First Floating Radar Station Ready for Use
The world’s first floating radar station will be towed tomorrow to an anchorage 110 miles off Cape Cod in the Atlantic Ocean. The 200 foot high Texas Tower will be towed by a fleet of tugs to its strategic position as the first in a line of outer warning stations to shield 1,500 miles of coast from Newfoundland to Norfolk. It will be anchored by concrete filled stilts and sunk 48 feet below the ocean floor with a platform 87 feet above water.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
Norfolk
Toll road static discharger gadget purpose
A small metal rod discharged static electricity as the car passed toll plates. Its purpose is to prevent electric shocks to the collector and driver during toll collection.
New Blood Saving Tool Aids in Heart Surgery
Surgeons at University of Maryland Hospital used a newly developed clamp to keep blood flowing in the aorta during aneurysm repair. Dr. R Adams Cowley and Dr. John M Allen reported the first use of the tool, reducing blood loss in a six hour operation from about 12 pints to three pints. The patient, a Cambridge laborer, was discharged in two weeks. The report notes aneurysm surgery is rare and historically dangerous despite advances.
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Cowley
John M. Allen
During the Hot Weather Keep Plenty of Fresh Water
During the hot weather keep plenty of fresh water available to them. The reminder emphasizes hydration for people or animals exposed to heat and urges constant access to clean water.
Greenwood social notes and hospital updates
Mrs Ida Pennington has been a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital since June 25 and is improving. John Dove also improves there. Recent visitors visited the Doves, plus other local families from Winchester. Funeral for Will Frazier was held at Galilee Church with burial in Middleway West Virginia. Fort Lewis update notes David Brown arriving June 25 and unit deployment to Yakima. Other visits include Miss Bettie Ebersole, Belmon t Fout, and Aubrey Baecher family. Vacationing Miss Marian Copp and Miss Juanita McDonald visiting Virginia Beach.
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Winchester
James Pennington
J. W. Carlisle
Mable Brown
Charles Cole
the Galilee Church
Will Frazier
Middleway
W. Va
Peggy Elliot
Martha Bron
Blanche Carlisle
Billie Ashworth
Billie
Set
David Brown
Fort Lewis
Wash
Yakima
R.O.T.C
National Guardsmen
Bettie Ebersole
Belmont Fout
Smith's Park
Cletus Baecher
New Jersey
Aubrey Baecher
Bufflick Road
Marian Copp Oferrstown
Juanita McDonald
Berryville
Martha Brown
Greenwood
Virginia Beach
Is a Diesel Locomotive Diesel-Electric in Fact
The standard diesel locomotive is diesel electric. The diesel powers a generator that drives electric motors, which then turn the wheels. Thus the locomotive is a self contained electric machine carrying its power plant.
Quota Club Adopts Aggressive Policy At Convention
Miss Elsie Mathews reports Quota Club International pledges aggressive action against crime and horror comics at the 45th annual convention in Banff Alberta Canada. The group also backs traffic law observance Civil Defense Ground Observer Corps support Girl Guides Scouts Camp Fire YWCA and educational needs. Over 500 delegates from the United States Australia Canada and Alaska attended.
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Quota Club International
Elsie Mathews
Winchester Quota Club
Ground Observer Corps
Civil Defense
Mathews
Girl Guides
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
New South Wales
Alaska
United States
Australia
Canada
Rouss Building Plans Two Stores on West Boscawen
The Rouss Fire Company will erect a two story cinder block and brick building at 115 119 West Boscawen Street. It will house two street level stores each 33 by 105 feet with a second floor for offices or storage. A rear entrance and shared parking will serve both levels. Demolition of current structures is set within 30 days with completion by January.
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Rouss Fire Company
W. Boscawen St
Source of Lake Mead silt accumulation explained
On an average day about half a million tons of silt are carried into Lake Mead by the Colorado River. In the flood year of 1927 as much as 272 million tons of silt passed a point in 24 hours. Lake Mead reservoir was created by Hoover Dam in 1936.
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Lake Mead
Z. A
Colorado River
Hoover Dam
Robertson predicts cut in foreign aid by 500 million
Sen Robertson of Virginia told reporters Congress will cut another 500 million dollars from foreign aid and will press that reduction in the Senate Appropriations Committee. He said Europe needs no more economic aid and Asia must help itself after receiving technical aid.
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Washington
Congress
Sen. Robertson
D-Va
Senate Appropriations Committee
Robertson
Europe
Asia
Forbidden Peking stitch in embroidery and health concerns
The text explains a so called forbidden stitch the Peking stitch a tiny French knot once banned in China due to alleged eye strain among women. It notes the stitch was prohibited by law for this reason and contrasts with the claim about spending taxpayers money.
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China
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Manchester
N.H
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Patricia
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N. Loudoun Street
Winchester, Virginia
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Rouss Ave
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Primadilly St
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Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Assoc
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P.O Boy
Winchester, Va
Cameron ST
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Everybody's Bank
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J. W. Arthur
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OLD Star
E. Boscawen St
Mable V. Brown
Earl L. Mason
N. Loudoun St
Quota Club
Rouss
Rock Hudson
Biff Elliott
Alan Ladd
Desert Legion
Anthony Dexter
CAPT
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Susan Hayward
Richard Widmark
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