Northwestern survey on TV watchers worries over programs
A Minneapolis based Northwestern Life Insurance poll of white collar TV owners finds viewers fault crime shows and wrestling while favoring variety programs and dramas. Parents report few child suitable programs, lessening children’s self entertainment and rising TV dependence, with Sunday peak viewing and comments that the art of conversation is dying.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Hearing Aid Turns TV Repairs Into Bug Detecting Tool
New York TV repairmen use small hearing aids as precise listening devices to locate vibration noises in faulty sets. Hearing aids amplify noises like transformer hums, speeding up troubleshooting. Over ten years aids have grown smaller and more efficient while prices rose modestly.
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New York
Living Lightning Generated by Eels
Washington report describes the electric eel Electrophorus electricus as a gymnotid related to carps. It grows up to eight feet, can discharge up to 600 volts and nearly 1000 watts, enough to fell a horse or light neon demonstrations, while its biology and tissue mechanism remain partly unknown.
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Washington
Earth
Amazon
Orinoco
Bread truck rear end collision halts traffic in Ottawa
An Ottawa truck driver, Joseph Affelt, escaped injury when his bread truck was struck at a grade crossing by an eastbound Rock Island train. The impact tore off the back of the vehicle, scattering bread and rolls along the tracks for about half a block.
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Ottawa
la Salle
Joseph Affelt
Affelt
Rock Island
Water law talk at IAA on watershed programs and usage
Charles C Butler of the American Farm Bureau Federation discusses watershed programs and water use policy while Ray Hasson, IAA director of natural resources, addresses current thinking on water rights and management in Illinois.
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Sonterens
IAA
Chicago
Charles C. Butler
American Fare Bureau Federation
Ats
Ray
Hassen Eat
Yeast
Ite
Hunter
Citfs
Illinois
CHOCTAW Community Notes Highlights Visits and Gatherings
Mrs Maude Miller and others visit various neighbors including Mr and Mrs George McCollum and Woodrow of Potters Hall. Local residents share visits with relatives, Bureau meeting at Brickchurch, and hospital thanks from Frank H Roth.
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George McCollum
Woodrow
Potters Hall
Sand
Hershela
Mita
Harry Clem
Casey
John Nicol Kbright
Woodford Williams
Hurley Nicol
Alright
Mra
Alvin OT
Millers “Wider DeVore
Charleston
Ekter ‘Aramions
Alvin T. Miller
Waller Calrarin
Mildrid _Williams
Bureau
Brickchurch
Maude Miller
Grrace Blizzard
West Union
Salvin T. Miller
Orning
Allright
Earl Spangler
Richard
Williams
John and
Goldin
Lloyd Garner
Marshall
Alton Blankenship
Warren Norton
Lola Norton
Brucellosis Testing to Resume for Illinois Livestock
Illinois farmers may resume brucellosis testing and vaccination programs as federal funds return to cover local veterinarians. The USDA eradication branch will pay for testing and vaccinating herds, aiding the state effort amid new state appropriations sought by the Illinois Department of Agriculture as the General Assembly convenes.
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Illinois
Paulia
Aet
Ilinois
Mathias
N. T. Howlett
St. Louiss
Department’ of Agriculture
General Assembly
Christian Science Church Service at 614 Pine Street
The Christian Science church at 614 Pine Street invites the public to Sunday services at 11: a.m. with the lesson topic Mortals Immortals. Sunday School starts at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday testimony meeting at 7:45 p.m. Reading room hours Wednesday 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. All are welcome.
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Christian
Science
Pine Street
Fragmentary crossword style page notes and clues
A garbled OCR listing shows scattered word fragments and clue hints. The text lacks coherent narrative, with partial entries like Fort, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Siamese beauty appearing amidst stray numbers and letters, suggesting an unfinished puzzle or glossary page.
Place the Face moves to NBC this fall
Bill Culles plans coast to coast travel for NBC's Place the Face this fall after a year of cross country appearances. The show features three celebrities each week who identify a mystery person from the past.
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Len Connelly
Ravel
Bi Culles
Variety
Show People
New York
Bil
NBC
Bill
Hollywood
Platter Chatter Capitol
Bugs Bunny and the Pirate
MeBlanc
Bozo
Geed Mancers
Tex Ritter
Daify Duck
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