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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
3
The article explains using ice circles from gas refrigerators to chill pastry boards rolling pins and bowls. It recommends chilling dough before rolling and keeping surfaces on ice for creaming whipping and salads. Ice helps congeal fat in gravies and keeps seafood cocktails and cold soups like vichyssoise more appetizing.
The mountain lion that ra n dinner 99 years ago in Lee New Hampshire was shot and stuffed and sent to the Woodman Museum in Dover The sighting remains the last authentic record of a big cat in New Hampshire forests.
Roy Miller of Lucas Kansas traded his used car for a 1955 model, but his old Buick from 1908 remains extraordinary with its original tires and carbide lights still functioning. The classic vehicle had stayed in the Miller family since his father bought it.
In Memphis a motorist stopped for lacking a city inspection sticker claimed one was on the car. He showed the sun visor, and a sticker plus two old traffic tickets fell out. He beat the $5 inspection fine but paid $22 total for the old violations.
The column surveys current country releases led by Mercury, Decca, Capitol, and Victor. Notable entries include Ruby Wells with Fighting the Blues, Wanda Jackson Tears at the Grand Ol Opry, Jean Shepard A Satisfied Mind, and Bob Wills So Long I'll See You Later, with others from King Reno Smiley, Ernest Tubb, Jimmie Rodgers Snow, and Hylo Brown among the highlights.
Governor Simms urged Texas and New Mexico to unite against water disputes in the southwest to curb California's gains in the upper Colorado basin. Separately, Surgeon General Scheele defended the Salk vaccine amid safety standards, noting small residual polio risk but overall protection.
The American Cancer Society reports that cigarettes cause lung cancer based on data from 188 thousand men aged 50 to 70. It says quitting reduces cancer risk by about 50 percent and heavy smokers over 50 have far higher death risk than non-smokers. The society aims to campaign against smoking.
In Santa Fe the annual liquor meet hears from Dickson of Silver City who started last week, his supervisor Revenue Commissioner Mike M Gallegos, and Gov. John F. Simms will address the group today. A policeman asks how the man was knocked down.
Researchers led by Dr. Edwin Osgood isolated human leukemia cells and kept them alive outside the patient, enabling study without the patient’s death. The work promises sustained access to live cancer cells for experiments previously impossible. In Atlantic City Dr. Oscar Auerbrach reports lung cancer changes linked to smoking in a study of 41 men, urging broader follow up to confirm findings.
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