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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1957
Page
1
The program highlights family cooperation and spiritual values to aid recovery from disease, noting it can affect anyone. Produced by the Radio and Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, it presents non-denominational, Bible-based episodes with Hollywood talent.
From Hollywood and foreign shores came the Ant Swen son Thrillcade to Eldora for the Hardin county fair on August 12. Lead daredevil Jimmie James of Chicago will attempt an 80 foot stock Ford leap over Dancing Dyna the Jumbo mascot and headline in high ski driving and Motor Polo matches. Tex Densmore of Odessa will be a key rival in the crash roll tournament after two European tours and a near tragic crash at Indianapolis last year. He continues to seek high risk excitement in Thrillcade shows.
The Thrillcade troupe features Lucky Kenny Blaine a Canada champion daredevil and Tor star who joins Thrillcade as captain of the Canadian Motor Polo team. Freshman Diego Diavalo from Madrid performs in gasoline barrier crashes and life line escapes while Densmore seeks leadership for the crash roll tournament with Al Post of Portland and Chance Chesterfield of El Paso. The show includes a female Thrillcadettes team and circus acts between speed feats.
Walter Melton and sons of Fort Wayne Indiana were in Eldora on Wednesday and Thursday visiting old friends and relatives. He also visited relatives in Radcliffe. Mrs T H Schaa recently from Fond du Lac Wisconsin returned home to be with her daughter and family, Arthur Kaufman. Bobby Kaufman joined his grandmother for a visit here.
The article explains how applicants must obtain medical evidence for disability benefit determinations. Applicants are asked to provide letters and medical forms to doctors or institutions, which detail history, severity, tests, and treatments. A state agency team reviews the file with medical advice to decide if the applicant is totally disabled, with the decision reviewed by the Social Security Administration and the applicant notified by letter.
Vacation time poses a problem for plant lovers. A simple wick and reservoir system, recommended by horticulturist Charles Sherwood of Iowa State College, offers an automatic watering method. Wick absorbs water from a reservoir to keep plants hydrated in absence.
A public service hour on WOI-TV at 3 30 p m Sundays will feature Shadow of Tomorrow from the This is the Answer series. The program highlights services funded by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the March of Dimes while offering guidance on home plant care using a bucket wick watering system.
Dimes reports on emergency use of the iron lung and rehabilitation efforts aiding a polio sufferer toward a return to normal life, detailing treatment stages and hopeful progress.
Pvt. Duane A. Gast, husband of Ava and son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Gast of Steamboat Rock, is set to complete eight weeks of basic combat training with the 4th Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas. He previously worked as a truck driver for Layn THI Co op of New Providence before entering the Army and attended Steamboat Rock High School.
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