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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1955
Page
3
Weather Bureau plans a dry ice seeding test to alter hurricane paths. Robert Simpson of a new study group outlined a method to release heat by freezing moisture in hurricane winds with the goal of steering storms away from land and reducing damage.
In Wilmington Delaware Robert S Hillyer 60 a Pulitzer Prize winner was reported in critical condition after emergency surgery for a possible skull fracture from a late night auto accident near Newark He is at Wilmington General Hospital in a coma The truck driver Clayton Briggs 55 of Bloomfield New Jersey was treated for a back injury and is in good condition
Flood drenched western Oregon braces for a new ocean storm after 2 to 5 inches of rain. High coastal winds up to 78 mph shattered windows and knocked roofs. An 82 mph gust at Sexton Summit toppled trees and killed Victor Clarence Flury, as highways remained blocked by floods and slides.
New York reports the Ford Motor Co stock offering to the public as the Securities and Exchange Commission reviews the registration. Ford Foundation increases the offering to 10.2 million shares with tentative sale date January 18. Estimated prices range from 55 to 75 dollars a share with trading to begin on the over the counter market and possible NYSE listing around March 1.
A fire at the United Oil Refining Co. plant in Warren Pennsylvania killed a firefighter and injured four or five others. The blaze began about 3:40 a.m. and damaged the filter house, with bricks and debris raining down on responders. Firemen and plant workers had the blaze under control by about 5:30 a.m. The casualty names were not yet released.
A 12 foot drone developed by a Northrop subsidiary in Van Nuys California will take aerial survey photos of enemy positions for front line commanders. It flies at 227 miles an hour and is controlled from the ground by radio waves. A parachute system allows intact recovery.
A playful notice says Santa will visit homes on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day if you call. The message invites families to arrange a visit by contacting the sender.
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