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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1956
Page
11
Oklahoma City report details Lt. Art Hamilton using an airborne camera and stopwatch method to clock speeding cars. The plane coordinates with ground units, prompting frequent compliance, aiding in manhunts and captures of bank robbers, rapists, kidnappers, and escaped inmates.
The article guides turning old tables into decorative pieces with rubber tile tops in colors like turquoise yellow or green. It covers making stencils for shapes such as a pink elephant, cutting tiles to fit, gluing with rubber adhesive, and allowing 24 hours to dry. It notes alternative motifs like sailboats birds dogs bears and modern designs for nurseries dens and living rooms.
William Landsberg runs a horse equipment shop at a busy crossroads. He notes riding is now common for working families, boosting demand for harnesses and related gear. Since opening in 1928 he has gathered old carriages and horse gear, including a 75 year old horse drawn station wagon and hundreds of bits.
A study from University of Michigan Medical School and Institute of Industrial Health examined 600 executives. It found 41 percent showed ill health symptoms, GI disturbances in 45 percent, cardiovascular disease 24 percent, and 18 percent nose and throat ailments. Four previously unknown cancers, 27 hypertension, 18 peptic ulcers, 12 gallstones, 8 organic heart conditions, and 3 cases of diabetes were detected.
New York reports a record 4,100,000 births in 1955 as the baby boom continues. The rate is 249 births per 1,000 population, with infant mortality falling to 264 per 1,000 live births, about 1 percent below 1954 and 30 percent lower than the prior year.
The National Bureau of Standards announced a government developed device that can appraise radioactive fallout within 1/20th of a second, covering up to 250 miles from an atomic or hydrogen explosion. The machine dramatically speeds up a process that previously took about 15 minutes on complex computing machinery.
A dated report notes Michigan accounts for nearly half of the timber marketed in the Great Lakes States. It discusses production methods and the fall out pattern shown on screen, comparable to a TV set, with brightness indicating variations in intensity.
A historical note states the average U.S. male's lifetime meat quota equals 83 hogs, 10 lambs, 8 steers, and 4 veal calves, illustrating scale of animal consumption.
An agricultural notice estimates annual crop losses from inseats diseases hall and weeds at 8200 dollars.
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