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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1952
Page
7
Butter prices fall modestly while fryer and broiler chickens drop 2 to 7 cents a pound in many markets. Sirloin and Porterhouse steaks trim a few cents, with overall meats and dairy holding near weekend levels. Fresh produce shows mixed movement with some vegetables down and others still high.
Edward Black, a Westinghouse draftsman in Sharon Pennsylvania, carves violins at home in a three year span turning out five instruments. Each violin requires about 200 hours of work with miniature tools, using eighty carved wood pieces joined together. Six coats of varnish are applied with a two week dry period after each layer.
Mary Ann Scherer, now 17, recalls hiding for milk in Nazi Germany and surviving on scarce food. Her German-born father served in the German army. the family later returned to the United States. She emphasizes the importance of citizenship and civic duty after the war.
Air Force pilot Lt Waldron Berry held in a North Korean camp wrote the Bel Air Hotel seeking a vacation date. The hotel promised him greeting by Hollywood starlets, a rent free suite, and breakfast in bed upon his arrival, as a publicity stunt tied to his plight.
Sacramento report says Assemblyman Francis C. Lindsay intends to keep his legislative seat as well as two other public posts, despite an attorney general opinion deeming the offices incompatible. Lindsay cites a prior counsel’s ruling allowing concurrent duties with the Placer County soil conservation district and the Upper American River project. The attorney general warns of split loyalties and public interest concerns, while the court previously permitted pay from both the Legislature and the river project ongoing in Placer County.
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