Clover Leaf Weevil Threat Signals Need for Early Action
Farm Adviser Warren Bundy notes Walter Harlow of Martinsville found the first clover leaf weevils this spring, urging farmers to monitor for 30 or more weevils per square foot and apply insecticides if leaf feeding is severe. He also advises relying on a natural fungus for control and details chemical options with timing cautions.
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Walter Harlow
Martinsville
University of Ilinois
Marshall
Dairymen tour features modern milking and pasture plans in Illinois
The Bob Stephens farm showcased a mechanized milking system and a vacuum bulk milk tank during a county dairy tour. Other participants included the Greenwell, Miller, Stephens, and Todd dairy farms. Speakers discussed fescue limits for dairy cattle and plans for Sudan grass pastures with certified seed and 20 to 25 pounds per acre. A field tour at Browns town on May 9 and county advisory services were announced. Clark County 4-H hosts May 4 livestock judging at Eugene Kelley, E O Bennett, and Hubert Bennett farms, with dairy judging at Max Stephens and Winfield Miller farms and a noon barbecue at the American Legion Home.
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Bob Stephens
Doyle Greenwell
Kenneth Miller
Max Stephens
Winfield Miller
F M. Todd
Sudan
Clark County
Eugene Kelley
E. O. Bennett
Heath & Sons Dairy
American Legion
Mar
Tinsville Contest Teaches Livestock Judging Skills
The event emphasizes learning how to judge various kinds of live stock while judging will be on a contest basis.
Five Points and Nearby Socials Highlight Weekend
Community men built fence for Bert Fiscus Monday. Sylvan Morgan and Given Blakely hosted dinner guests Sunday with the Glenn Witholt family. Albert Jones joined George Weisel’s guests in Vincennes with Don Williams of Evansville also visiting. Seventeen men attended the Men’s Christian Fellowship at West Union Church Friday. Sylvan Morgan joined Blakely in Lincoln visiting kin. Joyce Wilhoit and Sharon Connelly visited Rosemary Higginbotham Saturday. Anna Veach now works in Paris while Stanley Davis and Darrell visited Naomi Phillips’s family Sunday.
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Bert Fiscus
Sylvan Morgan
Given Blakely
Glenn Witholt
Joyce
Albert Jones
George Weesel
Vincennes
Don Williams
Evansville
West Union Christian Church
Lincoln
Tainois
Eugene Morgan
Joyce Wilhoit
Sharon Connelly
Rosemary Higginbotham
Anna Veach
Paris
Stanley Davis
Darrell
Naomi Phillips
Hand fishing for catfish risks lives and law in the South
The World Outdoors notes a revival of noodling or cooning where anglers insert a hand into catfish holes. Large fish can drown or injure a person with fins and teeth. Proponents say it can beat hooks, but the practice often violates law and endangers individuals. The author favors fly fishing as legal and safer fun.
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South
Remember by the Old Timers
Readers share nostalgic notes of rural life. Myrtle Tracewell Kurtz recalls making bed tick filling from corn husks and goose down pillows, while Harry M Brezler recalls tending cows in Pennsylvania and delivering milk to customers before a school run.
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Myrtle Tracewell Kurtz
Danbury
Iowa
Harry M. Brezler
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Rentacky
Parental Guidance May Help Early Speech Issues
A Chicago study of 290 healthy children with speech defects finds no more birth complications than normal peers, but notes more twins and later-born siblings in the defect group, suggesting psychological and social factors influence speech development.
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Chicago
Benjamin Pasamanick
Francis K. Constantinou
R.N
Abraham M. Lilienfeld
Baltimore
Diabetes slows tumor growth in cancerous mice study
In UCLA led research, diabetic mice treated with alloxan showed slower initial tumor growth from Erlich's ascites cells. As blood sugar fell, growth rose but remained longer overall than non diabetic cancerous mice, suggesting unclear links between high glucose and cancer progression.
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Los Angeles
Ralph McKee
Jo Ann Jehl
Department ‘of Physiological Chemistry
Ucla Medical School
Erlich
Under-18 Population Surges to Record 55 Percent
New York statisticians report a postwar rise in children under 18 to 55 percent of the population, an increase of over 14 million since 1954. The surge, driven by earlier marriages and larger families, is most pronounced under age ten, with sharp gains across other under-18 ages.
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New York
United States
Bureau of the Census
More Farmers Taking Nonfarm Employment
New York report shows over 3 percent of farm residents, nearly two in five, worked nonfarm jobs in April. Data from the U S Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of the Census cite a long term trend toward decentralization and rising off farm job opportunities in recent years.
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New York
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
Falling brick triggers Concord fire alarm
A laborer dropped a brick from a second story which struck a firebox and set off a false alarm in Concord New Hampshire. Four fire trucks rushed to the scene but no fire was found.
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Concord
N. H
Television May Help Solve Our Teacher Shortage
A Texas Education Agency plan uses open circuit television to train liberal arts graduates for teaching, with 51 colleges and numerous partners delivering courses to homes at no cost. The University of Alabama’s extension division also expands access via a statewide educational TV network reaching about 95 percent of people and schools.
