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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1956
Page
4
The article discusses two twin qualities for champions diligence and intelligence. Saskatchewan's young athletes have long shown diligence, but only recently has intelligence become a more common trait. It notes a shift in mindset aiding athletic improvement and performance.
A U S study of 26 000 nurses starting in 1943 shows 96 deaths in 10 years, only three from TB, seven from polio, and most from violent causes or heart and cancer. Authors note nurses’ mortality lower than general white female peers, with noninfectious dangers dominating.
A housewife can help remove ink before cleaning service arrives. Dissolve detergent in warm water, wipe the spot with a damp rag, then place a dry cloth over it and press with your foot to lift the stain. Repeat with a dry cloth if needed and then do nothing else. The method has restored breadloom rugs at times.
In Ottawa Her Majesty The Queen approved a new Royal Canadian Army Cadets badge featuring a red maple leaf and RCAC designation in green beneath St Edward's Crown in gold with the motto Acer Acer Por i. The design replaces both the current cap badge and the blazer crest and will be produced in brass for the cap badge and in colored cloth for the crest.
At the Olympia London section of the B I L F two electronic digital computers were shown by one exhibitor. The first versatile machine handles scientific business and accounting tasks with a wide operation range saving time. The second mercury computer is larger for scientific work and uses floating point numbers to boost calculation speed, potentially increasing speed fivefold.
Penguins do not only live in icy regions. They inhabit the lower east and west coasts of South America and South Africa, plus areas around Australia New Zealand and several Pacific islands, showing a broader distribution than once thought.
Experimental designs by engineers and architects imagine future houses with removable walls light diffusing partitions and self contained utilities. Beehive hexagon builds in New Zealand and a rotating hilltop home in Italy showcase modular sections and rotating interiors.
A century ago fresh salmon was common in Britain but river estuary pollution from millions of tons of refuse reduced catches. Eight million salmon were fished from the Tees early in the century, but by 1937 only 23 were caught.
A collection of quoted reflections on joy sorrow and forgiveness from Eddy Dale Lamb Fielding and Richter. The excerpts contrast mourning with happiness and note how sadness can be part of growth while forgiveness is sought in prayer.
Field secretary Tim Rudolph praises Mike Slobodzian of Hubbard Saskatchewan for clearing brush with a four and a half pound axe on a neighbor’s land. The sightless former piano tuner grows vegetables, tends livestock, and cares for his aging mother while living on a small holding south of Hubbard.
Dr Charles L Hosler associate professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University is funding a study to learn why some snow packs better for snowballs. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation the project runs from 1954 starting September and will report findings in September. The work examines temperature ranges from minus 13 to plus 32 degrees Fahrenheit and photographs falling snowflakes to observe crystal growth.
The saying almighty dollar is attributed by some scholars to Washington Irving in his The Creole Village, highlighting a disputed origin of the expression.
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