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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1958
Page
2
A reflective piece from East Side musing on the moon’s influence across history and culture. The speaker weighs moon exploration against domestic progress, ponders humanity’s dark sides, and cites quotes on intelligence emotion and evolution tied to local Mississippi life.
Mississippi continues to pace the nation in broiler chick production with March totals of 6,687,000, 45 percent above the national average of 4,618,000. The rise signals progress for the state's fast growing poultry sector. Passports between Norway Denmark Sweden and Finland were abolished in 1954 for Scandinavian citizens, and today tourists show passports only at entry and exit.
The text notes 193000 shares re optioned with 27000 to officers and directors and a total saving of 9 million dollars, about 1.3 million to executives. It cites executives’ prior options totaling 1,057,000 shares at 17.69, yielding potential profits over 50 million, plus 174000 shares at 29.37 with about 6.75 million in profits. It also reports President Carter decrying Pentagon waste and defense patronage linked to Georgia politicians Russell and Vinson.
The State FFA runs a 40 acre camp leased from the federal government on Grenada Lake Mississippi. Five years since founding the camp they have built buildings cleared land created a pond and opened all facilities in a wooded setting.
The most costly hailstorm in history struck near Wichita Kansas in 1951 with property damage estimated at 14 million dollars.
The Social Security Administration plans to issue one check for both spouses in 1958, saving the trust fund over a million dollars annually in postage. Beneficiaries will be warned two months before first combined checks, allowing requests for separate checks if desired. The trial began with new claims in September 1956 and covers eligible married couples at the same address. Each beneficiary still receives their individual share and both must endorse the single check.
Europe's tallest office project rises at Racksta near Stockholm. The 14 story building will house 3100 Swedish State Power Board employees who currently work in about forty offices across Stockholm.
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