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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1955
Page
9
United Press reports that a New York Academy of Medicine study of 955 perinatal deaths in New York City found 35 percent preventable. Factors include faulty prenatal care, faulty medical judgment and technique, unqualified attendants, and unsatisfactory pediatric care.
Washington report says the House Post Office Committee urges mailers to enclose live scorpions in metal boxes to protect carriers. The measure, approved after a vaccine production demand spurred more scorpion shipments, would allow scorpion transmissions only in metal containers.
An advertisement touts Ferrizan as a 30 day tonic providing iron iodine and B vitamins. It claims improved energy, strength, and appearance with a money back guarantee and tablets priced at $1.58 from Love and Megown.
Dorcas missionary meeting held at Mrs. William Munns home Friday evening with devotionals led by Mrs. Robert Erskine. Bridge club gathered at Campbell residence, prizes awarded to Hazel Tinton and Peggy Jo Woods. Numerous social visits noted among locals from Lowellville Sharon Hillsville New Bedford and Los Angeles with a June 9 King’s Daughters gathering planned at Mrs. Roy Wylams. Bible school starts June 6 at Mahoning and several family visits listed.
Weekend visit described with Blanche Lenhardt and Mrs. Brown of Reynoldsville Pa. includes Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown and their mother visiting Mrs. Harold Straitwell and Mrs. Robert Kruier at the latter’s home.
May figures from the Bureau of Employment Security show Lawrence County workers returning to both local and out of state jobs. Local placements reached 209 with 116 out of state. total referrals were 716. New claims rose to 725 in May after a May 1 law change. active files fell sharply as benefits exhausted or reports lapsed.
A special panel set up by the Lawrence county committee on Employ the Handicapped will meet Tuesday at 2 30 p.m. at the Bureau of Employment Security offices to review applications of several handicapped persons seeking work and to determine possible assistance. Future action of the panel will also be discussed. Ankara Turkish factories and production plants totaled 4527 at the start of 1955 compared with 2335 at the beginning of 1950.
Memorial Day visits headline a Scott Township social scene with Cameron and Bank family gatherings. Guests include Stitch and McConnell families from Fombell and New Castle, plus Widows Smith and Kerr relations sharing meals and calls. The East Lawrence school picnic and hometown youths joining friends highlight community life.
Connecticut has about 4,289 gasoline filling stations reported in the latest industry survey, outlining the distribution by region and showing steady station counts across counties.
WKST Inc of New Castle has filed a petition with the FCC to resume operations and double local TV service. President S W Townsend says the plan moves the current antenna and transmitter to a new site, restoring ABC network service to New Castle extending to Mahoning Trumbull counties in Ohio and Lawrence Mercer counties in Pennsylvania.
Allan L. Woolf 62 a state forest and waters department warden was found hanging downward in a tree in Lower Makefield Township after a search by 200 firefighters and neighbors. Police say his right foot was caught in tree limbs where he had a platform to spot illegal fishing along the Delaware River.
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