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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1955
Page
6
A spell of extreme July heat in New York City correlates with a 39.7 percent rise in deaths from 1954, especially among the elderly and ill. Deaths from high blood pressure, vascular lesions, and arteriosclerotic heart disease surge, while new drugs and cooling tech promise safer summers and year round comfort.
The Home Canning Institute of America says tomato yields rise from 1954 despite late frosts in Tul., Md., Va., and Del. Over 20 million families are expected to can tomatoes, mainly from farms in Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. July and August mark peak season with year round enjoyment possible through proper preservation.
National A A U long distance swim meets set for Saturday at Metropolitan Beach near Detroit feature top women and junior men races. The 3 mile senior women's event starts at 2 P M on a quarter mile courses with strong contenders Kitty Kennary and Helen Hughes, while the 4 mile junior men's race is open to non title holders. Trophies will be awarded by the Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority and patches by the Michigan A A U swimming committee.
The Michigan State Fair Teachers Day Committee seeks teachers with 40 years or more in a single county for the state fair event on Saturday September 3. Send names to Teachers Day Committee Michigan State Fair Detroit Michigan. Mrs Doris Flint of Perry Michigan leads the effort.
40 year teachers and members of the State Fair Board of Managers will be recognized. Robert Hawkins directs the event with Detroit teachers involved. All teachers and student teachers enter free on the day. awards will be given to more than twenty Michigan educators. Special exhibits and programs salute teachers for their role in state development.
Michigan State University economist Glynn McBride notes Detroit area consumers are buying more vitamins and homogenized milk while decreasing regular and high test milk. Skim milk use rises as calo rie awareness grows, and sales of cream and regular milk decline. He cautions the trends may signal statewide patterns but are not universal.
Michigan bean growers view recent research at the annual field day in Saginaw. August 25 at 1 30 p m at the George Schemm elevator farm two miles south of Saginaw on Sheridan Road. EE Down and Axel Anderson will outline navy bean breeding progress. Visitors will see disease resistant plants and 3500 strains resistant to both anthracnose and Virus 15. A new bush bean, likely released in 1957, will be shown in four row plots with two planting dates. HF McColly will discuss harvesting equipment and methods.
University of Michigan Russian studies seminar featured speakers from State Department MIT Columbia and more detailing Soviet economy housing and agriculture. Block stressed centralized investment heavy industry and a 48 hour week while Volin contrasted soil tillable area with the United States. Rostow warned elite rulers aim to conserve power and urged that arms talks threaten the Iron Curtain and Soviet control.
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