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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1952
Page
11
A Cornell lab shows J S Robinson training earthworms in a plastic maze. Trained worms avoid a shock passage, turning right for comfort, while a brainless worm still answers correctly after brain severing.
The young Fanny Brice helped in an aunt’s candy store and used a clever sign to move peppermint sticks. She offered a pocketbook lesson on choosing a husband and the balance of money and happiness, citing her own peaceful home life.
Dutch riders increasingly fitted bicycles with small auxiliary motors dubbed buzz bikes. Motorized cycles multiply speed variety and accident risk, yet many look like ordinary bikes. Government rules them as bikes with access to all roadways, causing traffic confusion and calls for policy action.
The Building Research Station warns shrinkable clay looms over Britain as homes crack, foundations fail, and streets tilt. Evacuations, land slips, and collapsed structures occur from Eastbourne to Swadlincote, with costs rising and no easy remedy.
Fifty six years after the Herefordshire tremor a reader notes chimneys and walls collapsing in a wide area. He recalls earlier shocks near Derby stopping clocks and Comrie in Perthshire recording 143 tremors in three months. He warns that stillness may mislead people into thinking quakes do not occur in this country with a warning of a possible repeat.
The article reflects on Samuel’s godly upbringing in a pious home. Hannah’s prayer, dedication of the child to God, and a loving, reverent home shaped Samuel. As a boy he heard God’s voice, obeyed, and grew into a great and good leader for Israel.
A Malayan trend toward mysticism grows on Penang and across Malaya with more than a dozen new cults led by Chinese figures. The Third Eye Cult urges followers to paint an extra eye and perform rituals to appease gods and heal illness, with mediums receiving praise for trance contacts.
The piece describes quiz programs awarding cash and surprising prizes. A plump housewife wins five hundred dollars and says she will count it. Edwin O'Connor notes a guest identifying a large package as a diamond ring via lip reading during a soundproof booth gag.
Danish comedian Victor Borge tells a banker a joke about his uncle who spent years developing drinks named 4 Up S Up and 6 Up after pursuing a 7 Up invention. The tale ends with the uncle’s disclosures on failure and perseverance.
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