Market Report From Hormel Co. January 8 1956 Prices Listed
Detailed daily hog cattle and lamb market figures with weight classes and price ranges. Includes classifications for light to heavy hogs, choice and good lambs, steers, heifers, calves, cows, bulls, and packing categories. Notes discounts for No. 3 hogs and weight-based adjustments, plus a reference to stock price and market notes.
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Austin
Budget sessions discuss police fire staffing and utilities aid
The council debated adding two police, two fire personnel, and one engineering staffer as budget talks continued. A $40,000 ladder truck was dropped, bids for fire station remodel were awarded to Winkels Construction Co. at 737. A January hearing will consider vacating a half street on Harmon avenue.
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City Recorder
Utilities Board
Weiss
Winkels Construction Co
Thomas Estes
Harmon Avenue
Sixth Street
These Addresses Have Their Point
In Towson Maryland a house on Joppa Road features a sign reading Point of View while the neighboring home is labeled Point of Order reflecting a playful street-side distinction.
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Towson, Md
Joppa Road
Baltimore
Composer Arthur Lange Dies at 67 in Friday Funeral
Washington obituary notes composer and conductor Arthur Lange 67 long active in film music and head of music departments at multiple studios died Friday. The longtime figure contributed scores and orchestral work across Hollywood projects and studios.
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Washington
Arthur Lange
Rockets test at AFMTC aims for satellite launch readiness
Navy scientists at the AFMTC rocket test describe a three stage flight to place a small 20 inch satellite into orbit with telemetry from an instrumented nose cone. The satellite would circle Earth at about 18000 mph for two weeks before burning up.
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Scientific Earth
AFMTC
Space
Hungary teeters amid strikes and diplomatic strain
The report describes continued strikes and street clashes in Hungary, disrupting factories. Yugoslavia recalls its ambassador from Budapest as tensions rise over Imre Nagy's arrest and possible deportation, with Delibor Soldatic seen visiting Prime Minister Janos Kadar.
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Yugoslavia
Budapest
Tito
Imre Nagy
Radio Belgrade
Delibor Soldatic
Janos Kadar
Soldatic
Clarkdale Post Office Letter Route Confusion
A letter addressed to Clarkdale U S A traveled through Clarkdale Missouri Mississippi Arkansas before reaching Clarkdale Arizona after 28 days. Postmen halted it at several Clarkdales during a westward tilt in routing.
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Clarkdale
Ariz
Germany
Clarkdales
Miss
Ark
Hospital roommates share room as mothers greet twins
In Mills Memorial Hospital San Mateo California Mrs John Hillyard and Mrs Lloyd Sloan shared a room. Mrs Hillyard welcomed an eight pound twelve ounce girl and Mrs Sloan a seven pound eleven ounce boy. Each new mother had her eleventh child.
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San Mateo
Calif
John Hillyard
Lloyd Sloan
Mills Memorial Hospital
Hillyard
Sloan
Reluctant bandit abandons St. Louis school hold up
A reluctant robber attempts to hold up three county school employees in St. Louis. Confronted with the claim they have no money, he dismisses the incident saying the weapon is a toy gun and leaves.
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St. Louis
Ex-Corn King Peter Lux Dies in Indiana at 74
Peter J. Lux, a four time World Corn King at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago, died Friday in Shelbyville Indiana at age 74.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Peter J. Lux
Chicago
My Old Kentucky Home Inspiration and Electoral Facts
A stately brick house near Bardstown Kentucky inspired Stephen Foster's My Old Kentucky Home and is kept as a Kentucky shrine. Electors in the Electoral College equal the sum of a state's senators and representatives. The bobolink migrates to the Argentina pampas for winter. Radio advertising began in summer 1922 with a suburban real estate firm in Jackson Heights New York sponsoring the first commercial broadcast.
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Stephen Foster
Old
Kentucky Home
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Quick History Quiz Answers Compilation
The questions cover reaper inventor Cyrus McCormick 1831 Arbor Day in Nebraska widow's walk rooftop balcony for seamen's wives cartoon donkey by Thomas Nast Civil War era Donkey symbol, Soviet Union size nearly three times U.S., neat's-foot oil sourced from cattle shins and feet with horses and sheep feet used occasionally.
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Democratic Party
Thomas Nast
David Brian and Adrian Booth Agree on Trial Separation
Actor David Brian and his wife Adrian Booth reportedly reached a decision on a trial separation more than a month ago. The couple, long linked with film work, have not released further comment.
