City Hall Buys Two Autos Council approves street work bids
The city council met in the municipal building and bought two cars a Plymouth four door sedan for 1529.75 from J R Rick Motor Car and a Crosley station wagon for 825 from Lawrence Motors. The sedan will serve the sanitary officer and the Crosley the parking meter operator. They also planned bids for a streets flusher and passed an earned income tax credit ordinance. Montgomery avenue at South Liberty street will be widened with land needed from Stephen De Masse et al to be condemned. Mayors Haven reported police receipts 1667.85 and engineering and plumbing bureau totals of 579.32 and 80.75.
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J. R. Rick Motor Car Company
Crosley
Lawrence Motors, Inc
Council
James Gibson
Joe Alexander
Montgomery Avenue
South Liberty Street
Stephen de Masse
John F. Haven
Engineering
Plumbing Bureau
Carlisle street sewer enclosure plan discussed by council
Report to council states most property owners consented to enclosing an open water course behind Euclid avenue along Carlisle street near the Shenango river project. One objector remains, council may decide to enclose the sewer except on that property.
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Council
Carlisle Street
Euclid Avenue
Geologists Seek Quake Fault Line in Northwest
Portland geologists publish questionnaires to map fault lines after the April 13 quake. Dr. E L Packard of Oregon State College urges two seismographs for Oregon one east and one west of the Cascades to locate dangerous zones for dams and major structures.
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Portland
Ore
INL
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
San Francisco
Mississippi
Northwest
E. L. Packard
Oregon State College
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Harvard Expert Renews Nativity Painting in London
Richard D. Buck of Harvard University’s Fogg Art Museum works at the National Gallery in London on the 1490 Piero della Francesca Nativity. He discovers wormhole tunnels beneath filled areas and plans to treat them before restoring the wood backing, using balsa strips.
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London
INS
Richard D. Buck
Harvard University
Fogg Art Museum
National Gallery
Piero Della Francesca
Buck
Old Folks Have Problem
A University of Michigan survey of people over 60 finds they share many desires with the young but struggle to solve issues. Director Clark Tibbitts reports older adults do not seek ease, feel useless, and value companionship while also often enjoying living with in laws.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
INS
Clark Tibbitts
University of Michigan
Institute For Human Adjustment
Tibbitts
New Brain Operation Restores Sanity Without Losing Drive
St Louis surgeons report an improved prefrontal lobotomy technique at St. Louis State hospital. By severing nerve fibers only in the lower frontal lobe, mentally ill patients regain mental alertness and initiative while retaining ability to plan and act.
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ST. Louis
INS
St. Louis State Hospital
Uranium Crowds Gold From Scene At Prospectors Meet
In Toronto five hundred prospectors at the 17th annual Prospectors and Developers Association convention bombarded lecturers with questions on atomic ore and bought Geiger Muller counters. Speakers debunked myths claiming uranium ore refining poses no danger and ore deposits show no noticeable temperature rise.
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Toronto
The
Prospectors and Developers Association
Greek Guerrillas On Skis Reported In Greece
Advance units of the Greek National Liberation Front operate on skis in mountainous Greece. Reports describe guerrilla activity and movement through alpine terrain as part of ongoing resistance efforts.
Guerrilla skiers on Grammos suggest foreign training in Greece
Reports claim a detachment of skiers in white camouflage and armed with modern automatic weapons operates near Grammos as Greek Army units advance. If true, their presence implies foreign instructors, unlikely to be from Greece’s northern neighbors. A goniometer is introduced as a precision tool for crystal angles.
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Tional
Grammos
Greece
Ex Bank Robber Lived In Poverty In Cleveland Flophouse
Big Jim Morton once top national bank robber, now 65, living in a Cleveland flophouse after 40 years in Illinois Penitentiary. He seeks work and memoirs but can only cook, sew, and sweep from prison training. His famous 1919 $70,000 Cleveland bank holdup is recalled.
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Cleveland
INL
Big Jim Morton
Jesse James
Big Jim
Illinois State Penitentiary
Jim
Homesick Brides Visit Old Homes
British war brides in Cleveland travel back to the old country at 15 to 20 per month. Major Edward J Hobbs, the British consul, says they come for brief visits, and most are eager to return to the United States after marriage.
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Cleveland
INS
Edward J Hobbs
United States
High Altitude Not Linked To Ailment
A Denver report on children living near two mile high elevations finds no direct link between altitude and the high rate of illness. Researchers caution further study but indicate other factors may explain the health patterns.
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Denver
INS
Rheumatic Heart Disease Study in Colorado High Altitude Schools
Researchers Bernice Wedum Ward Dar and Paul Rhodes from the University of Colorado medical center examined 1,017 children near the Continental Divide, from Leadville to Climax, to study rheumatic heart disease and fever rates linked to high altitude. Colorado ranks among the top five states for rheumatic heart disease deaths over the past two decades, with rising fever cases noted among military personnel stationed in the state.
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Colorado
Bernice G. Wedum
Ward Dar
Paul Rhodes
University of Colorado Medical Center
Leadville
Climax
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Washington St
B. and J. Super Market
South Mill St
Proctor & Gamble
E. Long Ave
Sunkist
Kingan’s Bacon
Athletic Union
Tee
Shenango River
Mahoning Avenue
Harvard
Pan
Atlantic City
N. J
Esther MacLeod
Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming University
International Soundphoto
Walton
Beckford
Butler Ave
Yamena
Alexander’s
N. Mill ST
Celief
Yio
Bisma-Rex
City Drug
E. Wash. St
Salem
Inselwood
Ney
S. Mill ST
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