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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
2
Engineering students train on a desk sized analog computer that solves in seconds problems too long for conventional methods. The device parallels early industrial computers and is used to tackle heat exchange issues and drying rates in hardboard production and to assess metal heat resistance.
A Hattiesburg resident reports his bank cut him off after he voiced views publicly. He cites The Reporter magazine's June 27 issue on The Segregated Ballot Box and notes disputed counts of Negro voters in Forrest County Mississippi.
Ott Brockman of Southern Bell describes Bell Labs Leprechaun as a compact electronic brain smaller than a TV set. It stores 1,024 words, solves problems instantly, and uses 9,000 parts including 5,000 transistors. Developed for the Air Force, it promises future civilian uses.
The Mississippi Forestry Commission announced record seedling output for the year, with production 24 times higher than any prior year in its 26 year history. Nurseries at Mount Olive and Winona contributed to a total nearing 140 percent of planned releases across state federal and industrial sources. The official noted that at current rates it would take 35 years to plant needed acres, urging a program to complete the task in 16 years.
Governmental economic experts predict fiscal 1958 federal outlays will exceed the President's January estimate of 71.8 billion dollars by one to one and a half billion. The higher forecast assumes Congress curbs will not offset rising costs starting July 1.
The article traces the evolution of weather recording in the United States from early descriptive notes by Rev. John Campanius at Swedes Fort in 1664 to instrumental records started by John Lining in Charleston in 1738. It lists cities with early systematic data such as New Haven, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Midwest and West Coast centers, noting multiple agencies and posts involved.
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