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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1955
Page
5
In Baltimore Mr and Mrs Armand Beard call a repairman for a faulty TV. While Mrs Beard talks on the phone with her daughter in law a visitor arrives asking for the patient. Beard points to the TV set and the man with the bag is revealed as a doctor who came to the wrong house.
Colorado's top patrol official Gilbert Carrel will direct New Year weekend operations from a patrol plane over Pueblo Colorado Springs Denver and Greeley, staying out of ground traffic. He cites a deadly year with 418 traffic deaths as reason for aerial oversight.
Readable fragments report trees towering 110 feet above the Greensburg Indiana courthouse tower, creating a striking sight in a historic building. No further context or actions are provided.
Rep August H. Andresen proposes the government purchase farm land to place in the public domain as part of a soil bank plan to reduce surplus crops. He favors tree planting on diverted acres, especially in the Great Plains, with rental payments to farmers and potential tie-in to price support legislation for wheat and cotton.
Minnesota farmers received 1 026 879 000 in cash receipts from farm marketing in the first ten months of the year, according to the Agriculture Department. This is 1 924 000 less than the 1954 total for the same period, with actual cash nearly identical to last year's figure.
Explorers report discovery of Floyd Collins Crystal Cave in Kentucky as the largest known cave with over 32 miles of passages. Researchers Roger W. Brucker David B. Jones William T. Austin and Brother G Nicholas note connections to nearby caves and potential undiscovered passages. The cave bears the name of a young explorer who died in a prior incident.
HAL BOYLE surveys a mail laden with quirky stats from neckties sold at Christmas to the balance of work, leisure, and daily life. He notes the share of purchases by women, long neckties, and a look at habits from pipe smoking to eye strain and holiday mail chores.
A compact question and answer list covering topics from the origin of the GOP name to TVA functions and Supreme Court ethics. It includes notes on Noah’s Ark Mount Ararat, Alaska Railroad completion, and hat fur sources, with details on Russian letters and White House cost.
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