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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1949
Page
5
Alfred Weh rex argues parents fail to probe full educational problems and rely on report cards. He questions promotion standards, testing anxiety, and the harm of pushing children when not ready, urging decisions based on overall development and life readiness.
In Salt Lake City Mrs Polly Lund a housewife raises thousands of worms for fishermen selling Wrigglers dubbed bait fish love. She describes care feeding and housing methods and notes rapid multiplication as fishing season opens in the Rocky Mountain region with hundreds of thousands of worms ready.
A Yugoslav letter to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie denounces the UN Balkan commission and rejects the peace bid to Greece. Belgrade blames Greek provocations and territorial aims linked to Albania as the cause of Balkan strain.
Funeral services for Allen J. Woodard 64 former Democratic mayor of Whitehall will be held today at 11 a.m. at Harold A Scott Funeral Home. He served as village treasurer and mayor and was a longtime Trinity Episcopal Church senior warden. Survived by widow Mary, son Daniel D. Woodard and sister Mrs Oxcar Munson. Burial in Salem Cemetery.
Danish island of Mars records reveal Niels Ovesen left a small fortune in his will to a Doris Marie Govette. Autopsy notes grid humor as valuable. funeral services for Doris Govette include Mass at St Rita's Church and burial at St Joseph's Cemetery Waterford. Coroner Anthony Matera presides. Visitation and services set for tomorrow at Marra's Funeral Home Remsen and Columbia Streets Cohoes.
Congress hears that the treaty is a defensive alliance activating only on member attack. The pact limits automatic war commitment and preserves presidential discretion. Senator Watkins warns it shifts power to the President, while Truman plans a $431.2 million arms bill after ratification, triggering opposition and timing concerns.
A Glens Falls man, son of Owney FR Coon, is slated to arrive at the island of Crete as a crew member aboard the destroyer USS Stripling. The note mentions public debt of fluorescent lighting in New York City on April 21, 1938.
Australian plan to ship high quality beef by air to Britain begins after the Berlin blockade. First flight carried 33 carcasses to Wyndham, May 13th, with 190 miles by road to the Glenroy station for slaughter and quick loading at port. Project aims to move thousands of carcasses totaling about 2.4 million pounds in two months.
A one year old girl, Jacqueline Johnson, slipped from a rocky ledge and was swept over Middle Falls into the Genesee River at Letchworth State Park while on a holiday outing with her family from Greece, Rochester. Witnesses saw her fall, and state police searched the whirlpool below as floodlights illuminated the scene.
Forty new state game protectors begin a week long course at the De Bruce camp in Sullivan County under the Iowa State Conservation Department. The program covers department service, court procedure, public relations and general conservation. Director William E. Ting is in charge of the training plan.
The Administration requests new funds to aid Arabs refugees from Palestine. About 3000 people are estimated to need extended UN relief and food programs through next year. Funds may be cut to stretch aid, with refugees scattered across Egypt Transjordan Syria Lebanon and Palestine under UN and private agency care.
Celebrations featured turkey dinners, games, races, and dances with large crowds in Grafton and West Sand Lake. In Grafton a parade and horse show crowned a day of veterans, firemen, and clubs, while Brookside pavilion echoed with music by Walter Monro’s Orchestra. Crowd prizes and numerous events marked a thoroughly successful observance.
J. Vivian The Mar reports Grandview Missouri where President Truman’s brother J. Ross Truman sustained head injuries after a fall from a barn loft at the family farm. He was taken to Kansas City for treatment. condition described as not critical.
Fragmented OCR text describes a Polish program titled to fight illiteracy. It mentions Stefan Matosewski, a former minister of information, and a special plenipotentiary role. The piece references government actions targeting editors and courses, with unclear timelines and duties.
Former Secretary of State James F Byrnes warned that the United States must back NATO and provide military aid to allied nations to protect freedom. He spoke in Greenville and tied economic strength to defense, arguing that liberty abroad safeguards American security at home.
M C A day camp schedules a week of swimming track softball and field trips. Campers will visit Crystal Lake Cherry Plain Indian Ladder Park and engage in beadmaking lanyards potholders and crafts while continuing daily sports and competitions.
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