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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1952
Page
5
Dr. Jean Feliz Piccard and wife Jeannette plan a free balloon flight in 1954 from Duncan British Columbia to study Mars. They aim to observe Mars spectra during its favorable alignment and probe for signs of life and oxygen indicators. The gondola and instruments are in Minneapolis mock-up stages.
Manitoba oil prospecting expands as five wells produce small quantities. Through May 31 total output reached 22,264 barrels with May recovering 3,088 barrels. The largest May gain, 1,252 barrels, came from the newest California Stand well.
Advertisement promotes 1952 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book with ninety one illustrations and six easy patterns. It publicizes pattern 7318 for infants cap booties and jacket, using open and closed shell stitches in 3 ply baby yarn with white and pastel accents.
Eggs serve nutrition and versatility as garnish main course or dessert. Sieved yolk or chopped whites enhance broth or consommé. Omelettes soufflés croquettes or creamed eggs make filling mains. Fluffy fruit whips airy meringues and tender cakes show eggs’ key dessert role.
A brief quiz notes the first woman to win a specific city office in a crowded field. It contrasts 1939 the federal civil service headcount of 46 000 with current numbers and hints at plant expansion and equipment upgrades in Canada.
Philadelphia reports a new prescription drug phenorgan hydrochloride marketed as phenergan by Wyeth Inc. After testing on 102 hay fever patients, 90 showed relief within thirty minutes from a three dose regimen. Dr. N. E. Silbert of Lynn Massachusetts notes results surpass other antihistamines.
Bridgeman, a 35 year old former Navy bomber pilot, describes two Skyrocket flights in the California desert. He reached 79,494 feet and later hit a speed near 1,238 mph while the rockets burned, then glided down safely to Rodgers Dry Lake. He notes precise controls and light air at high altitude.
In Detroit a dying spinster whispered to a cousin to check a closet for her papers. Executors found $150,000 in securities and $100,000 in cash plus $54,544 more in various boxes. The home, a gabled frame in an old upper crust neighborhood, remains rundown with Victorian furnishings.
Huntingdon England. The education committee approves split summer holidays for local school children. The first half will start earlier and the second half will coincide with the potato harvest to help farmers manage the larger acreage.
The human heart transfers roughly 650000 gallons of blood each year, an amount that could fill about 81 standard tank cars.
Fruit salad platter features pineapple chunks and pear halves arranged around a center cheese and nut filling. Lemon gelatin sets with greens, peach halves, and green pepper rings forming a circular border. A chilled, decorative fruit display with dressing on the side.
A Greenwich wife finds a yolkless egg while another reports an egg inside an egg. A Reading cat Twinkie is harassed by a vengeful blackbird. A Swiss hotel sign mocks bathers and a British shoe store buys back old footwear. A deer drinks from a baby’s milk bottle as a Warwickshire memorial lists Gordon Hooper’s name.
Detroit Windsor tunnel the world s only international vehicular tunnel is up for sale for 18 million dollars. J L Jeffers says he is authorized to sell to any buyer but the Port Authority lacks legal power to purchase tunnels. Interested parties may contact the Detroit and Canada Tunnel Corp in Detroit Michigan.
A collection of quirky tips includes clipping an earring to a black velvet bow for use, tying six inch strings over jelly jars to aid paraffin removal, and gentle swimsuit care after swimming. It notes the Keys deer of Florida reaches about 28 inches in height and 50 pounds in weight.
The Ministry of Works spent £303000 on decorations for the 1937 Coronation with over 110000 yards of bunting. Costs rise for woollen bunting and Union Jacks, while a Coronation Souvenirs Committee advises on colors and designs. Audrey Withers chairs the advisory body. An exhibition for retail buyers is planned in London this year.
China blue gabardine outlines a hand stitched Canadian fashion piece from Sanders and Gold. The piece highlights craftsmanship and quality in a women's wear context.
A farmer posts a pasture sign asking hunters not to shoot anything that isn t moving warning it could be his new hired man. The playful note reflects rural humor and concern for safety on the property.
The list provides the answers to a Quick Canadian Facts quiz with five entries: 5 Quebec 3 Five billion dollars 1 Charlotte Whitton mayor of Ottawa 4 definition of sustaining managed forests. 2 about 160000.
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