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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1950
Page
3
The second UCPA article surveys social and economic factors behind cerebral palsy. It outlines lifetime costs for 200,000 affected children, caregiver burdens, and societal attitudes, arguing for broader support and understanding of the condition.
Inez Gerhard and Geraldine Brooks rise from teen theatre with Theatre Guild to Hollywood glamour. Geraldine recalls Volcano with Anna Magnani in Italy and island filming near Stromboli. Theatre Guild on the Air promises more top theatrical productions this year. Ruth Roman's bold bid led to Strangers on a Train after Hitchcock initially rejected her.
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Cathy tells her father Mike a rich fiance is refusing to marry her for fear of scandal. He schemes with old ally Zeke and a battlesome love triangle unfolds as Cathy reveals forty seven thousand dollars hidden in Zeke’s room and a diamond signals success.
Broadway interview follows Bill Ferguson from South Pacific chorus to waitering at Casey's Chop House. Rodgers and Hammerstein discover him, leading to TV nibble and a backstage meeting with Miss Truman. He and Evelyn Colby share a Missouri high school tie and early church choir roots.
Most tea consumed in the United States is black tea. The majority is imported from India Ceylon and Indonesia.
The article details Hogmanay celebrations peaking at New Year and continuing to Burns Day. It notes the St Andrews Society importing haggis and heather, first-foot customs with lucky handsels, festive foods like shortbread and Black Bun, and the role of music and dancing. It explains the historical shift from Christmas to New Year under Viking and Christian influences.
The piece recounts how New Year’s Day in Rome began in 452 B.C. and notes the Julian calendar was reformed in 46 B.C. and aligned to the Christian era in 516 A.D. The text claims a chronology error shifted dates, suggesting the latter half of the 20th century should start four years earlier and that 1950 would have been 1954.
The Jour de l An is described as the gayest day in the calendar for French Canadians with fam ily reunions and gift exchanges. It marks a religious celebration as churches hold midnight mass on New Year Eve, though rural areas may lack church services to welcome the new year.
Several classified items listed in Iowa and Missouri: co tractor with 20 tires and heater, 1949 Hyde 33 flat bed, trade for autos or trucks or cash sale. Also 1949 KB-7 drive train, 785 miles, Dry Cleaning Plant for sale with volume and building options, distributorship openings in Richmond Indiana, Molasses mineral feed and Canl Chemical Company offerings, and a drug store with French department in southeast Missouri.
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