Parents Forge 16 Hour Cleanup At Death Pond Pit
Levittown parents toiled through a 16 hour shift with shovels and bulldozers to fill a 14 foot deep flood control pit used in a housing project. The effort came after two children drowned in the same pit last week and a landslide killed a year old boy earlier. Fire trucks floodlit the area as community members joined the effort while authorities were not present.
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Levittown, N. YY
Levittown
Bounda
Hicksville
Government Control Not Answer to TV Radio Improvement
A House Inter state Commerce subcommittee says overemphasis on crime in radio and television is not solved by more government controls. It urges self-discipline and warns censorship could cause greater evils. Led by Rep Harris of Arkansas, the panel favors industry self-regulation if public interest is protected.
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Washington
House
Mae
House Interstate Commerce
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
Commit
Socialist Party Drops National Candidate Run
The National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party voted not to run any national candidates. Norman Thomas confirmed the move saying minor parties lack chance to elect national officers and that socialists will not go out of business. He noted local runs may occur in a few cities.
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New York
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Socialism
Democratic Party
Expert Says DDT Has Saved Five Million Lives
Philadelphia report quotes Dr. Edward Knipling of the U S Agriculture Department arguing DDT saved about five million human lives and prevented at least one hundred million illnesses. He counters fears about chemical insecticides and notes only 14 deaths linked to DDT, mainly from misuse.
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Philadelphia
Edward F. Knipling
U. S. Agriculture Department
Knipling
Historic Tea Leaves Brewed in Boston Commemoration
A tea brewed from leaves said to be missed by revolutionists was sipped in Boston for the 179th Boston Tea Party anniversary. Descendants of Revolutionary War families and the British vice consul toasted with 70 aged teacups, linked through Edward Rowe Snow and Jefferson Parker who died at 99.11.
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Boston
Muriel Rolls
Englan
Edward Rowe Snow
Jefferson Haskell Parker
Parker
Elements in the human body by abundance
Chiefly oxygen followed by carbon and hydrogen. Nitrogen calcium phosphorus potassium sulfur chlorine sodium magnesium iron iodine zinc fluorine and other trace elements occur in smaller amounts. The list includes several additional elements beyond the major ones.
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Hamilton Beach
Sunbeam
General Electric
Sunbeam Electric
Sunbeam Baby
Hankscraft
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Betty Crocker Irons
Universal and
Electric Universal
Universal
Dulaney
Manning-Brown
Palace Theatre
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Molden Electric CO
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Loudoun St
Hill
By Ray Gette
Blondie
Chic Young
Henry
U.S. Patent Office
By Carl Anderson
Secret Agent X-9
Ternkote
BY Mel Graff
Big Sister
By Les Forgraves
Etta Kett
Patent Office
By Paul Robinson
Erra
Moors
Mugg and
Skeeter
Wally Bisho
Idrich Oun St
Olimney
W. C. Willis
E. Piccadilly St
Phillips
Loddoun St
Garber's Ice Cream
Winchester
Garber’s
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Roy Rogers
King of the Cowboys
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