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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
2
New York reports show U.S. personal debt rose by more than 20 billion dollars in 1955 to reach about 147 billion. The increase vastly outpaced prior years while long term savings climbed about 12% to roughly 232.5 billion. Mortgages, consumer credit, and policy loans drive the debt surge as savings gain amid a strong postwar economy.
researchers at Armour Research Foundation Illinois Institute of Technology report tiny airborne dust specks can damage metal and glass surfaces at high speeds. they developed a method to accelerate dust to speeds up to 3100 feet per second, warning that such impacts could threaten missile or satellite missions.
Washington report cites Prof G E Mae Grotie of Caltech noting a shift from traditional animal foods to "white man's food" raises Eskimo birthrate from one birth every few years to about one per year. At Point Barrow Arctic Lab findings warn external aid could worsen the issue.
Duke University Library in Durham, N C, reports a biography of Napoleon returned after 36 years overdue. Checked out October 8 19, the fine would have run about 650 dollars, but the library limits charge to the book’s price plus replacement cost. A professor found the volume among his three sons books and paid nothing, thanking the library.
The Post Office Department has suffered 4.6 billion dollars in losses in the decade after World War II, matching the level of the ten years before the war and implying about 100 dollars of debt per U S family.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee warns many farms lack nutrients. Hungry soils cut wheat and corn yields to about half and hay and pasture production is below potential. A soil building program could raise per acre yields, lowering production costs and improving net returns despite low prices.
Donald E Jasper of the University of California urges better farm practices to reduce the appalling pig mortality rate that keeps 30 percent of farrowed pigs from reaching market. He stresses sanitation, clean hog houses, waterers, and feeders, plus disease-free replacement stock and quarantine for imports. He notes diseases like atroptic rhinitis and parakeratosis rising in California and links zinc utilization to skin thickening and death.
Clever mending ideas show how to extend a child’s wardrobe by downing jeans into shorts with cuffs and pockets from scraps now. Patches reinforce knees with stylish designs or teddy bear motifs while embroidery machines ease the work without hand sewing.
A vintage style guide promotes outdoor cooking with lamb and foil baked potatoes. It outlines marinated roast lamb steps using a vinegar and spice mix, oil brushing, and careful turning. Potatoes wrapped in foil are grilled then served hot with butter paprika and chives in sour cream.
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