14 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1955
Page
1
The article reviews Kenneth Swezey's Science Magic and simple home experiments like burning alcohol with water cooling, plus a travel essay on families with children. It contrasts the Cassady family's rushed pace with the Thompsons' relaxed pace, stressing calm helps kids face travel stress and embraces small, practical magic tricks for home learning.
Maryville police plan further questioning of William Smith, business agent for Teamsters Local 327, after he refused to discuss how a bullet wound occurred. Smith, 45, admitted to police only his name, is free on 3500 bond on an assault with intent to murder charge stemming from an April 4 incident. He was treated at a local hospital and later identified himself under an alias.
At the Lexington convention the tobacco industry research cadet said no one has proven a link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Timothy W. Hartnett accused anti-tobacco crusaders of pushing unproven health charges. Doctors and scientists are voicing doubts about the claims. The Burley Auction Warehouse Assn closed its meeting naming directors for 1955-58 across Kentucky and nearby states.
The Atherton, a U S Navy destroyer escort, sank German submarine U83 off Block Island less than a day before Germany's surrender in World War III. It then became loaned property to the Japanese government under the mutual defense assistance program along with USS Amick.
In Fayetteville Tennessee on June 14 a Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad train was delayed half an hour as striking women from the Serbia garment factory blocked a track in protest. Boxes of Serbia products were removed from the baggage car before the train could proceed.
Telegraph and telegraph exchanges between Nashville Fayetteville and Chattanooga outline orders issued by T. J. Hale NC and StL Superintendent. The fragment notes hurried communications and official coordination across cities in the region.
East Tennessee lawmakers led by Rep J Davis Edison and Rep J M Purdy Oak Ridge joined a reapportionment suit filed in Chancery Court. They argue the 1901 law is unfair and seek court-ordered reapportionment with hearings set before Chancellor Thomas W Steele in July.
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