Household Hints From United Press: Quick Reheating and Prep Tips
A roundup of practical kitchen and home care tips. Reheat fried chicken in foil without drying it out. Enhance packaged salad dressings with various liquids. Whip heavy cream with sugar and vanilla for desserts. Clean piano keys with denatured alcohol, then dry. Lightly starch sheer curtains for less dust. For leather, use saddle soap, damp cloth rinse, then conditioner. An electric fan speeds drying for finishes.
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United Press
University of Alabama Extension Service
Eye level ovens use more energy say Beltsville study
The Agriculture Department Beltsville study led by Dr. Earl C. McCracken finds eye level ovens with racks above 40 inches consume more energy and are less convenient than waist level designs. It notes 25 percent of new homes install ovens cabinet built apart from surfaces and aims to guide better kitchen planning.
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Washington
The
Agriculture Departtment
Beltsville
Earl C. McCracken
Six U.S. Presidents Served as National Guardsmen
A historical note from Illinois highlights that six presidents of the United States held National Guard ranks. The article outlines their service in the guard and its impact on their public careers.
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United States
National Guardsmen
War IL
A New Ring for Spring and Milk Dough Recipe
A cooking item describes mixing milk sugar salt and shortening to make a dough. Yeast and flour are added then the dough is kneaded allowed to rise. Prune-Cot filling is prepared and shaped into rings baked at 350 degrees with a brown sugar garnish.
Uncle Sam Finds American Woman Is Smart Shopper
A two year Pittsburgh study shows housewives prefer variety on counters and respond to price tag discounts. Display mixes of bagged and bulk items lifted sales, with five pound units boosting apples by 75 percent and both washed and unwashed potatoes raising sales. The report from AMS, Penn State and Cornell notes “common sense” tactics often yield surprising results.
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Patricia Wiggins
United Press Saff
Washington
Pittsburgh
Agricultural Marketing Service
Pennsylvania State
Cornell Universities
Apple
Defense Witness Mistakenly Points at Alternate Juror
Mrs. Jean Brunning, a defense witness in a manslaughter trial, identified the slayer but pointed to an alternate juror. The juror laughed as Judge Saula Rabb ordered a recess. Brunning blamed a similar appearance for the error.
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Indianapolis
Jean Brunning
Saula Rabb
Three Language Officials in Switzerland
Switzerland maintains three official languages French German and Italian reflecting its regional diversity across cantons. The arrangement shapes education media government and cultural policy with multilingual services nationwide. Local areas emphasize language use in schools administration and public life to accommodate diverse populations.
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Switzerland
First H Bomb Air Drop Completed Sunday
The United States conducted its first airborne hydrogen bomb test Sunday over Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific. A B 52 dropped the 10 million ton TNT yield device from about 50 000 feet, producing a 25 mile high mushroom cloud and a brilliant display that stunned observers forty miles away. Officials assured radiological safety and noted a previous 1954 test tragedy warned against fallout while recounting winds and delays before the launch.
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United Press
United States
Bikini
South Pacific
Oirs
Coral
Joseph Myler
Pacific
Crime Comics Banned At Bath Jail In New Hampshire
Sheriff Reynolds replaces crime themed comic books in Steuben County jail with magazines on current events hunting fishing and other sports after visitors complain about reading material.
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Bath
N. H
Steuben County
Charles H. Reynolds
Lovington School District to Vote on $1.3 Million Bond Issue
On June 12 1956 Lovington Municipal School District No 1 Lea County New Mexico will hold an election to authorize debt of 1 300 000 and issue bonds to build school facilities. Voting place Lovington Public School Administration Building polls open 8 AM close 6 PM. Board President John Easley and Clerk Hobby Gann sign the notice. Published May 24 and 31 1956.
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Lovington Municipal
Lea County
New Mexico
Lovington Public School
Lovington
Lovington Municipal School District NO
John Easley
Board of Education
Hobdy Gann Hobby Gann
Clerk Board of Education
Aiken says farm bill prospects dimmer with veto risk
Vermont Senator George Aiken, a Republican farm leader, says the new farm bill faces a doubtful fate and likely veto by President Eisenhower. He notes prices rising for soybeans and hogs, reducing farmer urgency, while the bill mixes administration plans like the soil bank with provisions officials oppose. The debate focuses on cotton and rice provisions, parity price freezes, and acreage allotments through 1958 amid ongoing farm policy tensions.
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United Press
George Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
Senate
Washington
Congress
USDA
State Department
Pres. Eisenhower
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