Stories of Cruelties Told in Divorce Courts
A 1962 roundup recounts divorce cases across cities where spouses described outrageous cruelties. Examples include money fights over household expenses, sparring matches, poisoning bathwater, forced overeating, housemother duties, and obsessive faithfulness. The cases highlight odd, petty, and extreme acts cited in annulments and divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bookma
Syracuse
Alfonso Arenas
Los Angeles
Apples Arenas
Albert Lavoy
Ithaca
Mich
Ida
Rose LaRose
Franco Ruacco
Ruacco
Judie Lee Gaudin
Francis Davis
Connersville
Ind
Close calls in Korea soldiers dodge mortars and snipers
In Korea, Cpl John Perocoso of South Beloit and other soldiers recount near misses. PFC John Bolen, PFC Francis Stagne, and Ernest Watson all survive mortar or sniper incidents, while Elvin Glenn experiences a long hot foot and Sgt Hugh Porter loses his dog tags to enemy fire.
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Washington
John Perocoso
South Beliid
Ill
Korea
7Th Division
Perocoso
Army
Pentagon
John Bolen
Boston
John
Francis Stagne
New Orleans
Stagne
25Th Infantry Division
Ernest Watson
Dyersburg
Tenn
Watson
Elvin Glenn
Thomasville
24Th Infantry
40Th Infantry Division
Hugh Porter
Phoenix
Aziz
Porter
Answers to Quick Quiz Facts Summary
Quick Canadian Facts provides concise trivia: question five notes totals rising from 502 million to about 4 500 million this year. question three asks up to 15. question one lists Charlottetown Prince Edward Island 15 B87, Toronto Ontario 675 754. Manitoba and Brazil are cited. material supplied by editors of Quick Canadian Facts.
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Charlottetown
Pei
Toronto
Ont
Manitoba
Brazil
Canada
Oddities In The News Bizarre Tales Across States
The column lists oddities from multiple locales including Theodore Fischer in New Jersey and Mrs Eisenhower’s matching birthday date on November 14. It covers a police arrest in Anna Alabama after a false call, a dog blocking traffic for a restaurant worker in Cobden Illinois, and a Nebraska resident praising York as the eye centre of the nation. It ends with South African pineapples wearing sun bonnets to prevent sunburn, a whimsical farming note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Fischer
Toms River
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gender differences in pain sensitivity and heat tolerance
The study notes that women show slightly lower pain sensitivity than men on average. It reports that women can typically drink hotter fluids or hold hotter objects without pain longer than men, suggesting a sex related difference in nociception and thermal tolerance.
Wheat rust found in wild grasses and hybrids discussed
At an international rust conference Dr Ruby Larsen noted wild grasses related to wheat can cross with wheat to yield hybrid seed and artificial wheat. Dr C H Goulden cited wheat hybrids with resistance. Dr Mark Grant highlighted durum traits resisting rust Race 153. Prof L H Shebeski reported frost resistance linked to rust resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Ruby Larsen
Lethbridge
Alta
C. H. Goulden
Ottawa
Federal Cereal Breeding Laboratory
Mark Grant
R. M. Herman
North Dakota
L. H. Shebeski
University of Saskatchewan
Musial Signs 80 000 Contract With Cardinals
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals signed his 1953 contract for a reported 80 000. Neither owner Fred Saigh nor Musial disclosed terms, but it was believed to continue last year’s salary and bonus setup. Musial, an outfielder who sometimes plays first base, won the National League batting title last season with a .336 average.
HOUSES BRING $150-A-MONTH RENT IN ALASKA
Alaska faces a severe housing shortage with rents reaching 150 dollars per month for two and three bedroom prefabricated homes. The U S Housing and Home Finance Agency approved a four million dollar loan to Aleutian Homes of Portland Oregon to build 344 prefabricated houses in Kodiak. Rents will range from 110 to 150 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
U.S
Kitchen Meditations By Jane Dale
A poetic meditation on breakfasts through the ages. Children wake hungry and gather for porridge oats cornflakes and crispy cereals. The speaker notes that healthy appetites endure regardless of what food is served and urges readiness to try any dish.
Olympic runner commutes 16 miles on foot to teach
Stanley Jones 38, an Olympic runner, has traveled eight miles each way to his school in Romanlea Berkshire district for 18 months. He completes the round trip in under an hour, maintaining a strict running schedule between teaching and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romanlea
England
Stanley Jones
Jones
Berkshire
Aperitif Fish Marinade Instructions
A simple marinade combines lemon juice soy sauce ginger brown sugar and oil. Mix well and pour over one pound fish. Marinate for an hour for stronger flavor.
Community forums planned across Saskatchewan rural areas
Farmers, townspeople, women and youths will join a Royal Commission on Agriculture and Rural Life, meeting in 37 community forums in all Ag Rep districts by February. Groups discuss problems, identify five priorities, and prepare a community brief for the Commission. The effort, described by Chairman W B Baker as a People’s Commission, aims to capture rural views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Royal Commission On Agriculture and Rural Life
Ag.-Rep
Commission
Saskatoon
Ag.Reps
Ag.Rep
People’s Commission
W. B. Baker
First Aid Frostbite Hazards From Cold Weather
Frostbite results from exposure to cold and wind, with ears nose and fingers most at risk. Tight clothing and wet garments raise danger. treatment stresses gradual warming, avoiding rubbing, and keeping the area warm and dry. Continued guidance will appear next week.
Helpful Hints for Home Tasks and Cooking Substitutions
Practical tips from a household guide cover safety for irons, caring for table crystal with bluing, reducing sugar when cooking acidic fruits, softening rain-stiff shoes with glycerin or castor oil, and substituting cocoa for chocolate in recipes with butter adjustments.
Quick Canadian Quiz Answers From Another Column
A quiz asks which provincial capital has the smallest and largest populations and which country now buys the most of Canada’s cars and trucks. It also asks the baby bonus age, which province bears the buffalo in its coat of arms, and how much Ottawa taxes have risen since 1939.
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Canada
Ottawa
Smile Of The Week Court Quarrel Over Cake Wedge
A short legal squabble unfolds as a newlywed wife accuses her husband of assault with a cake sponge. The judge corrects the charges from disorderly conduct to assault with a deadly weapon and sentences six months hard labor. The wife adds she baked the cake with her own hands.
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George Bushmire
Pittsburgh
Bushmire
George
Lees
Robert Smith
Benton Harbor
Smith
Han
Margaret Bajczyk
Milwaukee
Wis
Lowell Keble
Cincinnati
Ephraim Morgan
Birmingham
Ephraim
Sydney Clarke
London
Betsy
Raymond Kidd
Detroit
Mrs. Kidd
Thomas Oxx
Newport
Cecil Jewell
Mrs. Bertram
Ottawa Evening Citizen
Anna
Frank Taylor
City Hall
Mayme Fischer
Cobden, Ill
T. R. McNickle
York, Neb
South Africa
Central Press
Musial
Women’s Wear Bureau
Trapunto
Sillimar
Jane Dale
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