Baseball Gossip and Trade Talk From 1955 Season Sparks
Roy Sievers vents over carrying multiple gloves as teammate Chuck Harmon plays three positions. Edwards sought 100000 to MC This Is Your Life on NBC April 15, while Art Linkletter will narrate. Rumors swirl about Clint Courtney for cash, Ted Gray’s 1955 roller coaster, and Earl Averill’s sharp try at catching. Warren Giles defends mound conferences, Sid Keener notes snow reducing attendance, Porterfield jokes about more runs and money, All-Star capacity capped at Griffith Stadium, Harvey Kuenn stays atop the Tigers order due to superstition.
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Ralph Edwards
Nbc-Tv
Commissioner Frick
Edwards
Art Linkletter
Lifesaving Drug From St Johns Wort Under Study at MSU
Michigan State University researchers Dr. Eugene H. Lucas Dr. James L. Fairley Dr. Hans A. Lillevik and Dr. Russel Y. Gottshall report an antibiotic derived from hypericum or St. Johns wort. In its impure form it is one tenth as potent as penicillin but researchers aim to purify it to match or surpass penicillin against bacteria like staphylococcus.
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Michigan State University
St. John’s Wort
Eugene H. Lucas
James L. Fairley
Hans A. Lillevik
Saline Chamber Charter List Includes Local Firms and Shops
The Saline Chamber of Commerce completes its charter membership with a list featuring firms and individuals such as Anderson's Store A & M Chevrolet Adair's Paint Shop Deede Radio & Electric Dancer's Store Detroit Edison Five Point Restaurant Gable Bros. Floor & Tile Co. Giltrow's Pharmacy Hartman Insurance Saline Bakery Saline Hotel Saline Observer Saline Welding & Body Shop Saline Saving's Bank Schmid Food Market Hall's Grocery Graf's Gulf Service City of Saline Leonard Hutzel Insurance Saline Mercantile Walker's Five & Ten and other entities. Deadline for this membership was last Saturday.
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Saline Chamber of Commerce
Saline Welding & Body Shop
Saline Saving’s Bank” Schmid Food Market
Henry Schroen
Still’s Restaurant
Burning Fields Risks Harm to Game and Soil, Expert Says
Michigan State University specialist Charles Schick warns that burning grasses and brush can remove humus, reduce soil moisture and nutrients, and kill young wildlife. Late April and May burns are especially damaging, may release more weeds, and can harm fence lines. permits are required from the Michigan Department of Conservation.
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Charles Shick
Michigan State University
Schick
Michigan
Michigan Department of Conservation
Farm Tax Refund Bill Advances In Congress
Senate finished action on a bill to refund federal taxes on gasoline used in farm machinery and by custom harvest operators. House approval expected, sending the measure to the White House with an estimated 60 million dollars annual cost. Refunds apply to fuel purchased since January 1 and claimed on income tax returns next year.
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Senate
House
White House
Fraction teaching in Saline Elementary workshop
Teachers at Saline Elementary held a 2.5 hour workshop with Dr. Glenn Ludlow to explore concrete fraction lessons. Visual aids like cake pieces and thermometer charts helped link fractions to place value and daily arithmetic while stressing democratic decision making in school governance.
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Bess Tefft
Saline
Glenn Ludlow
U. of M
Ludlow
Room Mothers Schedule Joint Meeting At Saline Schools
Saline area parents are invited to an 9 p.m. meeting next Monday in the high school gymnasium. A panel of school board members will discuss questions about future school development. Room Mothers will hold their business meeting at 8 p.m.
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Saline
Red Cross to Hold Water Safety Instruction Course
The Washtenaw County Red Cross announces a Water Safety Instructors Course at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor pool led by a Midwestern Area Red Cross Field Representative. It runs 7 to 10 pm on April 16 20 and April 23 27 and requires Part 1 training or current Senior Life Saving certificates.
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University of Michigan
Ann Ay
Bor
Charles Fries
Washtenaw County
Red Cross
Tappan Junior High School
Ann Arbor
The
Gerald Greenlick
Fritzie Gareis
Ruth Harris
Breakfast cereal flavoring ideas from a vintage guide
A vintage cooking tip suggests enhancing breakfast cereal by adding dark corn syrup to the cooking water or using milk or chocolate milk. toppings include cinnamon sugar, brown sugar, corn or maple syrup, jam, or preserves for family choice.
Scandal Travels by Phone More Than Ever Before
A brief filler item notes that gossip and scandal spread rapidly via telephone, surpassing past rumors spread over back fences and neighborly chatter. The column humorously contrasts old methods with modern quick communication.
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Roy Sievers
Washington
Birdie Tebbetts
Cincinnati
Birdie
Chuck Harmon
Arnold Johnson
Kansas City
Clint Courtney
Nats
Ted Gray
White Sox
Indians
Yankees
Orioles
Gray
Earl Averill
Scottsdale
Averill
Red Kress
Kress
Earl
Pappy
Warren Giles
National League
Giles
Cooperstown
Sid Keener
Union
Hall of Fame
Boston
Bob Porterfield
Jerry Nason
Porterfield
Griffith Stadium
Harvey Kuenn
Tigers
Bucky Harris
Michigan State
Qney
My Hite
Saline Observer
Mich
By Price Joel
Chamber Charter List
Frank Carter
Citizens Bank
Carl Curtiss
Cut and Carl Beauty Shop
Dancer’s Store
Deede Radio & Electric
Deede Recreation
Ray Hunt
A. C. Lange Realty
Lockwood Funeral Home
Standard Oil Co
James Moser
Gordon J. Prout
R,. & B. Tool Co
Paul Tull
Ted’s Service
Wiedman Tractor Sales
Walker’s Five & Ten
Bridgewater Lumber Co
Braun Implement & Hardware
Saline Country Market
George Burg
Don Ford Oil Co
Gerald Coe
Carl Burmeister
Saline Mercantile
Hugh
Hall
Graf’s ‘Gulf Service
Uphaul Electric City of Saline Leonard Hutzel Insurance
Lodi Hardware
Ted
BY Alan Maver
Ted Arols
Wis
Sportsmans Digest
Agriculture Department
Ezra Taft Benson
National Hereford Congress
Tucson
Arizon
Utah State Farms Bureau Federation
Salt Lake City
Benson
American Warehousemen’s Association
Statler Hotel
Los Angeles
the Department
Netherlands
Denmark
Ireland
Canada
U.S
Seine
Carr
Mr. Hartman
Dean Burkhardt
A. R. Burkhardt
S. Lewis ST
Saline, Michigan
Fractions
Marian Barclay
Smart Homemakers
Detroit ‘Edison
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