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New York
Texas Education Agency
Texas Association of School Board
Texas
University of Alabama
Alabama
Water Supplies For Rural Homes In Modern Times
The article notes that rural water access is no longer a concern due to modern well drilling and electric pumping. It advises verifying groundwater availability before buying land, hiring a contractor, and selecting a pump sized to future needs beyond current requirements.
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Chicago
Amazing Feature of Long Preserved Body
Chicago report notes an autopsy of a body submerged in fresh water for six years showed remarkable preservation of skin and organs at gross exam. Microscope revealed all tissues had dissolved, making organ origin indistinguishable. Dr Walter Letino cites JAMA findings.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Walter Lentino
New York
Wage and salary share of national income rises to new high
Data from the U S Commerce Department shows wage and salary payments plus supplements comprising 70 cents of every dollar of national income, a new peak. In the second quarter compensation of employees totaled 237.2 billion dollars of 338.7 billion, with about 14 billion from supplements to wages and salaries, mainly retirement and welfare fund contributions.
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U.s.department of’ Commerce
Warming Up Not Boost Athletic Performance Says Researchers
Two Massachusetts researchers report that warming activities such as massage hot showers and light exercise fail to improve performance. Peter W. Karpovich M D and Creighton Hale Ph D based their findings on experiments with athletes at Springfield College Massachusetts.
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Waste of Energy
Chicago
Massachusetts
Peter
Wv. Karpovich
Creighton
Hale
Sormatel College
Springfield
Mass
Capuchin Monkeys of Barro Colorado Island Lauded as Gymnasts
A Smithsonian tropic preserve monkey article describes the white faced capuchin from Barro Colorado Island Panama as an agile climber and acrobat. It throws items at visitors, shakes branches, and can appear twice its size with a spread neck collar. Capuchins live in bands of 30 plus and communicate by a crow-like call.
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Washington
D. C
Troope
Barro Colorado ‘Island
Smithsonian Institution
Panama Canal Zone
Suburbs Reach 27 Percent Of U S Population
New York report notes suburbs gained fast in 1950 55, outpacing central cities. Suburbs now hold 27 percent of the civilian population, the highest share on record, with about 44 million residents in outlying areas. Central cities still contain the largest single block of people.
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New York
U.S
Bureau
United States
Men Preferred In Two Departments
The Better Vision Institute reports men estimate distances more accurately than women and have a slight edge in speed judgment. In tests with 54 men and 54 women on three instruments, far-point visual acuity correlated with better distance judgment and speed estimation, while driving experience showed little impact.
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New York
Better Vision Institute
Man Complains as Police Chase Speeds in Traffic Stop
Robert Wall of Martinsburg West Virginia faced arraignment in Hagerstown Maryland on charges of exceeding 70 mph and passing on a hill. State trooper Vic Guilmino testified he chased Wall at speeds up to 85 mph before stopping him. Wall said he was aggravated because the trooper used an unmarked car. He paid $115 in fines.
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Hagerstown
Robert Wall
Martinsburg
W.va
Willam Kreykenbohm
Vic Guilmino
Wall
Washington campaign preserves bean soup in Capitol dining
The United States Capitol committees approve keeping bean soup in House and Senate dining halls by a 5 to 1 vote. The move was pushed by the Committee for Preservation of Bean Soup, a newly formed group.
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Washington
House
Senate
Committee For
United States Capitol
The Common Cold Patterns Among Navy and Marine Corps
A five year Navy Marine Corps study notes higher incidence in women than men and more colds in families with younger children. It links common colds to school days and exams and shows winter peaks with wide annual ranges. College students averaged about three colds per year, with one fifth experiencing more than two.
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Rouk Oy
Nore
Ead
Thare Ares
Navy
Marine Corps
You and I
New Definition for a Second Changes Time Measure
Washington reports a redefined second based on a precise fraction of a year, replacing the old 1/86,400 day standard. Observatories note the earth’s rotation varies slowly, making the old second unreliable for ultra precise timekeeping.
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Washington
Birds Hibernate to Conserve Energies in Cold
Los Angeles report notes UC zoologists find swifts and hummingbirds enter torpor at low temperatures to save energy. Birds denied food lose weight more easily, then awaken when warmed. Swifts can arouse even during continued cold.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Why air conditioners are described in tons
New York readers learn that a tonic cooling rating does not reflect weight. A one ton unit does not weigh a ton but matches the cooling effect of melting a ton of ice over a day. Builders favor year round gas heating and gas refrigeration to power summer cooling.
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New
York
Legacy of Three Hearses and a Coffin Cart
Bristol, England resident Peter Kendall Bush inherited an unusual legacy from his aunt who collected funeral vehicles. The bequest included three hearses and a coffin cart, reflecting the aunt’s lifelong interest in funeral transportation.
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Bristol
England
Peter Kendall Bush
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