Mushroom ads questioned by FTC in Washington case
The FTC challenged claims by Washington Mushroom Industries that amateur home mushroom farming yields substantial income and that mushroom beds are odorless. The company previously reported 1954 sales of 828000 dollars in spawn and fertilizer and bought only 5324.75 dollars of mushrooms from customers, suggesting actual production may have been far higher than claimed.
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Washington Mushroom Industries
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Long Island Railways Voice Vote Effort and Air Crash
Long Island Railroad plans a vote day whistle to remind riders to vote, with engineers to sound extra signals on election day. Maj. Robert P. Barthelmess, 34, died in Wyoming when his aircraft suffered propeller trouble amid a snowstorm en route from Salt Lake City to Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, two engines failing before he parachuted to safety.
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Elvis
Gerry Tate
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
New York
Long Island Railroad
Tovay
Transistor Breakthrough Nets Nobel Physics Prize
A 1956 Nobel for physics was awarded to three U.S. scientists for transistor development. William Shockley of Pasadena California John Bardeen Urbana Illinois and Walter Brattain of Murray Hill New Jersey led Bell Labs work that underpins modern electronics. The prize highlights solid state physics and the rapid advance of technology from Bell Labs research.
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Calif
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Urbana
Walter H. Brattain
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Russia
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Department of Defense
Deckman Instrument, Inc
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Brattain
Amoy
China
Bell Laboratories
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University of Oregon
University of Minnesota
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University of Wisconsin
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Tusaia
Shar Eing
Sir Cyril Hinskehwood
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Semyonov
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Leningrad
Ivy
Nobel Committee
Shockley
London
England
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Do You Agree French Writer's Provocative Note Surfaces
A fragmented note questions global dangers and social beliefs attributed to a French writer. The readable lines blend nonsensical phrases with possible references to language and identity. The text hints at censorship and the framing of dangerous ideas but lacks cohesive details or a clear event.
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Press-Gelearam Publication Notice at Street and Avenue
A cryptic transit style notice from the Audit Bureau of Circulation items a daily schedule excluding Sundays at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue in Laog Sench. Mentions post office in Lone Beach and a delivery entry with a monetary amount and March reference.
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Sixth Street
Pine Avenue
Laog Sench
Audit Bureau of
Jarre Delveryu
Aevons
Lone Beach
Will Autos Dominate All Calif
In a California Cities conference talk, Frank Emery Cox of Berkeley argued the state may become a driving culture as millions settle in Southern California. He urged five year plans for orderly development rather than reactive fixes, warning most time could go to driving leaving little for work and education.
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Frank Emery Cox
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Cox
Los Angeles County Bellwether in National Politics
Los Angeles County has long served as a national political bellwether. The 1956 race observers note volatile polls with Republicans favored, while analysts debate how the county’s diverse economy and shifting demographics will influence California and the nation.
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Paul Ziflen
Los Angeles
Middle East
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