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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1950
Page
2
Readers learn how power plants salvaged from old naval ships are repurposed to supply energy across vast areas from Anchorage Alaska to the Arabian Peninsula. The program aims to improve regional electricity reliability and reduce waste by transforming decommissioned hulls into usable generating capacity.
The readable fragments describe a battle scene with destruction and a hospital setting. Mentions of engines, antennae, a tower front, walls, and a hospital ward imply a wartime or disaster context with damaged infrastructure and casualties. Names and dates are not reliably readable.
A man named Hughes advocates a cheap fuel approach for small planes using butane stored behind a vehicle. He has earned a civil aviation certificate and envisions alternative fuel use for heating and aviation, though storage in wings remains impractical.
Marine Sergeant William I. is being treated at a naval hospital after seven automobile accidents since 1942. He recuperates from strain wounds from the Guadalcanal campaign and remains calm as he adjusts to hospital life in Roanoke.
Georgia officials consider a new income tax plan tied to the federal rate. The proposal would use federal tax percentages as a base, with payroll deductions likely. Experts warn of federal rate changes and uneven effects across income groups, noting past defeats in the state senate.
A Singaporean Chinese businessman aims to build a mud house using ersatz mix of earth sand and lime replacing cement for walls along Swatow River in South China. He plans cement pillars, citing a 100 year wall still sound after six years of inspection abroad.
The city will station mobile X ray units from November 1 to 5 to offer free chest examinations as part of a statewide lupus prevention drive. Local officials urge all residents 15 years and older to participate to catch early disease and prevent spread to families while four city sectors host the units with date and site details to follow.
Cheyenne Wyoming public note describes a local warden's method to neutralize skunk odor. The technique reportedly uses corn meal or similar material heated or burned and a nearby vehicle to diffuse the scent. Police advised adjustments to the process after field tests on a street incident.
Italy passed a housing aid measure authorizing 16 million dollars for private builders in 1950 and 17 thousand dollars annually in 1951. The plan sets minimum and maximum room limits for housing and excludes certain enhanced living quarters from benefits.
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