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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1950
Page
5
In Tau bate Sao Paulo state a farmer accused of pro to death a neighbor pleads self defense claiming the neighbor tried to shoot him. The district attorney brandishes an old pistol to illustrate the case but it misfires amid a courtroom disturbance. The jury convicts the defendant riot guilty and the DA’s defense is cinched.
Bob Harlow highlights a feature on rising golf talents Dick Mayer and amateur standouts including Bo Wininger and Marlene Bauer. The piece notes Mayer will work with Claude Harmon in Florida and lists a dozen potential freshmen pros. It also previews St Francis College basketball road mileage and jokes about John Hachum’s early journalism days.
New York engineers say 1950 cash outlays for atomic plant construction will exceed 1949 by about 10 percent. 1949 spending was around 633 million dollars. 1950 projected at 700 million with some approvals pending by Congress. The report outlines Hanford and Oak Ridge expansions, reactor development goals, and progress at Brookhaven, Argonne, and Berkeley as part of a broad peaceful utilization program.
Donald D. Foster 50, longtime California state board of equalization official and shop operator, will leave by train to join St John’s Abbey in Collegeville Minnesota. His wife May C. Foster approves. their daughter Marjorie Jean is now Sister Mary Matthew of the Presentation order.
The year saw the NRC commission overseeing 250 projects at universities private labs and institutions aimed at efficient uranium use and material development for reactor construction and shielding. Progress in industrial isotope applications spanned metalworking textile paper rubber and chemical plants with new nondestructive testing methods showcased. A radar based wave trap is described as a device to prevent unwanted waves from reaching receivers.
Since colonial days the almanac has guided farmers with yearly weather and planting tips. The Winchester Star Information Bureau promotes Uncle Sam's Almanac 1950 as a storehouse of information including historical data and profiles of leaders. Order by mail postpaid, 25 cents, by January.
Lincoln reporter Pearl Hafferty claims a 21 year old hen in Lincoln still lays an egg now and then. The bird is said to be the last survivor from a 1928 flock of 50 roosters and 48 hens.
A 12 year old boy in St Louis found a radium capsule while fooling with a fishing line and sinker from St Louis Steel Casting Co He stored the capsule in his pocket and doctors at City Hospital will reexamine in ten days to check for radium burns Police Lieutenant Lohrum recovered the capsule and stated the boy suffered no injury as he roamed on company property during the incident.
A boy carried a capsule labeled radium for two hours before Lt. Lohrum found him. The object measured about eight by seven inches and was tied to a six foot cord mistaken for abandoned fishline.
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