Inventor Prize For Stair Climbing Wheel Chair
A $5,000 prize offers inventors a stair climbing wheelchair to aid handicapped workers in industrial plants. Requirements include a 50 to 75 pound weight, self propelled operation, and production cost under $500. The donor remains unnamed while Frederick H. Mueller and Melvin J. Maas announce the offer.
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Washington
Frederick H. Mueller
National Inventors Council
Melvin J. Maas
National Inventors, Council
Department of Commerce
IROK Chief Claims Reds Step Up Infiltration
IROK chief says Communists increased infiltration from the North across the truce border using radio propaganda to destabilize South Korea. He asserts countermeasures will curb subversive activity while stressing strong anti Communist sentiment among the people. He expects no major demonstrations in South Korea and declines any run for office. He also states Rhee’s successor believes Communists had little influence on student protests that toppled the former regime. Meanwhile, in Syracuse New York, Sherwood I Atkins 4 died from injuries after a tractor accident on his parents farm.
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Seoul
South Korea
Huh Chungifec
Huh
Cormuunists
Lion
North Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Simp
Syracuse
N.Y
Sherwood I. Atkins
Munnsville
Apartment Fire Tragedy Stuns Cambridge Family
In Cambridge a father died after leaping from a burning fifth floor apartment clutching his four year old daughter. Firemen saved three other children, while a net saved one more as they battled the blaze. The scene involved the Jones family as investigators assess blame amid a wider context of alleged bookie crime and court actions.
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Cambridge
Superior Court
Wilfred Medford
J. Paquet
New York
UPI
Jones
Williams
Cyn
Ronnie
Jeanette
Druggist Bergwell Dies After 101 Years
Victor Bergwell, a Worcester mass pharmacist until age 99, died at 101 after a long career. In a joint statement he said he hand rolled more than a million pills, shaping views on employing physically handicapped people and wheelchair access in industry.
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Worcester
Mass
Victor Bergwell
Bergwell
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