Peach Crop is Destroyed
SACRAMENTO Calif California cling peach processors destroy about 37800 tons of fruit this year instead of canning it and depressing the market says the State Agriculture Department Dr E W Braun chief of the departments Bureau of Markets said Friday the cling peach crop will be about 680000 tons a record and way too many to be used Last year s tonnage was 635000 He noted possible use as vinegar or brandy was uneconomical and warned more surplus trouble ahead as new peach groves are being planted
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Sacramento
Calif
California
State Agriculture Department
E. W. Braun
Department
Bureau of Markets
Old Cistern Hides Stray in Idaho Farm Field
Boise Idaho report details cattle rescue after a sunken 10 foot cistern hole, thought filled by a bulldozer, hid a live whiteface steer at the bottom. Arthur Van Slyke of Homedale found the animal while checking irrigation ditches and was kicked by the steer as rescuers pulled it out.
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Boise
Idaho
Arthur van Slyke
Homedale
van Slyke
Liquor Quicker As Tranquilizer
Cincinnati psychiatrist Dr Warren Richards warns against self medication with new tranquilizers and says a moderate amount of alcohol provides temporary relief from nervous tension and anxiety better than the drugs.
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Cincinnati
Warren Richards
Australians Track US Satellite Death Plunge Watch
Amateur astronomers across Australia will monitor the satellites decay after launch from Cape Canaveral. Scientists debate atmospheric density at 300 miles up while observers in Perth Adelaide and Sydney set up stations to catch the death plunge and possible radio signals. A Woomera observatory will track the craft with a radar camera able to register a 5 inch sphere at 1 000 miles.
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Sydney
Australia
United States
Cape Canaveral
N. Martin
Melbourne University
Perth
Adelaide
South Africa
South America
L. G. H. Huxley
Adelaide University Physics Ddepartment
Moonwatch
Woomera
South Pacific
Unlicensed Bicycles Target Of Police
Lt James Combs head of the Traffic Bureau warns that any rider without a license tag will be cited into court. Juvenile violators go to Bicycle Court Saturdays at 10 am in the Traffic Bureau office. Adults go to Traffic Court. All two wheel bicycles must display a license tag. New owners must buy a tag immediately. Tags sold at four city fire stations 8-11 am and 1-6 pm daily except Sunday.
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James Combs
Traffic Bureau
Combs
Middletown
Thief Takes $750 Telescope From Wall at Painted Canyon
Roy Noyes, owner of the imported telescope, said a thief cutting it free with a hacksaw stole the instrument from a stone wall at Painted Canyon in the Bad Lands. The value was listed at 750 dollars.
Midnight Named Town After Poker Game Hour
In Mississippi Delta history a small town earned its name from the hour a poker game ended. Pioneer landowners once paused land clearing to gamble with neighbors. A landowner bet away his cleared land, and the winner proclaimed naming his land Midnight after the midnight hour.
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Miss
Mississippi
Woman 103 Today in Bryan Ohio Observes 103rd Birthday
West Unity resident Emma Hinkle aged 103, Williams County’s oldest, marks her 103rd birthday today in Bryan Ohio with family and local greetings from neighbors and officials.
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Bryan
Ohio
Emma Hinkle
West Unity
Williams County
Hungarian arrests sweep across Hungary reported
Reports from informed sources say several hundred people were arrested in Hungary over the last three days. No official confirmation was provided. Those taken into custody were described as white collar workers, including office employees and some members of workers councils.
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Budapest
Hungary
Coun
Lotsa Monkey Business Among The Davis Clan
Steubenville Ohio five year old Diana Lynn Davis was bitten on the lower left arm by a monkey named Davis owned by her grandfather William Davis. The incident was investigated by Deputy Sheriff Arnold Davis who is not related. Diana was treated at Ohio Valley Hospital and released.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Davis
Diana Lynn Davis
Ohio Valley Hospital
William Davis
Arnold Davis
Davises
Neutra urges noisy libraries at USC Library School
Architect Richard J. Neutra tells USC Library School libraries should remove Quiet signs and add television coverage of current events news teletypes and stock ticker tapes hi fi rooms for music and poetry outdoor reading rooms and informal lounges the proposals aim to modernize library spaces.
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Los Angeles
Richard J. Neutra
Neutra
University of Southern California
Library School
Malaya To Have Independent Flag And Ruler In August
Malaya will lower the Union Jack on August 31 and take the flag of an independent nation. It becomes the 10th nation in the British Commonwealth with Queen Elizabeth II as head of the Commonwealth. A Paramount Ruler, chosen August 3 from nine sultans, will reign for five years as his majesty while governance rests with Prince Abdul Rahman who will be prime minister. He must balance Malay, Chinese, Indian and other communities amid rising tensions as demographics shift.
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Malaya
Elizabeth II
Abdul Rahman
Kedah
Prince Rahman
Youths Test Home Made Rocket to White Sands Test Site
Tulsa youths Bradley Glover and Clifford Ramsey, both 17, completed a 12 foot rocket project begun in 1954. They spent about 250 hours on design and 1,600 hours on building, costing roughly 1000 dollars and 102 pounds when fueled. They sent it to White Sands for federal inspection and possible testing.
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Tulsa
Okla
White Sands
N. M
Fifth graders adopt ship in classroom project
Denver fifth graders at Anna Laura Force School adopted the S. S. Jean Lykes, a cargo vessel bound for Central and South American ports. Students correspond with Capt. O. L. Brown and crew, tracking the ship using pins and colored yarn on a map.
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Denver
Colo
Anna Laura Force School
S. S. Jean
Middletown newspaper coupon for home cooling training
An old Middletown Journal offer promotes a training course in air conditioning and refrigeration. It invites readers to mail a coupon for free details, promising financing if qualified and requesting name address state.
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