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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1953
Page
4
Classified ads in the Telegraph promise fast results at a low cost. Readers are urged to place brief notices for sales, job openings, or services to reach a wide audience quickly. Typical ads highlight price, contact method, and key item or need.
Toronto expands by merging 12 suburban communities creating Greater Toronto with population about 1.2 million. A 24 member council governs planning, zoning, housing, parks, transportation, water, sewage, and public services. Transit commission to coordinate transport. Suburbs retain taxing powers.
Philadelphia surgeons at Seftégon Medical College Hospital used a mechanical heart and lung apparatus to sustain an 18 year old girl for 26 minutes during surgery. It marked the first time a combined machine operated outside a living person. The device, invented by Dr John M Gibbon Jr, is unlikely to help old age heart disease but may aid congenital defects.
London professor Guy Pas ede Browden of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine defends housewives amid fatigue research. He urges frequent breaks, avoiding standing work, morning tea, good lighting, and nutritious meals. Critics question when housewives will finish chores and meals.
In Albuquerque New Mexico farmers are turning to geese to weed cotton fields to cut labor costs. The birds eat many weeds including Johnson grass and saw-edged varieties. First year they starve if fed cotton, but after a year must be sold as they won't pass up cotton for forage. Geese have long been used to weed strawberries in other regions.
A historical note states soil testing is not a new idea dating back to 1600 AD. It recounts that in this country an Indian brave would sit on the ground for hours. if he did not sneeze, the soil was warm enough to plant beans.
A cooking tip explains how to separate bacon slices without tearing. Keep in refrigerator to warm slightly, then heat in a pan. Use a fork to pry apart the slices for easy separation.
New York report shows about 200000 fewer deaths annually in the United States versus 1945. If 1950 mortality had mirrored 1945, there would have been 1,657,000 deaths instead of 1,452,454. Reductions stemmed from heart and circulatory diseases, pneumonia, influenza, and accidents, with cancer rising slightly.
A 40,000,000 ton nickel orebody with cobalt has been found at Moa Bay on Cuba’s northeast coast. The discovery is touted as the world’s most important proven nickel source outside Canada, with nickel playing a crucial role in steel strengthening and corrosion resistance. The U S faces a grave nickel shortage, with 92 percent of supply tied to defense needs and civilian use severely constrained by nickel restrictions on many products.
Wellington report on Mrs Isabel Small who, in three months, made nine holing-in-ones. She began five years ago, plays five days weekly with her retired engineer husband. Each ace costs her drinks for all golfers, totaling 720 so far. Making a hole in one is a long odds shot.
Royal Aero Club says the British Canberra jet reached 63,668 feet in a 61 minute flight, a bid to set a world altitude record and to cross the Atlantic both ways in a single day. Wing Commander Walter Gibb piloted the mission using Bristol Olympus engines, surpassing the 1948 Vampire record of 59,446 feet.
Surrealist master Salvador Dali unveils a crucifix on display in New York priced at 20000 dollars. The centerpiece bursts with 600 diamonds and includes aquamarines rubies emeralds topaz lapis lazuli plus softly burnished gold as the base.
Government economists project coke production from bituminous coal will reach four million tons annually by June 1953. this forecast reflects expected demand growth and industrial expansion in the iron and steel sectors.
Sunds Mr and Mrs Jim Dailey and family were dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Joe Zimola and family. Mr and Mrs Ivan Cook spent Wednesday at the Allen Kahl home. Loomis Booths hosted Tuesday evening with Rod Namath supper guest. he left for Denver for a physical Wednesday. Lightning killed a cow for Bob Misegadis Sunday afternoon. Mrs Allen Kahl and son Gordon attended a Better Brush party at Mrs Paul Narges Thursday afternoon. Mrs Bob Anderson and family spent Wednesday in the Misegadis home. Loomis Booth visited Ben Vacik Tuesday. Wednesday forenoone in Ron Krueger home. Garry Simpson works for Glenn Kokes. Mrs Bob Englert and sons of Sunol visited Misegadis Thursday. Bob Misegadis and family attended the Fred Dorman reunion at Chappell Sunday. Mr and Mrs Art Way of Lodgepole called. The D E Dickinson home hosted guests from Hermian Haden near Haxtun Colo. Diane Libert noted at Bob Misegadis home earlier. Mrs Gentry celebrated her birthday. many more. Leonhard Ricken is a surgical patient at Sidney hospital. Joe Konkiewicz Jr and family left for Ord Neb for a class reunion. grandparents host the children in their absence. Sunday dinner in Ben Rieken home honored Mrs Rickens birthday with Joe A Oliverious family and Sam Moore of Sidney. Donnie Simpson plans a Caldwell Idaho visit with grandparents Carl Munson. News of Bill Darnell’s death in Windsor Ohio, brother of Mrs G W Bonser of Sterling.
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