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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1955
Page
6
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In Hull England citizens plan a statue for Alexander Selkirk the real life Crusoe whose tale inspired Defoes novel. The piece notes Selkirk sailed from Hull and spent years on Misas Tierra before Caribbean settings fed the 1719 book about Crusoe’s lone island life near Oronoque.
At Penn State University 32 grade school children in 3rd to 5th grades took part in a six week course in Spanish and French. The study aimed to test early foreign language teaching and informed faculty on effective methods using doll houses puppets and toy animals as aids. Dr. Franklin B. Krauss notes children learn languages like their native tongue before mastering grammar.
Cleveland report notes modern cars are better lit with an average of 22.8 bulbs per 1955 model. Growth from 5.5 bulbs in 1925 to 18 in 1950 reflects gradual electrification. Listed bulb types include back-up lights, clock, glove box, ignition, map light, dome and compass lamps.
CHICAGO A physician writes in the Journal of the American Medical Association that vegetarian diets do not prove to reduce cancer risk. He notes two exceptions: Plummer Vinson disease linked to iron and vitamin lack raises mouth and throat cancers, and high meat intake in some African communities shows varied liver cancer rates.
A car driven by salesman Marcel Re collided with a 243 pound boar on a highway near Melun France. The vehicle went to the repair shop and the boar was sent to a poste for a not for a treatment but as an adornment to the patients' room.
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