banned cannibalism while repeatedly attempting to cede the kingdom.
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Fiji
Hyburt
Air Ia
United States
Thakoribau
Troop Topics aids army command conferences
The Army’s Troop Information and Education Division released a new aid for command conferences to improve mental marksmanship. The booklet Troop Topics provides background material for battle indoctrination training, covering The Whole Army Was There The Fighting Heart and The Soldier In Combat.
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Thin
Roving Ambassadors Fleet color as advertising medium
The article discusses the shift from painting trucks for preservation to using color as a key advertising tool. It notes that fleet operators now see moving vehicles as traveling representatives and emphasize attractive paint schemes to maximize promotional impact in their era.
The Rock Gypsum Hidden in Plain Sight
Gypsum touches daily life in walls, windows, and countless products. It serves as a soil conditioner, dental and surgical material, molds, and a key ingredient in petroleum, textiles, paper, paints, and foods. Plaster of Paris derives from gypsum beds beneath Paris.
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Paris
France
Fragmentary report hints at Red demande delays
A partial OCR snippet shows Rhonda and Fonlon involved in a reported Red demand at U4. The text is garbled but suggests an expected delay or dispute around an event or action, with unclear specifics, locations, or outcomes.
Country Stores Embrace Self-Service Trend
MADISON Wis There is a central trend toward self service in country and small town stores a recent survey reports. The system spells high efficiency and good profits. Country stores have relatively low expenditures for rent and personnel in comparison with city stores. City stores pay more than twice as much rent as small town merchants. City merchants have lower expenditures for truck maintenance and for phone heat light carrying and freight. The trend is boosted by cash and carry keeping prices down expenses low and net profits higher.
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Madison
Wis
Totvn
Martinsburg Citizens Cooperate to Build A Library
Martinsburg Pennsylvania residents unite to establish a community library that grew through volunteer work. Jane Hoxt and local editor Blair M. Rice mobilized civic groups, secured space and funds, gathered books, and trained women to catalog and run the library, with a Saturday children's hour and sustained public support.
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Martinsburg
Penn
Jane Hoxt
Community Chest
Blair M. Rice
Weekly Herald
Kansas Town Solves Rural Health Problem Model
MANKATO Kansas shows a practical approach to rural health by town residents funding a physician home and office, plus essential equipment. The plan attracts young doctors who need offices and cars, easing costs with community fundraising, and has inspired 75 to 100 small Kansas towns to follow suit.
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Mankato
Kan
Kansas
Village businessmen provide mill capital
Scottsville Ky reports local merchants subscribed to ninety thousand dollars in preferred stock for a new lumber mill near town. A fireproof concrete building will house the plant, moving from Tennessee to produce finished flooring with equipment valued at two hundred fifty thousand dollars. The venture, led by Seppley, will employ about seventy five workers and boost the economy of the community.
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Scottsville
Tennessee
Seppley
Geographers of Space Find Vast New Celestial Bodies
Scientists from National Geographic Society and California Institute of Technology Palomar Observatory report vast numbers of new celestial bodies and comets from a four year Sky Survey. The Palomar Hale telescope and Schmidt camera reveal many baby planets and millions of stars, refining the Milky Way image.
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National Geographic Society
California Institute of Tecnology
Palomar Observatory
Albert G. Wilson
National Geographic
Palomar
Sky Survey
Safety Director Cites Home Accident Causes
Safety Director Thomas Fansler of Chicago, head of the National Safety Council home safety division, says most yearly 4 million home accidents stem from ignorance or lack of training rather than carelessness. He spoke at an Occupation Housewife session of the Congress on Industrial Health, noting housewives' minimal training.
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Thomas Fansler
Chicago
National Safety Council
Fansler
Fall 1952 color line announced by Textile Color Card
The Textile Color Card Association's bulletin previews fall 1952 colors for silk and man made fibers. Garnet Red, Goldflake, two blues, Kingfisher green, Metal Blue, Sugar Pine green, Copperglaze, Wood Iris rose, and Dusky Gray are highlighted as ahead of decorating trends and may influence home palettes and wall paints.
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Preas
Textile Color Card Association of the
United States
Army in Japan enforces neat appearance to counter Communist claims
Army in Japan reminds troops that their appearance represents the United States and can undermine Communist assertions that American soldiers are the scum of the Yank Army. The message, “Remember, You Represent The United States,” underlines the push for soldierly neatness.
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Japan
United States
Why We Dream Theories and Debates Among Psychologists
Psychologists disagree on why people dream with some viewing dreams as wish fulfillment and a safety valve for unresolved tensions. Others say dreams convey unconscious messages or relate to aspirational aims, while some argue dreams only reflect random brain activity and daily ideas.
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Pnsamr
Idee Drewiius Diy
Mad Foxes Terrorize Various Pennsylvania Towns
In Pennsylvania a surge of mad foxes has attacked pets livestock and people across many villages and rural areas. Emergency town meetings organize a statewide extermination of about 95 000 foxes over several months prompting residents to carry stout sticks when outdoors.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Broken Money Sack Triggers Eden Wisconsin Money Hunt
In Eden Wisconsin a $14,000 bank shipment fell from a late Fond du Lac bound train after suction pulled the bag under wheels. Bills scattered miles along the track as residents and officials recovered about $1,000 still missing amid fluttering green debris.
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Eden
Wis
Fond du Lac
First Wisconsin Bank
Bank of Eden
L. R. Henderson
Nick Braun
Sheriff's
Henderson
Village Women Lose Fight To Save Trees
In Oxford Michigan the 2500 residents watched 130 Washington Street maple trees fall as a land widening project moved forward. Circuit Judge George Hartrick lifted a temporary restraining order after Garden Club members asked President Truman to intervene, and housewives defending the trees faced workmen and a bury saw as the order ended.
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Oxford
Mich
Washington Street
Truman
Garden Club
Robert Reid
Reid
Town Without Police Tries to Stop Speeding
Somerville New Jersey with 9 000 residents and 16 miles of roads considers forming a police department. Committee heads indicate speeders persist and fear cost of 100 000 dollars yearly. residents urged to self police while state police provide limited help. A proposed force of eleven officers and three to four patrol cars is discussed as a solution.
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Somerville
Wnent teoAl
Orne
James Dobson
Committee of Protective Services
Dobson
Arthur Tutte
Potige Mula
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