29 Jul 1954
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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1954
Page
1
A disjointed report describes a woman named Mrs Miller trapped inside a drugstore after a disturbance. Neighbors and police respond as the owner Lynn Abelson and his wife arrive to unlock the store. Mrs Miller expresses embarrassment and a desire for privacy.
Nearly 100000 people have visited Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay home, since Eisenhower dedicated it as a national shrine on June 14 last year. Visitors arrived from France, Germany, Egypt, Japan, Sweden, and 45 other nations. the home, restored by the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Assn, housed documents and trophies from T. R. era and served as the summer White House from 1901 to 1903.
Nicosia reports a marble statue of Aesculapius the Roman god of medicine was unearthed near Famagusta the ancient capital of Cyprus under Rome. The statue features a rolled serpent and draped female figures with inscriptions dating 333 to 50 BC.
Signal Corps Engineering Lab debuts a 100 inch long telephoto camera with a four element lens and 40 pound weight. It records clear imagery up to 30 miles away using infrared and atmospheric conditions. Assembled with 1/125 speed and 6x7 back, it aims at military uses such as battlefield reconnaissance when aerial flights are unsafe.
Washington report notes a shift in birth ages since 1917 with the average father about 28 and mother about 22 at childbirth. Fathers are slightly older on average than mothers, though the gap has narrowed since a previous generation.
Victor Lively once of Beaumont Texas is denied knowledge of the death of 18 year old Dorothy Poore. He was arrested by sheriff's deputies in St Louis county after a wide search near St Louis and Kansas City. Poore's body is found stuffed in a dresser drawer in an Indianapolis hotel. Lively remained under questioning as authorities pursued leads and verified his presence in Indianapolis.
Rapid City reporter HAL BOYLE explores South Dakota badlands paleontology with Dr. James D. Bump, noting camels and horses once roamed the plains for millions of years. The piece surveys fossil life, evolution, and the question of why certain forms vanished while insects persist.
New York City's First Avenue Tunnel is fitted with a fully automatic ventilating system to protect drivers from exhaust fumes. The system centers on a carbon monoxide analyzer and recorder that triggers ventilation when fumes reach detectable levels.
A pipe from a portable razor finder was pushed through a bedroom keyhole in Arion Belgium in an attempt to murder a mother and her seven children who were asleep. The mother woke and screamed bringing neighbors to the rescue. A man is under arrest.
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