Good Life On Its Way Back In West Germany
Bill Becker reports West Germany nine years after the war shows contrasts of beauty and industry vs ruins. Autobahns improve, prices are reasonable, and towns like Hamburg, Mainz, Wuppertal, Koblenz, and Frankfurt recover amid new construction. The piece notes mixed hospitality, language quirks, and a watchful eye on postwar life and mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Germany
Bill Becker
Munich
Germany
Hamburg
Bavaria
Pforzheim
Papa
Alster
Marilyn
Hamelin
Wuppertal
Wupper
Rhine
Remagen
Koblenz
Rapunzel Towers
Cologne
Mainz
Frankfurt
Swimming Pool Sinks in Longmeadow Home Pool Collapse
Swimming instructor Vernon Cox guided 20 children to safety as the pool suddenly sank into several feet of earth in Longmeadow Massachusetts. Officials said the concrete pool was built over an old ice plant foundation with loose dirt between the base and the pool.
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Longmeadow
Mass
Vernon Cox
Insurance Agent Loses Car In Front Of Client Home
Concord North Carolina report says George Douglas Cordell an insurance agent parked his car at a client’s house yesterday. Moments later the vehicle vanished and was found 200 feet away wrecked against a tree. Damages set at 250 dollars. Cordell said he had no collision insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
George Douglas Cordell
Cordell
Ironton Attorney Named Receiver For Newspaper
Ironton attorney Wayne L. Elkins appointed receiver for the Ironton Publishing Co. publisher of the Ironton Courier which suspended daily publication after 13 months. Mrs. Fronia Sexton, president of the company, awaits trial on embezzlement charges totaling over $114,000 from Citizens National Bank of Ironton, where she previously served as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Ohio
Wayne L. Elkins
Ironton Publishing Co
Ironton Courier
Fronia Sexton
Citizens National Bank of Ironton
Villain Stages Polio Benefit on Kensington Street
A short melodrama written by 13 year old Susan Mills and acted by Susan, Sharon, Jeffrey and Claudia Mills drew neighbors on Kensington Street. The villain Diamon Legree terrified patrons but the show netted $4.12 for polio awareness.
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Susan Mills
Charles Mills
Susan
Sharon
Jeffrey
Claudia Mills
Charles Lee
Villian
Diamon Legree
Suspect J D Cummings Fined 300 After Safe Attempt
Hamilton special report J D Cummings 49 of Hamilton was fined 300 dollars and costs and sentenced to 90 days in the Cincinnati workhouse by Judge Fred B Cramer after being found asleep in front of a supermarket safe two months earlier. Indicted for grand larceny he received a suspended fine and 30 days of jail on the condition he leave Hamilton and not return.
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Dreausy Safebuster
Hamilton
J. D. Cummings
Cincinnati
Fred B. Cramer
Cummings
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Calif
Bernard Rosenthal
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Jergen's
Gallaher
Ol In Ouarts
Polio
Kensington Street
Dohn’s
Flower Insecticide Dept
Scott
Red Arrow
Pratt
Insecti
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Ludox Coltei del Silico
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