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Hollywood P
David Brian
Adrian Booth
Luxuries Such as Dogs Scarce in Poland
War saw Poland where dogs are luxury items for consumers not producers. Unemployment frowned upon by the state, beggars rare except the very elderly. Daily life shows 24 hour construction, housing rights by work status, salespeople disinterested in selling, and streets often semi dark in cities like Stettin Poznan and Danzig. Truck travel is common and officers versus enlisted mingle by shaking hands.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stettin
Poznan
Danzig
Navy
Business Notes: Dick Farris Joins Farmers Insurance Group
Dick Farris son of Mr and Mrs Henry Farris joins Farmers Insurance Group working from the FIG office in town beside Don Scheetz. He served four years in the Air Force. Meanwhile Mrs Laura Wilson of Owatonna Rt 1 earned honorable mention in a self service anniversary contest by the National Association of Food Chains featuring a search for old shopping lists. Wilson’s list traces to 1791 and has been saved since the Civil War era.
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Dick Farris
Henry Farris
Farmers Insurance Group
Farris
Myrtle
Don Scheetz
Air Force
Laura Wilson
Owatonna Rt. 1
National Association of Food Chains
Wilson
Merit stores stage Holiday on Broadway Contest
Merit group drug stores host a Holiday on Broadway contest with five winners chosen from entries across Merit stores. Winners receive expenses paid trips via Capital Air Lines.
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Merit Group Drug Stores
Merit
Capital Air Lines
Labor unions spend millions on propaganda says Indiana official
George F. Hinkle, Division of Labor commissioner of Indiana, addressed 3 000 industrialists at the 61st annual Congress of American Industry in New York. He warned that unions spend millions to portray management as villainous and urged industry to counteract this with stronger public relations.
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George F. Hinkle
Division of Labor
Indiana
New York
Hinkle
Merchants Describe Varied North Central Business Conditions
In south central Minnesota October sales fell three percent while for the first ten months of 1956 totals rose four percent over 1955. Respondents report mixed results with some saying better than last year and others noting little change, with holiday rushes cited as unpredictable. The Federal Reserve Bank research department highlighted these contrasts and anticipates November and December figures as key.
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Minnesota
Federal Reserve Bank
Eight day forecast for Minnesota and Iowa
The forecast covers December 7 to 12. Temperatures run slightly above normal in Minnesota and below normal in Iowa with low temperatures from five degrees above in northern Minnesota to 18 in Iowa and highs from 22 in northern Minnesota to 29 in the south and around 35 in Iowa. Cold at the start with a slow warmup in Minnesota and warming in Iowa early in the week. Little or no precipitation with possible snow flurries Saturday night or Sunday.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Farm price support losses top $974 million in year
Washington reports that farm price support operations cost the government 426.2 million dollars in the four months ended Oct 31, 1956, with a prior year loss of 240.5 million and a full year loss of 974.8 million dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Emcee Bill Leyden Wed Sue Coss in Las Vegas Ceremony
Las Vegas judge John Mendoza officiated the marriage of It Could Be You host Bill Leyden and Sue Coss of Los Angeles last night. The high profile ceremony tied a television host to a Los Angeles resident in a simple Nevada wedding.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Bill Leyden
Sue Coss
Los Angeles
John Mendoza
Record Attendance Marks 1956 Melbourne Olympics
Melbourne crowds pushed attendance to about 2,000,000 with near record totals at the 103,000 capacity cricket ground for the closing ceremony despite drizzle. Officials expect a small profit to be saved for amateur sport and the Australian Olympic Committee to fund the 1960 Rome team.
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Melbourne
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Rome
Big Ten Cage Teams See Action Tonight
Big Ten squads face a full slate of interconference games with Illinois at Oklahoma and Purdue at Missouri among the matchups. Ohio State remains unbeaten in two games, while Michigan lost to Wichita 81 76 in nonconference play, tightening the opening night results.
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Associated Press
Big Ten
Ohio State
Ilinois
Indiana
Purdue
Michigan
Wichita
Oklahoma
Southern Illinois
Denver
Iowa
Nebraska
Brigham Young
Michigan State
Pitt
Northwestern
Minnesota
Southern Methodist
St. Louis
Missouri
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
North Dakota Tops Winnipeg Barons 8 1 in Hockey
North Dakota defeated Winnipeg Barons 8 to 1 before 2 000 fans in Grand Forks. The Sioux delivered an efficient passing game and built leads of 3 0 and 5 0 as Winnipeg failed to defend the first line. Scorers included Jim Ridley Jim Hannesson with two goals each and Joey Poole Stan Paschke Bill Reichart and Joey Armbruster adding singles. Ron Ledingham scored Winnipeg’s lone goal.
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Grand Forks
N.D
North Dakota
Winnipeg Barons
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Winnipeg
Barons
Ron Ledingham
Jim Ridley
Jim Hannesson
Joey Poole
Stan Paschke
Bill Reichart
Joey Armbruster
Crowded Red Wing Boys School Faces Fire and Staff Shortage
The State Training School for Boys at Red Wing is overcrowded with 417 residents though only 350 can be properly cared for. Senator Feidt described the dormitory as a fire trap with 40 to 50 boys in one room and questioned supervision and safety amid reports of smoking and potential abuse. Day noted overcrowding at Sauk Centre Girls School and adult institutions, while over 1,000 yearly requests seek resources to boost youth service cooperation.
