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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1951
Page
5
The Public Health Service reports polio increasing nationwide with 1203 new cases in the week ending Aug 4, up from 990 the prior week. The seasonal decline begins in Louisiana with Caddo Parish reporting 72 cases to July 28, while Red River Parish sees a drop to one case after July 7.
Teramo Italy Aug 9 Inhabitants fled in panic as earthquakes shook the 35 000 strong city. Most spent the night in fields after electricity failures. Only one injury reported. Quake center about 25 miles from Teramo, near the Adriatic coast in central Italy.
Miss Yetta Levine of Los Angeles reported her purse containing 1800 dollars and 11 pieces of family heirloom jewelry stolen from the washroom at Chicago’s union station. Police recovered the purse later with only a train ticket inside, and she noted she worked as a government typist formerly in the Pentagon and was being transferred to Denver.
State Department estimates Korea reconstruction will cost 250 million dollars after fighting ends. Senator Connally said the figure was given to Senate committees leading hearings on the 8.5 billion dollar foreign aid bill. He noted the United Nations should bear most costs, but the United States will do the most.
The Italo American Club has scheduled a basket picnic for Sunday at Casa Siesta Guest Ranch located at 3600 E. Camelback. The program includes swimming dancing music and children's games for attendees.
The West Virginia Club will host a watermelon feed Sunday at 5 p.m. on the En canto Park tennis court area. Watermelons are free and guests should bring their own table service.
Atlanta August 9 AP Michael DiSalle head of the Office of Price Stabilization warned living costs may rise five to eight percent. He said OPS would try to hold prices but new price control laws hinder progress and predicted 10 to 16 billion dollars more in family budgets over the next year. He cited the need for a workable administering law and met regional OPS officials.
Mrs. Florence Young, 40, of Phoenix, was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital for observation on a possible skull fracture after a single-vehicle crash in Salina, Kansas. She and her husband Allen were returning from Deming New Mexico when the car left the road, injuring her head. They had stayed in Salina four days for car repairs.
In San Remo Italy on Aug 9 AP reports Queen Narriman bride of King Farouk is said to be expecting a baby. She and Farouk married May 6 and honeymooning in Italy while the king sails to the French Riviera aboard the royal yacht Far El-Bihar. The queen travels by car and stays in Italy due to her condition.
Belgrade reports a 125 percent cigaret price rise to 90 dinars for 20. State workers gain industrial coupons raising from 4,300 to 6,200 annually, enabling about 80 percent off with dinars. Housewives resist sharing coupons for essentials as wages range 4,000 to 5,000 dinars monthly, risking lunches or cigarettes. Hungary scraps discarded cigarets for reuse amid Russian pressure.
In Warsaw a spy trial recessed as Lt Gen Marian Marek Spychalski testified he packed the army with reactionary officers after consulting former Vice Premier Wladislaw Gomulka. Gomulka’s status and arrest remain unclear. Marek Spychalski appeared dazed yet formal, answering in a whisper.
An 18 year old learns at the Youth Employment Service office in the Republic and Gazette building that middle age begins around 40 to 50. Karin Stallcup, a former YES director, tells him no job interviews for young men occur before 1:30 p.m., a joke that underscores his still youthful status.
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