18 Aug 1958
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1958
Page
1
The passage traces early stargazing from agriculture to astrology, noting Babylonian observatories and the zodiac. It highlights Greek ideas of a layered cosmos, the music of the spheres, Hipparchus and Ptolemy, Arab preservation, and the shift toward Copernican heliocentrism at the Renaissance.
The Chicago stock market report notes butter and egg prices holding steady with marginal movement. Trading activity shows limited changes as commodity prices stabilize near early-session levels.
Patrolmen find six year old David four year old Alvina and two year old Richard dead in a city home. Medical examiner believes drowning. Mother Mrs Pena admits drowning them in a bathroom then drank poison substitute. She was jailed for murder and treated for shock. she described domestic troubles and threats by Alfonso Pena who worked at Kelly Air Force Base.
London report says Rosie Boote the 80 year old dowager Marchioness of Headfort died at her London home. The Gaiety Girl and star of The Messenger Boy retired in 1901 after marrying the Life Guards officer fourth Marquis of Headfort. They lived on family estates in County Cavan and Meath and had two sons and a daughter.
Mrs J Boyce Hunter of Charlotte will speak to Gaston County women at 7 30 p m Monday at First Baptist Church in Lowell. The meeting aims to organize prayer services in the area with Mrs J Todd Jr of Gastonia and Miss Katherine Gaston of Belmont-Mi Holly directing the county effort.
Pvt Earl K Brackett 22 son of Mrs Lula D Brackett 307 North Hartman Ave Gastonia NC recently completed the eight week communications and message center procedure courses at the Army Southeastern Signal School Fort Gordon Ga Brackett entered the Army last March A 1952 Gastonia High School graduate and former Gastonia Gazette employee
LAS VEGAS Nev in sudden ness of actor Edward G Robinson caused an American Airlines plane from New York to Los Angeles to divert for an emergency landing at McCarran Field. Robinson was taken by ambulance to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after treatment. He and Mrs Robinson planned to resume their Los Angeles trip once they could rebook.
New York reports Off-Broadway is staging Saturday Night Kid by Jack Dunphy at the Provincetown Theater in May with a different cast. The earlier Broadway tryout collapsed costing about 35000 dollars, with Shelley Winters originally slated to star.
In New York several Broadway productions pause for the season while cast members take busman’s holidays. Alan Shaye of Jamaica and three members of The Visit along with Vincent Gardenia and Joseph Leber are noted at Kinderhook, New York. They are connected to summer stock performances presenting at the same locale on July 24, 1862.
A New York directory by Steve Kee fan lists Broadway show investors from the last decade. It covers theatrical productions and totals investments over 25 million dollars by named patrons and firms.
False teeth that loosen cause embarrassment when plates drop or wobble. Use FASTEETH, an alkaline powder sprinkled on plates to hold teeth firmly and feel more comfortable. It does not sour and helps control plate odor. Available at drug counters.
A new tiny tablet named Primatene offers quick relief from asthma spasms and hay fever symptoms. It promises minutes to relief and hours of freedom, with three active medicines in prescription strength, available without a prescription at drugstores with a money back guarantee.
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