Your Money's Worth Diploma Exceeds Job Experience
Sylvia Porter argues education now outranks experience in the U.S. job market. A high school diploma adds more annual value than 20 years of work without it, with college degrees yielding even higher gains. The piece cites unemployment gaps, wage differentials, and Census data across age groups to show how education shapes income and job security.
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United States
U.S
Denis F. Johnston
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Census Bureau
How fins vary on fish a note from Uncle Ray
The piece explains the range of fin counts on fish from seven to nine or more with examples like the herring and eel. It notes how dorsal and pectoral fins aid movement, braking, and turning, while the tail fin acts as a rudder. It invites readers to request a copy by mail.
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Uncle Ray
Skeeter Schedule Spraying Monday Night
Spraying will run Monday night from the north end of the South Side to the south city limits between Losey Boulevard and the east city limits.
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Losey Boulevard
Weather Record Warmth Spreads Over Lacrosse Vicinity
Weather update shows warmer tonight and Tuesday with lows in the mid 50s and highs in the low 80s. Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa forecast fair and warmer on Tuesday. Degree days to date total 18, through August 19 1962 at 22 normal 13. Five day forecast 60 81 temperatures about 5 below normal with showers possible midweek.
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Lacrosse and Vicinity
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi River Forecast Figures and Local Stage Data
Flood stage readings and 24 hour changes for stations including Winona Dodge La Crosse and Lansing. Presents dam pool values and tributary readings with time of sunrise and sunset for Tuesday. Little change noted in the Mississippi River forecast with a nearby lookout for Trempealeau and Black River readings.
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Winona
C.P
T.W
Dakota
Lacrosse
Lansing
Prairie du Ch
Dodge
Gales
la Crat
Houston
Local estate sale notices and rummage listings
Rummage sale items including clothing linens and kitchenware plus estate remnants at 319 So. 16th and 2116 Pine. Also notices for real estate broker George Dialler Bonded Realty and Al Cuta listings with contact numbers and hours. Also beauty salon events and fall millinery collections advertised with locations in Omaha area.
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George Dialler
Gladioli
al Cuta
Farnam
Alvie Lind
Houston
Minn
Berna Dean
Aletta
Man Key to Future Space Flights Says Kraft
NASA flight director Chris Kraft told a satellite conference that human control is the decisive factor for Gemini and Apollo after Mercury proved man can perform in space. He cited Glenn Carpenter Schirra and Cooper handling manual reentries and described blending pilot and automatic systems.
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Blacksburg
U.S
Chris Kraft
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
United States
Kraft
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Mercury
Cooper
Project Gemini
Gemini
Apollo
Schirra
Derailed Missouri Pacific Train Triggers Eureka Evacuations
More than 400 Eureka residents were evacuated Sunday night after 20 cars of a Missouri Pacific freight train derailed in the town. A leaking liquefied gas tank car prompted authorities to clear the area until the leak was stopped. The 111-car train derailed when a grease box overheated melting and causing wheels to jump the tracks near the business district just southwest of St. Louis. Power and phone service were briefly disrupted as derailed cars struck utility poles.
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Eureka
Missouri Pacific
Missouri Highway Patrol
1,100
St. Louis
Soldier from Sauk Rapids Dies of Ruptured Vein in Korea
Sgt. Martin W. Czick, 43, of Sauk Rapids Minnesota, died Friday in Seoul Korea from a ruptured varicose vein after 11 days at the 11th evacuation hospital in Pusan. He had an operation days earlier and is survived by his mother Mrs. Augusta Czick of Sauk Rapids.
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Seoul
Korea
Martin W. Czick
Sauk Rapids
Minn
U.S. Army
Pusan
Augusta Czick
Route 2
62 Dead in Okinawa Ferry Sinking
A police checklist shows 62 dead and 67 missing after the Midori Maru ferry sank off Naha Okinawa on Saturday. The disaster involves the Okinawa ferry boat with crews and passengers unaccounted for in the sea tragedy.
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Okinawa
Naha, Okinawa
Naha
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U.S Weather Bureau
Seattle
Denver
Kansas City
New York
Weather Outlook
Ohio Valley
Tennessee Valley
Lower
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic Coast
Washington
Miami
New Orleans
Duluth
Chicago
Phoenix
Los Angeles
UPI
By Sylvia Porter
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Uncle Ray‘s
Skeeter Schedule
Main
Main St
Howard Benedict
Corbys
Aleree
Canada
WAS. Barclay § CO. Limited
Peoria, Illinois
Appleton
Walnut Street
N. 6Th Street
Sheboygan
N. 8Th Street
Superior
Fond du Lac
Portland Cement Association
North Water St
Milwaukee
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