Winter Wheat Condition Near Normal Across Pennsylvania
State reports March weather did not greatly hurt winter wheat sown last fall with 85 percent of normal. April 1 estimates show 144 million bushels to be harvested, down from 165 million in 1955 and far below the 10 year average of 198 million. Pasture and rye conditions are noted, fruit trees dormancy kept by cold, and potential seedling damage from the March breeze remains a concern.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Keystone
Little Susan Daniels Powers Wedding Guest Book Signature
Four year old Susan Daniels spent extra practice time to sign her name in her parents friends wedding guest book. Her mother helped her learn to write so she could participate in the ceremony as a guest.
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Ponca Cuty
Okla
Susan Daniels
Cooper Started Ball Rolling In Rapping Americans At Home
A cultural survey traces American self criticism in late 20th century writing from James Fenimore Cooper to C Wright Mills and Henry Miller. It notes Whitman’s praise and later scathing receptions of American life, liberty, and democracy across works by Mills, Miller, Rowan, and Greene.
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Cooper
New York
James Fenimore Cooper
H. L. Mencken
Mencken
Walt Whitman
America
Whitman
Henry James
London
Thorntein Veblen
C. Wright Mills
Oxford
Profesor
Columbia
Mills
Commission
Henry Milles
Alfred Perles
Henry Miller
John Day
Perles
Paris
Miller
Carl T. Rowan
Far East
State Department
Graham Greene
Greene
Britain
Blood Testing Program Set in Eight Cities
The State Health Department selects eight locations for a free voluntary venereal disease blood test program next month. Areas include Coatesville Farrell Washington Potter County southern York County and migrant labor areas in Sunbury and parts of Philadelphia. The Coatesville test starts May 10 and runs one month.
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Harrisburg
State Health Department
Coatesville
Farrell
Washington
Potter County
York County
Chester County
Sunbury
Philadelphia
VD Tags Sought By Drivers
In Rocky Mount area 999 VD license plates from 1956 were turned in after drivers learned the letters stood for venerable disease. The State Motor Vehicles Department offered exchanges for plates with different letters but refused to reissue any VD plates.
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Rocky Mount
5. C
State Motor Vehicles Department
Italian Choir Touring the United States
An Italian choir from Casa Materna near Naples tours 101 Protestant churches across the United States from February to June. The group of 25 children ages 9 to 19 stays with church members, learning American life while performing. Founded 1953 by Joel Warner, the orphanage was established 1905 by Riccardo Santi, now run by Fabio Santi. many children were orphaned in World War II and the facility endured wartime disruption and Mussolini era limits.
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Sus
Cow Materna Orphanage
Naples
Italy
America
Boston
Texas
Chilldren
U. S
Joel Warner
Riccardo Santi
Fabio Santi
Casa Materna
Salerno
U.S
United States
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Aul’s Men's Wear
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Tait
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Renae Utes
REXAL
Colonel Drake
Titusville
Dairy Institute of the
Erie Area
Erie
Erie County
Pocono Manor
Pennsylvania Grocers’ Association
American Dairy Association
Tole
Dairy Princess of America
Wsee-Wicu
Sied Dairy Institute
Luvnr Ewe
Roberts
Columbus
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