72 Year Old Plumber Marries for 17th Time
El Paso writer reports 72 year old plumber Steele who has 31 children and 17 marriages to 14 women. He wed Estell Lloyd in Deming New Mexico and claims seven of the children live with them. He boasts of selecting wives based on their weaknesses and staying away from smoking or drinking.
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Houston, Tex
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Doctored price indices blamed for inflation policy shift
The piece argues Washington plans revised wholesale and farm price indices to reflect a 1947 49 base, altering the food and other baskets. It contends the changes misstate inflation, eroding real purchasing power, with housewives facing altered recipes and the public warned of misleading “thermometers” in an election year.
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Unusual Recovery From Massive Fractures in Fitchburg
Paul Orva a 26 year old Finn displaced person healed after more than a year with fractures from a 100 foot fall. He suffered jaw, vertebrae, arm, pelvis and leg injuries and was paralyzed at first. After rehabilitation in a Boston center he can walk with cane and brace and hopes to work again.
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Fitchburg
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Paul Orva
Orva
Boston
Astonishing bridge hands from Melbourne duo in contest
Dr. J. L. Thwaites and Dr. E. L. Field of Melbourne showcase remarkable bridge hands. West leads diamonds, South wins ace, and a sequence of clubs and spades creates entering dummy and complex discards. In a local duplicate, few found six clubs as the correct line. the rapid play unsettled opponents and exposed a risky defense.
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Radiator Stolen From Worcester Home During Snowstorm
During a Worcester snowstorm a thief walked away with a radiator from the home of John W. Thompson, according to police reports. No injuries were reported.
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Worcester
Mass
John W. Thompson
Taxpayers Face Dual Increases In Recent Returns
UPI reports confusion as two separate income tax increases enacted in 1950 and 1951 raise bills. Withholding and tentative tax calculations created mismatches on March 15 returns for 1950 and 1951, broadening the tax rise across brackets and delaying full effect until 1953.
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