Author Of Pioneering Text Retires From UW
Ben Elliott longtime UW mechanical engineering professor and former department chair retires after a half century of teaching research and publishing influential works on internal combustion engines and automobiles The pioneering textbook The Gasoline Automobile co authored with Earl Consoliver helped generations of students and owners learn vehicle fundamentals born February 17 1889 in North Platte Nebraska Elliott earned degrees at Rose Polytechnic and UW and held roles at UNL Extension and UW throughout his career.
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Undeniable Plastic Fenders Under Test
Detroit industrial designer Montgomery Farar argues plastics can reshape cars with durable fenders smooth seats and molded floor carpets. He notes cost and automated production as current limits but envisions a plastic car arriving gradually with single unit doors foam insulation and springless seats as near term possibilities.
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Univac
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Worker Electrocuted on Rothschild Construction Site
AP reports Peter Viuk of Rothschild, 35, died Saturday when a crane guiding a steel beam touched a power line, causing fatal electrocution on a construction job.
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Peter Viuk
Military Service Facts
Major Nial outlines a House approved overhaul of veteran pension rules. It shifts to a graduated pension scale based on income and dependents, raises pensions for most recipients, and would count wife income and net worth in eligibility. Key changes include monthly ranges from 40 to 90 dollars and income thresholds up to 3 000 dollars, with eligibility still tied to disability and active service.
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Moving to Port Huron Realty Opportunity Ad
Auto-Lite executives and employees planning move to Port Huron. Treend Realty invites inquiries about Lake Properties new subdivisions older homes and two builders who will build from your plans or theirs on reasonable terms. Write to R. H. Pepper Treend Realty 504 Water St Port Huron Michigan Yukon 2 8061 evenings Yu 5 8002.
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Council Orders Study Of Recreation Facility Use
The Common Council directs a study by the Board of Park Commissioners and city officials on how recreation department facilities are used by adults and what can be allocated to extra activities, reporting before the 1960 season. The panel also limits adult games at Trane Park’s north end diamond to Wednesdays and bans them in future seasons, while rejecting a Dutch Elm disease tree survey funding. The council also sets study of floricule jurist duties and salary for 1960 budget consideration.
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Eugene Fry
Trane Park
Richard §. Schelbe
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James Shoger
6Th Ward
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Park Department
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la Crosse
Dorance Helstad
Two Persons Drown in Wisconsin Over Weekend
Two youths drowned in Wisconsin over the weekend. Eighteen year old Leslie D. Huett of Beaver Dam drowned Sunday while swimming with two companions in Mauthe Lake near Campbellsport. His body was recovered. Glen Lenzendorf, 24, of Cuba City drowned Saturday when a canoe overturned on Beardsly Lake near Belmont. Craig Hanley, a companion, said he was unsuccessful in his attempts to save Lenzendorf before swimming to shore.
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New Acrylic House Paint at Doerre Hardware
Doerre Hardware advertises a sensational new acrylic house paint with low sheen and breather type properties. It resists blistering, allows moisture to escape but not enter the film, adheres well, can be used on damp surfaces, and enables two coats in a single day on wood masonry or asbestos shingles. Clean brushes in water, no odor.
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