Wedding Ring Found After 57 Years on Bedford Farm
An 18 karat gold wedding band lost 57 years ago on the Bedford farm near Lyle was found in a corn field by renter Frank Kerchove while using a rotary cultivator. The ring, undamaged after decades in soil, was reportedly dropped when Mrs Elizabeth Bedford chased horses from the yard.
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Robert
Elizabeth) Bedford
Frank Bedford
Frank Kerchove
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Man Commutes 55 Miles By River For Work
Augusta Ky. resident Robert Workman spends eight hours daily at the office but endures a grueling river crossing each morning. He rows across the Ohio River to the Ohio side, where a car pool driver picks him up, arriving at work two hours after starting.
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Robert Workman
Ohio
Workman
Anguished Cow Request Sparks Clarification in S C
COLUMBIS South Carolina Agriculture Commission received a request for information about an anguished cow. Commissioner Bill Harrelson clarified that the phrase intended was Angus, correcting the misreported description.
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Columbis, S.C
South Carolina Agriculture Commission
Bill Harrelson
Mystery Ring Found on Family Farm After 57 Years
Frank Bedford discovers a gold wedding ring lost by his mother on the family farm 57 years ago. The ring reappeared this week, unearthed from a furrow in a field and still shiny.
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Frank Bedford
Highway Plan Can Cut Traffic Deaths
LANSING Mich Gov G Mennen Williams says a vigorous but reasonable and fair traffic law enforcement can reduce fatalities on highways. He notes a 1956 drop and credits increased patrols license suspensions National Guard support and publicity.
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G. Mennen Williams
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National Guard
Morning collision ends with two wives rushing home
In San Diego two cars collided at a street intersection during the morning rush. Police say the drivers were two wives who had driven their husbands to work, both in bathrobes over nightgowns with house slippers.
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San Diego
Calif
Cagey Ducks Outwit Hunters Near Ponca City
Residents on the East Hartford block say ducks outsmart people as the hunting season ends with none shot. Now 72 ducks occupy a pond within 50 feet of a house, undisturbed by curious neighbors at the water’s edge.
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Ponca City
Okla
East Hartford
Farmers Vote to Maintain Wheat Quotas Across Nation
Voters in 36 states approved federal marketing quotas for next year’s wheat by 143 333 to 28 833, an 83.3 percent majority. The agreement guarantees higher prices, with the department proposing a $1.78 per bushel support if quotas hold and about $1.19 if rejected, amid ongoing debate led by Secretary Benson and strong NFU backing.
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Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Benson
Congress
National Farmers Union
Wheat Vote Across Northwest States Pass Quotas
The Northwest states voted heavily in favor of wheat marketing quotas in a former referendum held Thursday. Minnesot a led with 7,601 to 231, followed by North Dakota 16,072 to 549 and South Dakota 13,074 to 515. Iowa and Wisconsin also reported strong margins. Montana recorded 14,429 to 987.
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Flunkees UK on New Try
Columbia University reports that 72 percent of flunkout veterans who returned to academics succeeded, under a second chance policy. The study 1940 1956 shows returning servicemen perform better than civilian returnees, while those returning after full-time civilian work show 18 percent success.
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Columbia University
The
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