On The House High Costs Of Homes Drive Many To Trailers
The article explains rising home costs push families toward trailers or mobile homes. It notes 2.5 million trailers exist in North America, with over a million families using them year round. A Stanford survey highlights demographics, income, and age trends, while a New York exhibit features a $75,000 Executive Flagship model.
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Trailer Coach Assn
Stanford Research Institute
California
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New York
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William B. MacDonald, Jr
Mid- States Corp
Chicago
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Canada
Kroehler Home Furnishings Sold For Less At Ranft's
Satisfy your desire for beautiful Kroehler living room and bedroom furnishings priced to fit your budget. Famous for beauty comfort and quality Kroehler is your best buy, sold for less at Ranft's.
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Kroehler
Ranft's
Blotter Test Reveals Wall Paint Shade Instantly
A white blotter absorbs fresh paint and reveals the final color while wet, showing the shade the wall will dry to. The method provides a quick, practical preview of not-yet-dry color before full application.
Population and industry concentrated in Scotland's lowlands
The lowlands cover 10 percent of Scotland's area yet hold about 75 percent of its population and most of its industry, highlighting regional disparities in geography and economic activity.
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Lowlands
Scotland
Home Owners Question Box on drilling and costs
A reader asks why carbide tipped bits stick in masonry and how to resume drilling after a jam. The answer cites small aggregate chunks as the cause and notes a star drill can powder the aggregate to proceed. The column also cites Austin Texas tests showing a 1300 square foot house cooling in summer cost about 70 cents daily, with electricity about 68 cents and minimal water.
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Austin Tex
Texas
New Roofing Made From Glass Fiber
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp announces a new glass fiber roofing material that is tough waterproof and rot resistant. The process uses random glass fibers on felt, heat hardened plastic, then rolled for shipping to manufacturers. Production begins in Kansas City and Santa Clara with plans for Barrington and Newark.
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Fireplace Draft in Tight Home Causes Smoky Interior
Owners of small tightly built homes often experience smoke filling the house despite an unblocked chimney that extends above the roof. The remedy is to create a draft by opening a window a few inches when starting a fire.
Music Wall Debuts as Home Entertainment Center
A home music wall is highlighted as a central furniture concept weaving music books TV and hi fi gear into wall units. It discusses built in storage, open shelves and divider walls in fir or hemlock with adjustable TV mounting and easy access for maintenance.
Standard Window Sizes For Pre-Fab Homes Urged
The NAHB Research Institute recommends standard window sizes for mass produced houses in two widths 30 and 46 inches and five heights including 41 inch kitchen unit 74 inch picture 53 inch living room 23 inch bathrooms and 34 inch bedrooms with tolerances of plus or minus four inches and doors set at 6 feet 8 inches high to align with all windows.
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American Standards Assn
Research Institute of the
National Assn. of Home Builders
House & Home Magazine
Nahb Research Institute
Institute
House & Home
Crosswords Listed Clues Across Horizons and Syndicate
A mixed group of crossword clues from Horizon tainted by a Ming Features Syndicate listing includes definitions for cleansing agent hart globe land measure brain membrane European bird brace bog orchid closely related employer however golf club giving no heed drudge lampoon stone tablet glove leather sowing book of the Old Testament self Black Average time of solution watchfal channel shallows musical composition ascend suffer extra parts kiss dial two toed sloth fats broadest estrange nautical rope hence prophetess pushes doubly Asiatic tree European dormouse Brazilian tapir instead constellation Aries Peruvian coin fodder.
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Golf Club
Lampoon
Self
Construction Will Send Ingot Capacity Soaring
Expenditures for new equipment and construction in the steel industry are expected to total 1.2 billion dollars this year, pushing ingot capacity to 132 million tons per year by January 1. Steel magazine reports capacity has already risen to 128.363 million tons, with 1956 expansion plans by 26 producers adding 14.31 million tons. Prices for finished steel hold at 137.75 dollars per net ton, while scrap prices reach a fresh high at 59.67 dollars per gross ton as demand remains strong worldwide.
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Cleveland W
Steel” Magazine
Trade Weekly
Metalworking Weekly
United States
The
Siding installation tip and odd historical claim mix
The note advises keeping the tongue side up when installing tongue and groove siding to prevent rain from entering the groove. It then abruptly shifts to a historical aside stating Zoroaster, the Persian lawgiver and founder of the Parsees, lived on cheese for 30 years.
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Zoroaster
Latin American Meeting Planned
Washington representatives from the presidents of 21 American republics meet to review Latin America's economic problems and solutions. The gathering grew from a suggestion by President Eisenhower. Nine ambassadors and 12 other officials participate, with Dr. Milton Eisenhower as U S representative. Delegates will confer with their governments after the conference and meet again in Washington early next year to draft recommendations.
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Washington
Latin America
Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
United States
Churchill Retires as Britain's Prime Minister in 1955
Sir Winston Churchill steps down from the post of prime minister in April 1955 after years leading Britain through World War II. He remains a dominant political figure and elder statesman in the ensuing postwar era.
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Winston Churchill
England
Do It Yourself Trend Spreads To Industry
New York businesses adopt erector set concepts to build and reorganize spaces with off the shelf metal walls, partitions, and plug in wiring. Automation relies on interchangeable small units, expandable shelving, and modular components to replace custom fabrication and speed up production changes. The era notes the 1955 Caribbean hurricane sequence as context for rapid, modular upgrades.
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New York
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