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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1957
Page
3
New York says self-service retailing is a growing giant in food markets. It shifts power from price to easy shopping, shaping buyer behavior across meat cases and everyday purchases, with advertising aiming to soften up prospects while in-store buying decisions win the day.
UCLA textile chemist Rita Landry reports smog harms cloth strength and dye colors. She tested 17 fabrics at two exposure stations and found notable fading and color changes, underscoring smog as a persistent problem for residents and industries in Los Angeles.
In a study comparing two downtown sites, heavy smog zones and a light edge area, researchers tested fabrics and used an artificial smog chamber. The results indicate a definite relationship between smog impact on textiles and air pollution density as measured by Los Angeles County's Air Pollution Control District.
New York reports emphasize vision as a key highway safety factor with claims that 90 percent of a driver's decisions rely on sight. The 1955 US highway death toll reached 37,800, a record, with youths under 25 comprising over 27 percent of fatalities, suggesting speed and riskier behavior by the young.
Washington Alaska's walrus long a mainstay of the Eskimo economy is expected to be still more helpful in the future. A bill passed last year loosened restrictions allowing limited hunting by non natives and export of hides. The reform aims to boost cash income offer an outlet for skins and increase local use of meat and clothing.
Washington statistics show 20 manufacturing industries consume nearly half of all electric power in the United States and require about 49 million tons of coal each year to meet demand from three leading sectors primary metals chemical companies and stone clay and glass products.
Eye superstitions have persisted across cultures from Poland to Egypt and India. The belief in the evil eye shaped laws to protect crops and influenced views of people, animals, and even witches in folklore and literature.
A FDA official says cosmetics are moving from luxury to necessity and calls for rigorous research on skin properties and chemical actions. He notes some claims claim to be more than cosmetics as skin foods and tonics, but conclusive evidence is lacking.
A new experimental drug from England may reduce fatalities from radiation exposure. UCLA researchers led by Dr. Thomas Haley and colleagues report mice given Quinoxaline 1,4-Di-N-Oxide before irradiation showed 65 percent mortality at 30 days versus 100 percent in untreated controls. The drug also lowered intestinal bacteria linked to rapid postirradiation bacteremia, a major death cause.
Philadelphia a one year old girl Anne Michele Acosta climbed from a chair near a third floor window and fell to the street below. She suffered only bumps and cuts and was unhurt otherwise. The parents Benjamin and Patricia Acosta found her on the pavement after waking.
Shoppers in a Minneapolis supermarket listen to popular radio soap operas while volunteers or staff promote sponsor products, inviting customers to buy as a show of appreciation.
Juanita Chapman's Champion Holstein at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress also placed tenth in the open class among 53 two year olds. West Bend Pioneers 4H Club pays fair entry fees in full, thanks to members and leaders Vernon Nelson Fred Bunnart and Gerry O Donnell. Blue ratings come from 76.2 percent of 4-H record books submitted to the Extension Office. Calf auctions fetch premiums of 35 to 53 dollars per hundred, shaping expectations for member profits and calf purchase timing.
The article explains how sorghum yield is calculated in bushels per acre and notes that grain sorghum is traded by the hundredweight. It cites USDA and state estimates, states grain sorghum weighs 656 pounds per bushel and requires 14 cubic feet of storage, and compares it to 80 percent grain like ear corn.
The Graettinger Municipal Light Plant board held a regular meeting on October 14, 1957 with all members present. Motions approved include minutes, payment of bills in full, transferring 1000 from general to bond fund, and adjournment. Listed expenditures include Shaver Mfg 4.85, Nissen 200.00, IRS 123.60, Iowa State 29.81 and 256.58, retirement 165.97, Cook 163.01, various supply firms, and service charges totaling several hundred dollars.
A fragment from a Gracttinger page shows payments totaling small amounts to Gracttinger Telephone Co 22.65 and plant 15.17, with entries for C A Jensen 4.74 and other named individuals including Lars Petersen Mike Weinholzer G F Shaver Josephine Fitzpatrick as secretary and related small charges.
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports Spices Magic Ace Lady Geneva, a Holstein cow owned by Fred Spies of Graettinger, produced 14 191 pounds of milk and 607 pounds of butterfat while a three year old. The record was verified over 365 days with ISU cooperation under the Herd Improvement Registry program.
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