Cattle Disease Nearly Eradicated across 18 states
College Station report notes no new hyperkeratosis cases in 1954 signaling near elimination. Federal state studies from 1949 to 1953, coordinated by USDA, traced the cause to highly chlorinated naphthalene in lubricants and greases and in feeds. Oil companies and feed processors halted use. Disease, often fatal in calves, caused leathery skin thickening.
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College Station
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
New Type Seat Offered on GMC Truck Models
GMC Truck & Coach Division plans to market a revolutionary new seat with torsional rubber springs to protect drivers from road shocks. The GMC Bostrom seat is said to reduce driver fatigue by absorbing about 60 percent of typical road variations. Dealer accessories will offer the seat for most of GMC's 1955 models.
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Pontiac
Mich
GMC Truck & Coach Division
R. C. Woodhouse
GMC
Woodhouse
Nursery to Grow Bermuda Grass Sprigs on Farm
A nursery of a quarter to a third acre on the farm will supply plenty of low cost coastal bermuda grass sprigs for field planting.
Knowledge and youth in school life and crime policy
A collection of quotes on education and youth from March 1955 Youth Leaders and related sources. It notes that delinquency rises in the United States but falls in Great Britain, cites Texas law enforcement aims, outlines nine parental principles for child training, and records a school faculty picnic and skit results.
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United States
Brivtian
Isle of Man
Texas
John Ben Shepperd
Children’s Court
George W. Smith
Weschester County
New York
Alpine High class elects leaders and announces officers
Tows list names for seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen including winners for student council president Vaughn Musgrave and vice president Don Burgess. Freshman and sophomore representatives, band officers, and cheerleaders are named, with Kay Young Sara Rogers and others prominent.
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Don McNamara
Janice Parker
Sara Rogers
Terry Beckett
Gwen Walker
Tyronne Hiliger
Mark Ellen Herringt
Jimmy Walker
Paul Hill
Mary" Crabtree
Elas
AHS
Future Teachers of America
Alpine High Band
Clynice Reed
Pat Pollock
Willa Dell Hillbrich
Mary Elsa Vanney
Sue Bounds
Harriet Carpenter
Harriet
Charlene Watson
Kay Young
Ann Clanton
Doris Ross
Meriiell McCollum
Wright to Tour Texas Ranches and Relatives
Eveland Wright plans a 30 day trip starting next week to inspect ranching interests in Falfurrias and Corpus Christi and to visit relatives. Calls welcomed from anyone interested in exploring South Texas.
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Wright
Falfurrias
Corpus Christi
Texas
South Texas
Mr. Wright
Hefty Job Again Guam Bomb Plane Upright Rescue
A 26 man team struggled to right a B36 giant bomb plane after its nose collapsed on the ground due to a faulty rose wheel. Lt Col Robert J Byran directed maintenance and spectators until a 126th crewman stepped in as the nose rose. Lincoln was nominated for the presidency in Chicago on May 18 1860.
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Guam
Robert J. Byran
Lincoln
Chicago
Louis Bleriot First Flight Milestone
A fragment notes Louis Bleriot's pioneering 1909 crossing of the English Channel. The text also references Germans and a Nobel Prize context, suggesting a broader aviation history snapshot.
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Louis Bleriot
English Channel
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