Industrial expansion boosts New England job market gains
The New England Council reports multiple plants expanding across the region. Syl- Products and Works plan a mass installation reducing nuclear fuel power needs while Raytheon adds 1 200 payroll jobs. Burlington and Burlington Vermont expansions, plus Peterson Plastics opening in Brockton, highlight a broad surge in manufacturing employment and new equipment installations.
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Syl- Products and Works
Mic Energy
Burlington
Vermont
New England Council
O. L. Hinds Co
Burlingn Yant
Ol, Finds Co
Philadelphia
Peterson Plastics Inc
New
Council
William C
Com
Dayce Treasurer Firm Behind Mock Checks
Bank tellers and merchants faced a playful yet costly ruse when checks signed by a junior firm treasurer surfaced. Ann Swind lartist, unable to resist the gag, circulated the zoog signed checks.
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Des Moines
A.n Swingler
Zoog
Tressurer
Dayce
Ann
First American Footstep Said On Antarctic Shore
Yale Library curator uncovers a 1620 logbook from Captain Davis of the Huron claiming a large land mass near the Palmer Peninsula was sighted and landed on February 7, 1821. The find supports early U S claims amid British Argentine Chilean and Russian interests.
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Alexander 9
Victor
Yale
New Haven
U. S
Antarctica
America
Palmer Peninsula
Graham Land
Great Britain
Argentina
Chile
Russia
Ae Davis
New Haves
Wae
South Shetland Islands
South América
Davis
Cecilia
Sercuel W. Boggs
U. S. State Department
Navy
Boggs
Huntress
Nantucket
Mass
Vietor
Yale Library
Pevis
Connecticut
Bede Isla
Massachute Pistons
South Shetlands
Antarctic
South Shewand Islands
Connecticut teens favor lowering voting age to eighteen
A Hartford area poll found a majority of Connecticut teenagers support lowering the voting age to 18. A 14 year old said teenagers study and are better informed about elections than many adults.
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Hertford
Gona
Connecticut
Plight Of Farmer Is Expected To Be Better During Coming Season
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson writes that 1957 may bring better times for American farmers with higher prices and incomes. Output should fall from 1956 peak due to soil bank and acreage cuts, while foreign demand and domestic markets remain solid. Hog and poultry sectors face varied prospects amid costs and prices, with overall agriculture advancing toward prosperity.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Iculture
United Press
Anak
Soil Bank
Those Good Eats Not Always Good for Us
The U S Department of Agriculture reports that much of the ration is fed on the wrong foods in the West and North Central states. High calorie items dominate diets, leading to weight issues and missing protective nutrients. Women aged 20 to 90 favor bread potatoes and fats, with South Dakota women relying heavily on sweets and cereals for over 60 percent of daily calories. Diets show insufficient calcium and vitamin C intake across Iowa South Dakota and the Midwest.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
USDA
Iowa
Mid-west
South
Northwest
Flores drive ends in alley crash injures Flores
Mrs. John Flores and her 12 year old daughter Rose mary were unable to stop a car sale crash in Omaha. Whit Flores 62 steered to push the car into an alley, but it struck a large firefly sign and caused a dislocated shoulder to Mrs Flores.
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Omaha
John Flores
Rosemary
Flores
Holmes in Contests for Senate Presidency in 1957
State Senator Newland H Holmes of Weymouth holds a record 30 years in the Massachusetts Senate with 28 consecutive years served. The 66 year old GOP leader faces a bid for the presidency as the Senate tally edges toward a possible 20 20 stalemate amid recounts in Hampden Hampshire Berkshire Burkhardt victory contested.
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Boston
Newland H. Holmes
Weymouth
Massachusetts Senate
Senate
R Det
Holmes
Capitol
GOP
Cornelius F. Haley R-Rowley
Eet Petsronaniens
Hampden -Hampshire- Berkshire
Otto F. Burkhardt
Westfield
John J. Ucoarne
Northampton
Vvae Pee Spires
Ito Ee Ot
State stock drives fish into 123 lakes by air
The New York state conservation department stocked 123 remote lakes with fish last September using an amphibious airplane. The operation aimed to expand aquatic life and bolster fishing opportunities across remote areas.
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Albany, N. Y
State Conservation Department
Federal Aid For Schoolrooms Seen In 1957
Secretary MARION B. FOLSOM asserts federal aid for school construction likely in 1957. She urges action to relieve overcrowded classrooms and promote state and local building with matching funds. Emphasizes expansion of the Office of Education and stronger educational research and higher education plans.
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Marion B. Folsom
United Press
Office of Education
Wiffi
Seyond
America
Lost brothers reunited after 16 years in Pennsylvania search
New Enterprise Pennsylvania residents John Miller Aitch and his wife trace a piano purchase to reveal two long separated brothers within 28 miles of each other. The 80 year search culminates as a third sibling in York joins the reunion with sister Mary, a Philadelphia nurse.
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New Enterprise
John Miller
Aitch
Fluke
New
Emts
Miller
New Emise
Raymon
York
Willie
Lou
Mary Son
Philadelphia
Oil Field Sparks Brief Wakeful News Item
Of 44 wildcat swells, oil is found but only one field yields a million barrels or more, enough to supply the nation for about four hours.
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