Michigan scientists test atomic icebox for year round fresh food
University of Michigan researchers build a concrete gamma ray irradiator nicknamed the Icebox to sterilize foods with cobalt-60 from Chalk River. The test unit preserves fruits, vegetables, meats, and cereals for months, even a year, claiming tastier, healthier, germ free results without external power. Dr. Lloyd E. Brownell notes irradiated foods taste better and stay fresh longer.
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Rome adopts three minute world news dial in service
Romans can hear a three minute world news summary by dialing nine on their telephones. The service offers shortened broadcasts from radio news.
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Health Week in Canada Urges Public Health Involvement
Dr. Gordon Bates of the Health League of Canada argues health is everyone’s business not just hospitals. The National Health Week in February aims to educate the public through churches schools service clubs and radio to promote practical health measures now.
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Courage and Punishment on the Royal Navy
Charles Poore recounts a 19th century British admiral's stern justice. A sailor tasked with securing a cannon fails during a gale, four men are at risk as the gun runs loose, the sailor crawls out to fix it, earning both a medal and a death sentence on return to port.
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Charles Poore
World Happenings Briefly Told
Pakistan nearly doubled textile output in four years rising from 8 million to 175 million yards annually. West Berlin urged West Germany to aid about 225000 East German refugees flooding the city. Canada will observe the Queen's birthday on May 18 the same day as Victoria Day per government proclamation. Saskatchewan set records in sport fishing and collected over 77000 in licence fees a 17000 rise. Prospectors filed 4100 new claims in 1952. total claims rose after the Athabasca uranium area opened. The UN will have spent about 700 million in Korea by its third war anniversary June 2. Princess Mary sailed aboard the Regent Springbok for a tour of Trinidad Tobago British Guiana and Barbados aboard a modern tanker with deluxe staterooms and a swimming pool.
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New Chinese Marriage Law Sparks Personal Crises and Murders
Peiping radio reports the 1950 marriage law liberalizes arranged unions, prompts more than 2000 deaths and personal crisis cases nationwide, amid unequal enforcement and resistance. It notes women suffered most, with cases of murder by husbands and mothers in law. A general marriage law committee was formed in Peiping on January 14 to enforce provisions.
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Peiping
Improving Kitchen Cupboards With Simple Storage Aids
Francis James outlines practical cupboard upgrades to optimize space. Use step-shelves hooks and partitions to prevent items from piling, add dish racks for plates, side hooks for utensils, and door back racks for lids and spices. Emphasizes color and design for an inviting kitchen interior.
Don't Mope Advice From Civil War Widow Bettie Eason
Memphis Tennessee widow Bettie Eason 89 says she is too young to share secrets of longevity while keeping a brisk pace with housework shopping cooking sewing and gardening. She is writing her life in music and has an autobiography spanning three ledger books. Her counsel to seniors is simple just dont mope. A fossil fish found in Oster gotland Sweden is estimated at more than 350 million years old.
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Forrest
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Gems of Thought Reflections on Humanity and Virtue
A compact collection of aphorisms on human nature truth and virtue from notable figures like Moore Steele Marcus Aurelius Eddy Johnson and Taylor. The lines emphasize honesty sincerity rational service to others and the moral critique of self versus other.
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Steele
Aztecs May Have Lived In British Columbia
British Columbia may have housed Aztec and Mayan civilizations before Mexico, with stone carvings found in the Fraser River valley and Vancouver Island. Discoveries include a beast head image and a horned figure, suggesting cultural centres near Victoria Nanaimo Comox and 85 miles up the Fraser valley. Authorities link widespread fires and migration theories to ancient inhabitants.
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Vintage Valentines Trace Back To Pagan Roots
A Washington dispatch traces Valentine customs from ancient pagan origins through medieval Britain to 19th century hand crafted cards. Historians note the shift from box exchanges to gifts and love notes, with figures like Mark L. Finch detailing the evolution of color printing and comic cards by mid 1800s.
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