New Shopsmith Mark 5 boosts home shop power tools
United Press reports the Shopsmith Mark 5 multipurpose power tool combines saw, sander, drill press, lathe and horizontal drill with a 4 horsepower motor and enclosed safety design. Front-mounted controls and a wing-protected switch aim to reduce accidents as the unit converts from table saw to industrial drill press. Magna Engineering and Dumont Corp. are named in product notes for distribution and cases.
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New York —Jr
Magna Engineering Corp
Menlo Parts
Calif
Veterans GI insurance questions and endowment exchange
A veteran asks if a physical exam is needed for Korean GI term insurance within 120 days of active duty release. The answer states no physical exam is required for eligible Korean GI term insurance applications. The second query mentions a World War II veteran with permanent GI insurance in an endowment plan seeking to exchange for a permanent plan.
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Suecifed
Have To Be Drunk To Stand It In This Jail
Philadelphia Mississippi reports a grand jury recommendation to build two new jail facilities after deeming the current one unfit. The article notes officials consider intoxicated inmates and the jail’s deteriorating conditions, highlighting the call for reform alongside conflicting details from other city notes.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Thief Lulls Victim To Sleep With Guitar
San Francisco reports Mel Hamilton, a longshot man, claiming to have lulled a woman friend to sleep with a $500 electric guitar before she disappeared with the instrument. In Texas, residents cheered first rain in six months, triggering a spontaneous celebration. Persie Parul, in Shreveport, faced city court for drunkenness, sentenced to 24 hours.
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San Francisco
Mel Hamilton
Texas
Shrevepor
Persie Parul
Woman Writes Longhand Letters Free Of Charge
Mrs. Kathleen Hulme, a semi invalid in Lancashire, offers to write personal letters longhand for anyone at no cost. She views typewritten notes as an abomination of the machine age and says handwriting shows warmth and thought. Her effort draws requests from distant places, and she notes each letter reveals its writer through posting time, stamp angle, and stationery choice.
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London
Kathleen Hulme
Aittle Town
Lancashire
Son
Plane Production To Level Off At Half Present Rate
Washington reports military aircraft manufacture will decline gradually and stabilize around 6,000 planes annually by late 1956. Officials cite a shift to a two and a half times pre Korean rate strategy for air power and preparedness, with most production sustaining combat types.
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Washington
Defense Department
Aircraft Industry
Air Force
Naval Aviation
Roger Lewis
Society of Automotive Engineers
New York
Secon
Alwo
Four Hands On Wheel Prompt Drive Arrest Case
California highway patrol officers stopped a weaving car and found four hands on the steering wheel as two men argued who was sober enough to drive. They judged the left man primarily responsible and arrested him for drunk driving.
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Sacramento
California
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San Rafael
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Winnah
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Chef Menteur Highway
Dommi
Allstate
Focal Bank
Sears
J. R. Williams & Laddie Pokorny
Sears, Roebuck and Co
West Texas Ava
Chicago
Lake Shore
International Soundahotas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific Ocean
Alameda Naval Air Station
Alameda
Norfolk
Bremerton
Wash
Navy Yard
International Soundphoto
Geeator
WII
Diacotn
W. Bill Reichart
East Texas
Baytown
Jacobs
Romeo
Wstrasbourg
Melrose
Jorkam’ Seuwne
Sive
Jacobs Silver Club
Jewelers
Plymouth
Boy
Cbs-Tv
Harry Frechtel
Dacron
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