McConnellsburg Farmer Builds Concrete Pipe Culvert
W G Hershey, a McConnellsburg farmer, lays eight six foot concrete pipes to form a 12 by 12 foot culvert spanning a creek. The structure, with a four inch concrete cover, is designed to carry heavy runoff and prevent washouts, a low cost sturdy solution praised by farm engineer Maurice L Burgener.
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W- G. Hershey
McConnellsburg
Hershey
Maurice L. Burgener
Portland Cement Asso
Chicago
Burgener
Vocational Aid To 20 Per Cent More Disabled
The State Bureau of Rehabilitation reports an average of 168 disabled Commonwealth residents prepared for gainful work per working day, a 20.5 percent rise from 1955. Over 12 months 4,200 were rehabilitated. 93 percent of them earned a combined $9.2 million after placement while 7 percent were farmers or family workers with unestimated income.
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Harrisburg
State Bureau of Rehabilitation
Bureau
John R. Torquato
Secretary of Labor and Industry
State Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Torquato
Forest Service Probes 11 Firefighter Deaths In California
Investigators report no negligence by crews on the Inaja fire in Cleveland National Forest California where unburned gases and a canyon wind caused a sudden blow-up. The team notes many factors and aims to identify conditions for future safety.
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San Diego River
Cleveland National Forest
California
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Inaja
Richard E. McArdle
Special School Milk Program Boosts Milk Use in 1956
The Milk Control Commission notes the Special School Milk Program drove a sharp rise in milk usage in 1956. Governor Leader's consultants secured $1.1 million annually in federal aid for Pennsylvania children, with flavored milk increasing consumption in many schools.
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Milk ‘Control Commission
Pennsylvania
Clyde A. Zehner
el. Nenadovich
Paxtang
Earl W. Hetrick
Newville
General Assembly
Milk Control Commission
Zehner
Area 9
Johnstown
Altoona
Fire fuels rapid canyon blaze and wind driven flash
A wind driven fire surged across the canyon with a luil in easterly gusts and intense heat on steep slopes. The extreme run culminated in a flash ignition of unburned gases trapped at the canyon rim by wind and topography.
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Main Canyon
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Lancaster
Lincoln
Thermopane
Universal Milkers
Miller’s Insecticides
Wirthmore
Haverly Bulk Tanks ‘ Lauder Loaders
DeKalb Chix
Marietta
Lancaster County
the “County Bank
Stanley M. Musselman
Department
The
Lancaster County National Bank
E. King St
Mr. Zehner
Hetrick
Commission
United States Department of Labor
Organic Plant Food Co
Grofftown RD
Ph. Lancaster
Hassocks
Child’s Rockers
Martindale
kBeef
Gro
Custom
West Willow Farmers Association
West Willow
Pkr
Lane
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