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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1957
Page
6
A New York column teases absurd trivia from mailbag items noting odd claims about brains in humans and animals, wind speeds, a What Cheer Iowa town, catfish eggs, insect blood color, and other curious tidbits. The piece reflects lighthearted, period-style wonders and quotable quips from various notes.
The passage blends social notes about police, women as life-insurance beneficiaries, and quotes. It mentions Madison Avenue padding costs, an English society discouraging parrot swearing, Robert Louis Stevenson on weakness, and residents who owe payments being offered water from a city hydrant. It also references large quantities of TNT and nominal WWII bombs.
Cheyenne Oklahoma officials enforce timely payments with service cutoffs on the 15th each month. The measure targets residents behind on water bills to ensure revenue and continuous supply.
A 5:30 am detonation from a 500 foot tower at Yucca Flat, Nevada, marked the Whitney shot, the 22nd in the 1957 series. The Atomic Energy Commission reported a yield above half nominal, about 10 000 tons of TNT, with observers at Angel's Peak roughly 40 miles away estimating around 15 kilotons.
A storm stranded the 560-ton motorship Raja Soliman with 45 passengers and 44 crew off Tagabas Bay. Passengers were moved to the Leyte as 80 mph typhoon winds threaten Luzon and islands south of Luzon brace for impact. Hong Kong reports Typhoon Gloria with 100 mph winds, the Dutch freighter Tjibantjet driven ashore, and widespread damage with multiple injuries and fatalities.
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