Weather and climate reshaped by new world atlas
Science columnist notes at a world meteorological meeting in Washington top experts from 18 nations including the Soviet Union unveil a heat water balance theory and a new world atlas. Budyko of Leningrad highlights land heating processes and global heat distribution while Stalin era plans for reforming nature are discussed alongside American efforts to mold climate and reduce weather risk. The piece also surveys a public health push against accidental poisonings with poisoning control centers and ongoing trials for kerosene antidotes.
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Treaty With Korea High on Senate's List
The Senate plans to consider a ten year treaty of friendship commerce and navigation with the Republic of Korea. It would grant most favored nation status to both countries while inviting private American capital to Korea amid a recovering economy.
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Senate
United States
Republic of Korea
Korea
Western Europe's Steel Makers Now More Independent
New York based report cites Dr. Fritz Aurel Georgen of Phenix Rheinrohr AG saying Western Europe's steel industry will rely more on U S scrap iron and coal this year. Scrap imports rose to 260000 metric tons last month from 60000 for 1954. West Germany produced 23.5 million metric tons in 1955, up over 10 percent.
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Arkansas Senate defeats bill to bar GOP from primaries
Little Rock AP reports the Arkansas senate, lacking any Republican members, defeated a measure aimed at excluding Republicans from Democratic primaries. The vote ends the effort to sap GOP participation in party primaries.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
U S Coffee Sales In 1956 Show Gain
New York United Press report notes U S coffee sales in 1956 reached about 1.6 billion pounds of roasted coffee, up one percent from 1955. Regular coffee fell while instant varieties grew, capturing 16.9 percent of the market versus 14.5 percent in 1955.
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United States
Splitting Up Home Of Banana Split
In Columbus Ohio Ralph Fuller co owner of a drug store razed for a new expressway recalls Loretta Lally making the first banana split in 1870 when a customer asked for something different.
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Cost pressures threaten U.S. highway program funding and pace
A government official warned rising costs for labor materials and equipment may force higher gasoline taxes or curtail the interstate and state highway plan. The program envisions about 34 billion dollars in federal and state spending over 13 to 15 years to build 41 000 miles of interstates and up to 750 000 miles of local routes.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Mission USA Rally Planned at Cedar Rapids Church
Area Mission U S A rally slated for Monday at 7 45 p m at First Assembly of God Cedar Rapids. Speaker Rev Max Johnson pastor of First Assembly of God Oskaloosa. Mission U S A is the home missions program of the denomination which has added nearly 1 000 new congregations in two years while the denomination totals 7 840 congregations and about half a million members.
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Local Residents Named In Bever Street Addresses
SE residents SE ward list two households, SE Bever Circle addressed to Mrs. R L Blahnik at 3227 Bever Circle SE and Mrs. Cline Warren at 2944 Bever Avenue SE.
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Mansfield Avenue
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Indiandale Circle
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Red Fox Road
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Thirty-eighth Street
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Thirty-first Street
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Bever Circle
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Bever Avenue
Geography Taught In Playing Cards
An Egyptian born Armenian designer, Sirak Essayan, seeks to teach geography through a card game using world cities as the card faces and geographic regions as suits. Players start with six cards, each card lists a city, country, and a letter, with two wild cards in the deck.
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Sirak Essayan
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Wayne University
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Asia
Oil Firms Need 50 000 New Wells
CHICAGO INS Robert E. Wilson chairman of Standard Oil Co. Indiana states domestic petroleum capital expenditures this year will reach about 6 billion dollars. He notes over 50,000 new wells must be drilled annually to replace consumed oil and gas and more than half of spending goes to production.
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Robert E. Wilson
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Parakeet Petey Back on Perch After Surgery
Dallas AP report describes Mrs. R. R. Piper’s parakeet Petey recovering after tumor removal by veterinarian Dr. L. M. Reedy. The surgery faced heart-rate risks but Petey regained strength, with Mrs. Piper keeping vigil daily in a rocking chair during recovery.
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Petey Piper
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R. R. Piper
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Piece of String Guides Early Flight Path
Washington report notes that pilots use a string as a simple inclinometer to verify the flight path. Aircraft industry sources say Air Defense Command pilots follow Wright brothers’ method to check angle of flight and direction for accuracy. The practice, born from Maupassant’s tale, is cited as a tool for future interplanetary craft guidance.
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Guy de Maupassant
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Aircraft Industries Association
Air Defense Command
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Wilbur Wright
America
Flashback Story on Danny Thomas Show Sunday 7 PM Channel 9
The Flashback Story segment airs on the Danny Thomas Show this Sunday at 7:00 PM on Channel 9. It highlights classic moments from the program and previews upcoming nostalgia features.
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