Playgrounds Director Suffers Leg Break Stealing Base
Long Beach California. Mrs Norma Miller 52 a playground director broke her right leg sliding into second base during a kids softball game. She was reported in good condition after the injury.
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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
2
Long Beach California. Mrs Norma Miller 52 a playground director broke her right leg sliding into second base during a kids softball game. She was reported in good condition after the injury.
The Jefferson City Post Tribune lists publication details including ownership by NEWS-TRIBUNE COMPANY, president Mrs R C Goshorn, editor Chester Krause and AP affiliation. It provides subscription rates for Jefferson City and surrounding counties, with foreign and out of state pricing, and notes carrier delivery service and town eligibility.
An Iowa newspaper editorializes on Missouri's five month legislative session ending May 31. It notes a record $816 million biennial budget, overt spending, and tax disputes, plus stunts in the House and Senate, past antics in the Capitol, and a cautious contrast with Iowa's legislature.
The message attributes a U S air force general Curtis LeMay statement about disarming chemical weapons as unnecessary for use and notes its impact on German leadership and potential deterrence. The fragment suggests LeMay references power to deter and the paradox of possessing such power reducing the need to apply it.
New York based singer Marguerite Piazza, once an opera star, finds success in supper clubs after switching to a diverse repertoire from Puccini to jazz. She cites revamped stage acts, personal happiness, and a supportive home life with husband William Condon and three children as keys to her continued career and financial security.
Washington reports show Vice President Nixon blasting government press agents for alleged failings at a special session on public relations. He criticized technicians by name, calling for unity at the top while noting agency work varies by department and that some aides defend a longer horizon for policy messaging.
The Librarian advises summer leisure time can be spent learning crafts with help from Jefferson City and Cole County libraries. The piece lists many craft and hobby books across topics from card games to chess, antiques, home decorating, wood carving, needlework, photography, fitness, archery, and outdoor cooking. It notes titles and authors and highlights resources for readers to explore new skills and projects this season.
Zone 1 partly cloudy today tonight and Friday with no important temperature change range 42 to 62 then 82. Zone 2 mostly fair today tonight and Friday with little temperature change 80 to 58 to 80. Zone 3 partly cloudy today tonight and Friday with a chance of a thunderstorm tonight or Friday and no significant temperature change 85 to 84 to 85. Zone 4 partly cloudy with slight temperature change today tonight and Friday 80 to 42 to 80.
Dr Edwin P Jordan cautions readers about taking iodine or iodide tablets without medical guidance. While iodides can aid certain thyroid and respiratory conditions in some cases, long term internal use may irritate skin and mucous membranes, cause nervous symptoms, and worsen tuberculosis.
A brief discussion warns that iodine use on skin disorders can be risky. It notes tincture of iodine may irritate the skin and recounts a dermatologist's experience with patients who had self treated with tincture iodine, sometimes as commonly practiced in the past.
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