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Red Wing
Daniel S. Feidt
Minneapolis
Legislative Interim Commission On
Washington Cottage
Sauk
YCC
Day
Minnesota
Arbor Day Began in Nebraska With Million Tree Planting
Observed first in Nebraska on April 10, 1872, Arbor Day marked by planting more than a million trees and launching a lasting conservation tradition.
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Nebraska
45 Hungarian Athletes Seek Asylum After Olympic Return
In Melbourne, 45 Hungarian Olympians defect to Australia rather than return to a Russian-occupied homeland. Some plan to stay, others to go to the United States, while about 130 teammates sail back. A notable group remains, including Laszlo Tabori and Lidia Tomolky, with many bearing revolt symbols on their pockets.
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Melbourne
Australia
United States
Milan
Italy
Budapest
Hungary
Laszlo Tabori
Lidia Tomolky
Red Army
Gophers Face SMU in Dallas Tonight
Minnesota basketball resumes with a tour to Dallas to meet Southern Methodist as part of early warmups. In the Midwest Conference play opening, St Olaf lost to Monmouth 74 52 and Carleton fell 69 58 to Knox.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Southern Methodist
Dallas
Midwest
Illinois
St. Olaf
Monmouth
Carleton
Knox
Minnesotans
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Moorhead
Augsburg
St. Thomas
South Dakota State
Beloit
Wis
Gustavus Adolphus
St. Peter
Macalester
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
Michigan Tech
St. Cloud
Morningside
Big Ten Hears Two Key Aid and Schedule Items Today
Faculty representatives planned to vote on a new athletic aid program for players while athletic directors worked through final steps on the 1959-60 football schedules. They also approved the Iowa venue for the Big Ten golf meet on May 24 25 and backed a tri conference track meet and Northwestern tennis dates. They endorsed visiting teams wearing white and home teams wearing contrasting colors.
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Chicago
Big Ten
Bill Reed
Iowa
Pacific Coast Conference
Northwestern
College Basketball Scores From Across The Nation
A roundup of college basketball results with teams including Wichita 81 over Oklahoma A and M 76 and California 105 over Colgate 83. Other scores feature Michigan Tech 74 over Monmouth 81 and Arizona State Tempe 79 over Portland 69.
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Wichita
Oklahoma
Washington
Creighton
South Dakota
Ripon
Grinnell
Coe
Lawrence
Moringskde
St. Cloud
Michigan Tech
Monmouth
Olaf
Columbia
Colgate
Muhlenberg
Albright
Hofstra
Baltimore
Franklin
Marshal
Western
Baylor
Texas A&i
Mexico
New Mexico
A&m
Southern California
Anthony Wins Seeks Title Shot After Narrow Win
In New York Tony Anthony defeats Gordon Wallace at Madison Square Garden before 2,000 fans. Wallace protests the 1:34 first round knockout ruling while Braça says a Spieser bout could lead to a title shot against Archie Moore.
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New York
Tony Anthony
Chuck Spieser
Gordon Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Wallace
Harry Sheppard
Randy Turpin
New York State Athletic Commission
Barney Felix
Anthony
Golden Glove
Ernie Braca
Spieser
Archie Moore
Minnesota Hockey Team Dominates St Boniface 8 1
Minnesota packsters cruised to an 8 1 victory over St Boniface Canadiens with Bob Turk scoring three times and adding an assist. Gopher goalie Jack McCarten stopped 37 shots as Murray Williamson Tom Riley Terry Bartholome and Bill Swanson also scored in the win.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
St. Boniface Canadiens
Bob Turk
Gophers
Turk
St. Boniface
Ray Brunel
Gopher
Jack McCarten
Murray Williamson
Boniface
Tom Riley
Terry Bartholome
Bill Swanson
Johnny Coulon Returns as Coach for Chicago Boxers in New Orleans
Johnny Coulon former world bantamweight champion 1910 returns as coach for Chicago amateurs in New Orleans on December 27 coaching local lads. Russia Wins bonus unclear in text.
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Chicago
Johnny Coulon
New Orleans
Russia
The Puma and Its Many Names Across Regions
The puma panther cougar cata mount mountain lion and American lion all refer to the same large felid known scientifically as Puma concolor. Regional usage varies by country and local tradition while the animal's biology remains constant across its broad range.
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Argentine Pampas
Cyrus McCormick
Tree-Planters
Soviet Union
By Bill Dillingham
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Laszlo Papp
Sandor Rosznyai
Austria
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Swanson
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Milton Sween
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Wehner
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Lukes
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Delaon
Red Oak Grove Golden Dairy Co
Wardussell
Magnuson
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Christenson
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Norby
Verne Olson
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Austin, Minn
Oral Roberts
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