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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1957
Page
3
A highway patrolman halted a man in an older car for a license check. The driver leapt out, ordered his wife and children from the back seat, then retrieved a tobacco can from beneath the seat as the patrolman watched.
A driver hides his license in a tobacco tin, taps it out, then replaces it under the backseat as he drives away with family. The incident prompts reminders about safety tests and the importance of proper licensing. The report notes Charles Hibbs received a $10 bill from 1920 National currency, showing McKinley on the note versus modern Hamilton.
Four Wohlford sisters of Mr and Mrs Walter Wohlford in Dyersville celebrate their birthdays on the same day. Each girl is a different age though all were born on the same date, marking a rare family coincidence.
A dragline at a gravel pit near Correctionville uncovered an ancient Indian burial ground. One complete skeleton was found.
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee experts say credit can fund productive investments like fertilizer to raise farm yields. Michigan economists cite a farmer who grew profits over three years by increasing plant food use and borrowing for fertilizer, with safeguards to avoid overextension and ensure flexibility amid poor yields and prices.
University of California Los Angeles folklorist Dr Wayland Hand argues witchcraft remains alive in modern society. He defines it as belief in and fear of supernatural beings able to cause harm, citing global persistence and plans a dictionary of American beliefs. A San Jose woman jailed earlier this year for offering to cure a child’s deafness with cemetery dirt stolen on nine midnights, while accepting payment.
Chicago based remarks by Richard E. Meier, chairman of the executive committee of the American Finance Conference, describe intelligent installment buying as a form of budgeted saving that lets families own cars, homes, and appliances. He argues it raises living standards, builds personal capital assets, and keeps unemployment at high levels while preserving cash reserves.
University Park, Pa. Penn State geologist Dr Wakefield Dort Jr warns that population, agriculture, and industry push water use beyond existing sources. He urges maximizing current supplies and developing new ones to avoid future shortages, noting some rapidly expanding areas lack pure water.
Los Angeles reports researchers at the University of California use radioactive carbon to trace life chemistry in cockroaches. The project aims to compare pathways in insects and higher animals, including humans, to improve insecticides and advance biological understanding.
About 8000 Explorer Scouts camp each summer at Philpot Scout Ranch in the Rockies near Cimarron New Mexico. The vast site is the world’s largest scout camp and a boy’s wild dream come true. It lies along the historic Santa.
Friday night 350 paid admissions at the Gracttinger Terri football game, 208 adults and 142 students, gate receipts $161.15 plus $75 from season tickets. Expenses exceeded $70 including $45 for officials and $25 for Terril’s guarantee and rights. Net about $100 to help buy equipment, total football costs $534, deficit $130 from last season, account overdrawn by $428, to be covered by future receipts. Season tickets $1.85 remain for three varsity and two junior high games.
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