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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1955
Page
3
President Eisenhower has passed a partial medical exam with no evidence of heart damage from his workload. Dr. Paul Dudley White advises gradually increasing activity before the February final test, signaling optimism about a full recovery and potential political impact on party plans.
The article notes the President’s own thinking as he weighs his political future. If February 15 decision date remains favorable, Eisenhower may judge factors beyond health, including political calculations, before the decisive moment arrives.
The note reflects on Christmas poetry and prose, praising the many forms of expression and the tradition of sending cards that convey good cheer and friendly greetings. It highlights how the season breaks a period of silence and evokes the spirit of Christmas with heartfelt wishes for health happiness and friendship.
The piece links a rise in random accidents to increased modern air traffic. It notes more frequent airplane landings and takeoffs, suggesting the fast growth of air activity as a key factor and calls for tracing the cause and taking remedial action.
The Christian Science Monitor essay contrasts Carl Sandburg’s Hog Butcher for the World with Omaha’s Growers and packers margins as 1955 ends. It notes Omaha’s pig receipts 2.942 million vs Chicago’s 2.487 million and asserts Omaha’s rise in cattle and sheep. The piece invokes civic pride, Chicago’s size, and Sandburg’s imagery while praising Western industry figures and resilience.
George E. Sokolsky reflects on an optimistic view of 1956, noting peace and prosperity after 1955, the absence of a strong wartime threat, and questions about leadership. He jokes about lunar life, radio static, and the era symbol Q E D while urging focus on family happiness and avoiding fear.
A collage of quotes and anecdotes covers gas price talk, Communist ingenuity, shifting government roles, a TV rights shock, a small accident, weekend bowls, a student named Julius Caesar, alcoholics anonymous, kerosene safety, a widow’s tale, and bait money advice.
Secretary Folsom outlined expanded government programs for medical research and higher Public Health Service grants for next year. He indicated most new funds would be administered by the Surgeon General's office as federal health spending totals approach 2.27 billion dollars for the current year with Health, Education and Welfare third in outlays.
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A 15 year old boy, William McGowan, was fatally stabbed by a glass splinter from a shattered show case at Humboldt Park Bowling Center in Chicago after dropping a bowling ball. Police noted the glass hit his chest as he paid for the game and he died en route to a hospital.
Fulton Lewis Jr reflects on American resilience amid 1955-56 transition. He recalls Westbrook Pegler style musings on optimism and despair, notes prosperity with rising incomes and industry, and urges support for military service while wishing readers a prosperous new year.
George Matthew Adams writes on adventurers pioneers and scientists as benefactors who push discovery. He cites Byrd Lindbergh polar and sea exploration highlighting aviation and knowledge gained, and applauds researchers who toil in labs for mankind without seeking fame.
Edgar A. Guest presents Father Time as unyielding and constant, unbothered by signals or crowds. The poem contrasts time’s uninterrupted march with human delays caused by trains, tides, or signals, urging a desire to pause and eat rather than chase time’s endless pace.
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