TV Tests Begin At Iowa State In Early Phase
Intermittent test signals start at Iowa State with WOI and TV stations preparing a pattern for engineering checks. Officials say transmissions will be limited to testing and may include brief test pictures while live programs loom later. schedule of test periods to follow. Varies in timing and may interrupt for adjustments with engineers from General Electric overseeing the transmitter setup. Local poultrymen monitor daily, removing loafers from laying flocks per extension advice.
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Iowa State
Woi-Tyv
Wners
General Electric Company
W. R. Whitfield
Iowa State College
Radio Stars and Shows Stir Public as Programs Vie
The article surveys excitement in radio and TV amid Andy’s marriage on Amos and Andy drawing 25,525 letters. It notes rights bids for Crime Photographer, Junior Miss praise, NBCs Big Town gun gadget, John Brown’s 10,000th broadcast, Fred Allen’s return, and plans for future concerts and TV careers.
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Andy
CBS
Amos ‘N' Andy
National
Parent-Teachers Association
NBC
Big Town Soundmen
John Brown
Irma
Radio
Fred Allen
The
Airways
Bob Hope
Einstein
Walter Oe
Kiernas
Ralph Ozwald
New York
Johny Olsen
KBC
Henry Shriner
Cbs-Tv
Gar
Boy’s Christmas Shotgun Accident Hits Foot Tale
Ten year old Larry Rutledge of Tama received a 410 shotgun for Christmas and, on a hunting trip, fired it injuring the toe and end of a boot. A stray line mentions building a milk house and window area guidance. A swine nutritionist from a state college stresses feeding efficiency and pork cost.
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Larry Rutledge
Tama
Damon Catron
Tawa State Collage
Old Go Cart and Vintage Olds Car Tales
Randolph Wilson Lyon keeps a grandfather 63 year old go cart that converts to a high chair in Trace. A 50 year old Olds mobile rode on to El Kader then was shipped to Detroit. J 2 Conlan Elkader owned the 1900 Olds, sent it to Michigan after a few trails. Mrs Johnny Smith Grand Junction writes her name on eggs and got a letter from a Hawaii based soldier.
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Randolph Wilson Lyon
Trace
Elkader
Detroit
J. 2. Conlan
Michigan
Johnny ‘Smith
Grand Junction
Hawaii
Soil Test Laboratory At Ames Is Busy
According to information from Dick Pulse extension director the Iowa State College soil testing lab in Ames is still receiving many soil samples for testing and will likely take until February to complete analysis of all samples received by January 1. Since July 1 more than 25 000 samples were received and over 18 000 tested with October and November each yielding more than 4 000 tests. About 1 000 to 1 200 samples are being tested weekly and time is needed to make recommendations and return reports to the counties.
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Dick Pulse
Towa State College Soil Testing Laboratory
Ames
Christmas Baby Delights Red Oak Couple
Mrs. Robert Boal of Red Oak gave her husband a newborn daughter for Christmas last month. The couple previously celebrated a Christmas birth three years earlier with a son, making birthdays easy to recall for the family.
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Robert Boal
Red Oak
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