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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1952
Page
3
Cornell researcher J S Robinson trains earthworms in a transparent maze and shows trained worms avoid shocks by turning right for safety. A remarkable worm even kept the correct choice after brain severing, suggesting instinct rather than reasoning.
The reminiscences recount young Fanny Brice aiding in a candy store. A penny per peppermint stunt clears stock in hours. Brice offers life advice about marriage and money and lauds her mother’s influence and a witty aside about a “pretty good left.”
Dutch riders increasingly use buzz bikes with small motors as car prices and import quotas bite. The shift raises highway accident rates and traffic confusion as many motors are hidden on ordinary looking bicycles. Authorities classify buzz bikes as bikes, allowing access to all roads and bike paths.
Reports from Britain describe widespread house damage due to shrinkable clay, with foundations failing, ceilings collapsing, and drains cracking. Towns from Eastbourne to London face rising repair costs, while areas like Shropshire and Derbyshire report landslides and evacuations, amid fear of future quakes.
Fifty six years after the Herefordshire quake the region saw collapsed walls and toppled chimneys while moves to trustless tremors linger. Early in the century a Derbyshire quake halted public clocks and Comrie faced 143 tremors in three months as belief in no tremors waned.
The tale of Samuel highlights a childhood raised to honor God, with Hannah's prayer and a home where reverence and courtesy shaped the future prophet. Samuel grows in favor with God and men, hearing God's voice as a boy and obediently serving Israel under divine guidance.
In Penang and across Malaya a wave of new cults grows as Chinese followers embrace mysticism. The Third Eye Cult spreads through whispered ads, mediums, and trance sessions, urging adherents to paint an extra eye and burn remedies to heal the sick.
A housewife won a five hundred dollar jackpot on a quiz show with the question about Agnes MacPhail. Another program tested audience members by hidden packages. Edwin O’Connor watched as a lady identified a diamond ring from a concealed box, aided by lip reading.
The Danish humorist tells a banker a tale of an uncle who spent years developing drinks named 4 Up S Up and 6 Up with failed sales. He finally admits the uncle almost created 7 Up before giving up in disgust.
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