Official Asks for Gets Speedy Service
New York optical firm receives urgent request from the State Department in Washington to grind and ship a new pair of glasses by afternoon plane for John Foster Dulles. The master technician ground lenses, the manager aided, an airline pilot delivered the glasses, and Dulles wore them by sunset in the Bahamas.
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New York
State Department
Washington
An _ airlines
Bahamas
John Foster Dulles
Med Students Liable For Military Duty
A 1955 56 AMA survey found 1.5 percent of male students in the 76 four year medical schools were liable for military service. The figure excludes disabilities and other factors that could reduce eligibility.
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Chicago
The
American Medical Association
Minnesota's rising index hits pocketbooks in 1957 costs
The article explains how continuing gains in the in-one index would affect a typical Minnesota family in the $3,990 bracket. It estimates an annual burden of about $60 per year due to ongoing price rises, detailing how the index translates to household costs and the broader impact on family budgets.
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Dodge
Farm Exports Expected To Slip In First Half 1957
Washington reports US farm product exports will fall in the first half of 1957 as the Suez crisis tightens foreign buyers’ finances. The Agriculture Department predicts shipments will stay about the same rate but will not reach the $2.3 billion level seen in the first six months of 1956.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Chick Profit Lies In Bigger Flocks
A Penn State solar poultry house uses insulated glass and sun heat to warm hens in winter and shade birds in summer. Farm wife incomes shift as flocks grow from a few hundred to 1 000 to 10 000 birds, boosting production and changing the traditional egg money income.
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Pennsylvania State University College of Agriculture
Exverett
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