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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1954
Page
13
A practical guide to simple photography for home use. It discusses lighting, exposure settings like 1/50 at f11, avoiding posed shots, and capturing candid graduation moments. It also notes indoor shooting with fast film and the value of telling a story through pictures, not just single portraits.
A 400 year old theatre in Almagro, central La Mancha, once used as junk storage, is being restored to host classical Spanish productions this summer. The rectangular open air venue, likened to Elizabethan theatres, seats audiences in a courtyard and three balcony rows facing the stage.
BRATTLEBORO Vermont doctors emerge as the largest buyers of home organs. A Brattleboro organ company survey found nearly 15 percent of home organ sales go to doctors. President Burton Minshall cites finger dexterity and stress relief as key factors.
In Trenton New Jersey Attorney General Grover C Richman cites a Pennsylvania trucker who attempted to haul a 97000 pound load through New Jersey where the legal limit is 60000 pounds and in Pennsylvania the limit is 45000 pounds.
Robert Fabian narrates a case where Roderick Kye and two railway workers are caught in a Southern Railway van theft ring. Police map van routes with ribbons and pins, observe a Cherry Tree Cafe, and trap the conspirators at a Northolt house. Sentences: Kye three years penal servitude and 500 pounds. another man twelve months. van boy Mick Regan eighteen months.
The May Planetarium Program at Cleveland Museum of Natural History unveils comets and meteors. Dan Snow notes meteors are tangible remnants from space, exploring origins, ages, and journeys. Halley’s Comet remains mysterious despite 2000 years of observations as it swings past.
In San Diego Oceanographer Dr. David S. Dietz and four scientists found the crown of a large mammoth molar and two large molars about a foot long while offshore at Seal Beach in 15 feet of sandstone. They recovered tusk fragments, marking a potential oceanic find tied to mammoth remains from around 20 000 years ago.
A major new steel mill on the Delaware River at Morrisville Pennsylvania starts smelting ingots from the first ore shipped from Cerro Bolivar Venezuela marking a milestone in domestic steel production and regional industry.
In Portland Oregon W D Hagenstein says young Douglas firs gain about six inches monthly from May to August, totaling two feet per growing season with some yielding up to si feet. They widen in diameter from a fourth to an inch as they stretch upward for sunlight. He notes 12 million acres of new woods, mainly Douglas firs, expanding west of the Cascade Mountains across Washington and Oregon.
Rip W. Nichols, founder of a Dallas delivery service, operates from a mobile office housed in a large panel truck that functions as a moving workspace. He travels between clients with two warehouses and about 60 pieces of equipment, a desk, files, typewriter, lights, and an air conditioner.
Four Lorain County communities will merge facilities for Firelands High School opening in September. About 225 visitors toured a $664,000 building on Vermilion Road off Route 113, noting a sparsely furnished but fully equipped setup with labs, gym/auditorium, study area, library, and classrooms. The school will serve 228 students with 15 teachers, led by Principal Fred Matheny, and a Boosters Club already forming with 225 members.
LOS ANGELES five rustlers shift from cattle to stealing television antennas in the Hollywood Hills. Arthur J. McGettrick of Admiral Distributors reports several pictureless sets with missing aerials after technician checks. He suggests residents form a patrol or seek external help to restore order.
Safety engineers for Kemper insurance report on 10,000 industrial accidents show 6.5 percent of mishaps happen when people bump into doors, walls or other fixed objects.
Readers ask Edgar Ansel Mowrer about Churchill’s shift toward appeasement, India’s decolonization, India’s economic gains, and Iron Curtain tensions. The column cites critics’ views on Churchill, Ho Chi Minh, Bao Dai, and teen hooliganism, urging vigilance against Cold War missteps.
London man’s trousers labeled Gripu Slacfore hide an adjustable band under the cuffs to alter fit. The maker markets the street-style pants with extra features for versatility, noting a con version trick for a tailored adjustment suitable for golf.
Mrs Mandy A Mangrum of Whitewright Texas celebrated her 106th birthday hailed as the world’s champion quilt maker. She began quilting before the Civil War and stopped only recently due to failing eyesight.
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