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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1952
Page
2
In Annapolis on March 6, delegates stormed University of Maryland President Dr. H. C. Byrd’s bid for $578,000 in bonds. Loud chants and accusations of chicanery followed his last-minute appeal, ending with a 67 to 32 rejection as the Senate retreated from support.
Greek sources report Gen Eisenhower agreed an American officer would command Greek troops in NATO forces. The plan follows talks with Lt Gen Grigoropoulos as Turkey and Greece join NATO. Cost pressures and a 550 million budget frame defense sacrifices, with 44 percent spent on defense and 12 percent of national income. Civilian NATO study groups and Harriman’s committee will examine Greece’s capacity to contribute to mutual defense costs.
A warming trend spread across the eastern two thirds of the nation with temperatures moderating in the north central region. Light snow fell in the northern Appalachians and eastern Great Lakes with rain in southern New England and along the Pacific coast. The Dakotas and central Rockies saw sporadic wet spots as warmer air moved in from the south.
The report notes the trachma is valued at 15,000 to the dollar. It states that unskilled workers earn about $1.25 per day, a dozen eggs costs $1.20, and a average unfurnished apartment rents for $150 to $200 monthly.
Washington March 6 The House appropriations committee released statistics from Dr William C Menninger showing one in ten Americans will need psychiatric care at some point in life He urged more federal aid and more psychiatrists estimated at 3000 to 10000 needed annually only 400 trained each year He blasted state hospitals calling them snake pits with many discharges and readmissions while noting early treatment could restore 80 to 85 percent to productive community life The report cites wartime mental illness losses and that over half of hospital beds are mental patients with a bottleneck in trained personnel.
Omar Aaron a 49 year old tree surgeon in Hayward says he will donate his corneas when he dies after receiving a cornea transplant last week. He states the act is the least he can do in return for the donor. He adds the other man did it for me.
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