Mrs O Leary Cow and Fire Prevention Week Highlight
The piece recalls Mrs O Leary's cow allegedly sparked the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It promotes Fire Prevention Week emphasizing home safety, brush clearance, roofing choices, electrical upkeep, and prepared escape plans to reduce fire deaths, especially among children.
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O'Leary
Chicago
NFPA
Percy Bughee
Bel Air-Brentwood
Los Angeles Fire Department Fire Safe Homes
Cutting Hair and Growth Myths Debunked
A New York dermatologist explains that cutting light colored hair does not affect growth. He notes that after cutting, darker, coarser sections near the scalp appear as new growth, making it seem thicker and darker though growth rate remains unchanged.
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Howard T. Behrman
New York City
Bea Benaderet Began Showbiz At Age Twelve
Bea Benaderet known for Petti coat Junction started in entertainment as a featured vocalist on a San Francisco radio station at age twelve.
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Bea Benaderet
Petticoat Junction
San Francisco
First Methodist Men hear newcomber on school crisis
At a regular meeting the First Methodist Men's Club welcomed Leland Newcomer, Clark County Schools Superintendent, who spoke on Our present day school crisis. He urged facility and staff expansion to serve students, warned of upcoming financial strain, and discussed self assessment as a local solution despite inequitable representation in state government.
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Leland Newcomer
Clark County
Steel Imports Surge In Early Year Totals
New York United Press International reports steel imports reached 2.368 million tons in the first six months, up from 2.957 million tons in the same 1982 period. Officials say yearly imports could top 47 million tons, versus 41 million in 1989 and a 44 million ton 1949 record.
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New York
UPI
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Scott's
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von Tobel
Western
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Aluminum
Nevada
Jim Beam
Kentucky
James Beam
Clermont
Bamboo
Wadd
Mado
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