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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1956
Page
5
A NEA Service profile portrays David Ben-Gurion as a dynamic, tireless Zionist leader. It highlights his military knowledge, hands-on leadership, austere personal life, and enduring dedication to Israel amid British French intervention and regional conflict.
Washington reports that 40,000,000 students, about one in four Americans, are enrolled in grade school to college. Enrollment rose by 1.2 million, but classrooms are still short. 96,000 graduates became teachers, while salaries average $4,000.
Mrs Cleo Maletis known as Mrs America of 1957 will travel to Moscow next month as goodwill ambassador of American housewives. She aims to exchange homemaking tips with Russian women and hopes to learn top secrets in cooking and baking. The trip includes seven other countries England Belgium Holland Spain France Switzerland and Greece.
The 1956 Automobile Facts and Figures report by the Automobile Manufacturers Association highlights major U S impact. It notes 24 percent of retail sales from autos, 15.5 percent of dealer firms, 62 million total registrations, 8 million new vehicles in 1955, 583 billion miles driven, 73 percent of families own cars, and nine million vehicles produced last year. It also covers highway funding, park visits, and aging car stock among other metrics.
In Hong Kong the rickshaw era fades as taxis multiply, leaving about 600 rickshaws and shrinking rider income. Narrated by Ngan Chung-tung who fears hunger for his daughters, the piece notes long hours, low pay, and rising taxi popularity among tourists and locals.
Orchardist Herman P Sweetser operates a self service apple stand near his home in Cumberland Center Maine customers weigh their own fruit and pay into an old coffee pot The site known as Apple Barrel opens from 8 am to dark and may add night service The 69 year old former UMaine horticulture professor relies on economics rather than staff to run the stand with family help and his Maine Turnpike Authority job noted
SELMA California hosts monthly hospitality program inviting out-of-state visitors to stay 18 hours. Police Chief Davis halts guests on U S highway 99 and treats them as honored guests with meals, gifts, and community welcomes. Since April 1954 the program has welcomed visitors from 14 states and four countries, boosting town spirit and local business.
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