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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1961
Page
3
Paris report says butcher Georges Goujon spent 18 hours in a refrigerator while awaiting authorities. Investigators say he survived and is in stable condition. Police are reviewing his claim of being alive to assert his constitutional status.
A weekend storm brought freezing rain and sleet trapping a man inside a refrigerator and causing ice jams on the Ohio River. Snow covered the northeast while western zones saw rain and snow. Great Lakes and Ohio River traffic were hindered by thick ice above dams.
The report lists GE with 185000 in fines on five indictments and Westinghouse close with 190000 on six indictments. Other fines include Allis Chalmers 70000 on three indictments, Federal Pacific Electric 25000 on two, 1-2 Circuit Breakers 625000 on two, Allen-Bradley 49000, McGaw Edison 20000, and several others ranging from 10000 to 620000 for various single indictments.
Review lauds the cast led by Donald Cook and Barbara Mattis in a single-set production of a play about a daughter’s arranged marriage and a father international playboy. Cook shines with comic timing while Miss Bennett preserves charm as the mother. The piece tracks the evolving family dynamics with witty, sharp lines and audience warmth.
Chiang Kai shek urged austerity during the Chinese lunar new year beginning February 15. He said nationwide belt tightening is essential as mainland residents face mass starvation amid ongoing wartime hardships.
A quake under major urgency was recalled Monday by the Caltech seismology lab in Pasadena. The tremor was detected in the vicinity of the New Hebrides Islands and was reported as observed under the Pacific Ocean warning system.
In New Delhi India a motion to admit Red China to the World Health Organization was postponed and failed by a slim margin. Fifteen abstained and forty were absent as the vote did not reach a majority.
Louella Parsons notes United Artists under new leadership celebrates its tenth anniversary at Astor and Victoria theaters. The piece traces UA’s rebirth in 1951 from a distribution agency to a full film and music conglomerate, highlighting key figures like Mary Pickford, Chaplin, Fairbanks, and Sehnck, and naming recent moves into records and television. It also mentions stars Eleanor Parker, Betty Grable, Tammy Grimes, Steve Lawrence, and others tied to UA's evolving ventures.
UPI reports that tranquilizers prove highly effective in easing schizophrenia symptoms. Studies of chronic patients after hospital confinement show many could live at home or in community settings with Ser treatment. Schizophrenia remains the most widespread mental illness in the nation’s institutes. Moscow reports a severe water shortage contributing to thousands of deaths among sheep in the Virgin Tandem region during 1940.
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