Studebaker Opens 1955 Car Show With Star-Studded Unveilings
Detroit based Studebaker launched the 1955 model year with a Notre Dame stadium display in South Bend Indiana. The event showcased updated Champion Commander and President models with new V-8 engines and chrome trim while announcing price cuts and Pacakard alignment.
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Detroit
INS
Studebaker
Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker-Packard Corporation
Packard
C. K. Whittaker
Studebaker Sales
Human bodies can be tough study finds strong hip bones
Columbus Ohio AP A pair of Ohio State University researchers Alfred Fasola and Dr Rollo Baker report hip bone arches in the pelvic girdle withstand 7500 pounds with parachute harnesses The study presented at an American Physiological Society meeting aims to measure bone region strength under varied directions to aid safe high speed transport design
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
Alfred F. Fasola
Rollo C. Baker
American Physiologial Society
Baker
OSU
College of Medicine
Fasola
Peach shipment boosts Palisade school lunch program
Government reports 700 cases of canned California peaches delivered to Palisade Colorado to support the federal school lunch program.
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Palisade, Colo
California
Firemen Put Out Mattress Fire in Bass Home
Winston-Salem firemen forced entry to Bass residence and extinguished a mattress blaze. Bass woke only after firefighters removed him from the flaming bed.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
L. C. Bass
Bass
Fire drill at city justice court succeeds in simulated blaze
City Clerk Wilma Briggs dashed through imaginary flames to north Sacramento to close the doors on the safe during a fire drill at the city justice court employee practice hall. The event was described as successful by AP, despite minor oversights by two workers. The Leyval Aid Society offers free marital guidance from an office in the Fidelity Building in Cleveland.
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Wilma Briggs
Sacramento
Calif
Justice Court
Cleveland
Leyval Aid Society
Fidelity Building
Calf Ropers Get A Kick Out of Wooden Animals
In Sheridan Wyoming novice calf ropers train with spring loaded wooden calves created by John Kreger. The device, sold to TV stations and western decor makers, simulates live calf movement with multiple springs and pivoting joints to challenge ropers.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Honolulu
Florida
Kreger
Grand Rapids
Mich
Philadelphia
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DeSoto
Groucho Marx
DeSoto-Plymouth
Champion Spark Plug Company
Toledo
Ford
Lincoln
Mercury
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