Tractor Evolution Through Fordson to Modern Cab Models
A brief look at farm tractor progress from Henry Ford's 1917 Fordson to a 50 year span ending with Cockshutt's 1956 enclosed model. Modern cabs are now typically built as independent components for various brands.
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Radio's First Lady Still On Airwaves
Mary Margaret McBride, after two decades as a radio pioneer in New York, now hosts a thrice weekly Kingston WGHQ show from 100 miles away. She writes occasional books and spends hours daily with electronic friends, giving her annual update on the washtub weepers.
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Soap opera life on a Catskills mountain view
By Mary Margaret McBride, the piece reflects on soap operas as daily companions for viewers in a Catskills setting. The columnist notes how serials shape perceptions of drama, family trials, and neighborly life, contrasting TV turmoil with quiet real-world concerns. It contrasts sudden plot shifts with ordinary local pulses and celebrates the intimate soap world.
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Catskills
France
Timbuctu
Is Somebody Still Fighting on Guam
In Guam a WWII mystery lingers as Japanese troops hid in the hills after 1945. Soviet-like rumors persist into 1960 with sightings and campaigns to flush them out. No conclusive proof. locals and tourists alike keep watch for a final survivor.
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Nea
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Composite materials pondered by Washington University team
Washington University and Monsanto researchers in St Louis study carbon boron silicon carbide glass and silicon nitride fibers in matrices using an electron scanning microscope to gauge fiber vs bonding failure. Initial Air Force data show composites deliver three to five times stiffness and strength at one third the weight, enabling ultra long suspension bridges and skyscraper scale structures.
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Empire State Building
Washington University
Monsanto Co
Air Force
Empire State
John Caffee
Monsanto
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