30 Aug 1956
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
1
Los Angeles researchers at UCLA employ a swallowable magnet to track stomach activity. The device records movements electronically to aid understanding of ulcers and disorders tied to psychological stress or anxiety.
Washington reports Australia plans a Snowy Mountains project to reverse river flow for hydroelectric power and irrigation. Dams and tunnels, crews from American Italian French and Norwegian firms, with Guthega downstream current already flowing, aim to channel water through turbines to energize cities and farms. The venture promises billions in investment and annual electricity for industry and households.
A Jewish Hospital service in Louisville introduces a “glamor wagon” with beauticians visiting bed ridden patients to lift morale. The project includes a rolling cabinet with medical gear, a new bridge wall design, and a maternity ward setup. patients may pay for prescriptions at Smiths.
The FBI charged William Englehart Jr. and Rawara J. Lafferty two pig farmers from Gloucester New Jersey and Glen Olden Pennsylvania with larceny by the federal government for stealing government owned garbage from Bainbridge Maryland Naval Training Center under Navy contract. They allegedly took 143833 gallons and used it as feed for their pigs misreporting weights to steal more.
A Kimball Nebraska woman complained that a neighbor’s dog chased her children and sought the animal locked up. Ten nights later she phoned neighbors to ask them to keep the dog quiet, claiming she believed a prowler was near.
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