Organize County Campaign For Christmas Seal Sale
Mrs Walter Fisher the 1957 Christmas Seal Sale Chairman for Palo Alto County said today we are hoping for a successful Christmas Seal Sale this year to continue the fight against tuberculosis in Palo Alto County The annual sale of Christmas Seals through the mall begins Friday November 15 and will extend through December Mrs Oscar Oleson has been named Gracting
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Walter Fisher
Palo Alto County
Oscar Oleson
Gracttin
Walnut Township names Ber chairman and campaign head
Mrs Elbert Powers named Walnut Twp chairman. J E Smith Palo Alto County Tuberculosis and Health Association president says TB in Iowa is alarmingly advanced in over 50 percent of cases, highlighting community risk and high treatment costs. Christmas Seals funds since 1907 support TB case finding and education in Palo Alto County.
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Palo Alto
Train collision derails freight cars near Calmar
A Milwaukee railroad passenger train collided with a freight train at Calmar. The impact derailed two freight cars and damaged the passenger train’s diesel engine and mail car. No injuries are reported. Local crews responded to the scene and traffic was halted while repairs were underway.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Calmar
Young Lake Mills boy endures third fracture in a year
Six year old Danny Engebretaon of Lake Mills has broken his arm in the same spot as a prior fracture just before school. Earlier in the year he also fractured his hip after being struck by an automobile, marking his third fracture within twelve months.
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Danny Engebretaon
Lake Mills
Whiskers aid study of forces binding atoms
New York reports that Westinghouse researchers in Pittsburgh describe using ultra thin metal whiskers to measure stress and strain. The method, applied to iron and silicon whiskers as small as 40 millionths of an inch, isolates perfect crystal behavior to test interatomic force theories.
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New York
N. Y
Weatinghouse Research Laboratories
Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advancement of Science
R. L. Eisner
Westinghouse
Eisner
U S Families Grow Larger in Postwar Era
New York report shows United States families expanding as more couples have third or fourth children. Third birth rate rose from 1.1 per 100 married women under 45 in 1940-41 to 3.1 in 1954-55 and four births rose 70 percent. fifth and later births also increase, while second births remain high though slightly down from 1952 peak.
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U. S
New York
United States
Bell From Battleship On College Campus
A bell from the U S S Pennsylvania is placed on the Pennsylvania State University campus in University Park. The Navy loaned the bell for permanent display as part of preserving ship relics. The Pennsylvania was commissioned in 1816, served as a flagship, and endured damage at Pearl Harbor and in August 1945 near Okinawa.
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Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
Rise in U S farm size and land value since 1950
U S farms grew from about 215 to 250 acres on average and land plus buildings rose in value from roughly 67 to 90 dollars per acre between 1950 and 1954, lifting average farm unit worth to about 22 500 dollars from 14 400. The total number of farms fell from about 5.5 million in 1950 to under 4.7 million in 1986 as small farms merged into larger units.
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U.S
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Children Need Privacy Too In Shared Play
A family scene shows Jimmy and his younger brother arguing over toys while their father urges patience and cooperative play. The piece argues children need privacy for individual interests and guidance on how to encourage shared activity. It notes Mrs. James Uragea resigning from the Osceola Public Library board after nearly a decade of service.
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Jimmy
Father
Jack
James Uragea
The
Osceola Public Library
Purina Catalog Promotes Stilbestrol and Fatena Feeds
DEL'S Checkerboard News highlights Stilbestrol as a money maker when properly blended by Micro-Mixing for Purina Steer Fatena. It cites trials showing higher gains and earnings, plus Purina Laying Rations to boost winter egg production. Advice includes trouble-shooting health aids and keeping Checkerboard label during weather-related poultry stress.
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Purina
Stilbestral
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