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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
5
The American public increased personal debt by over 20 billion dollars in 1955, reaching an estimated 147 billion. Mortgages, consumer credit, and life-insurance loans drove the rise, while long-term savings climbed about 12 billion to roughly 232.14 billion, per Federal Home Loan Bank Board data.
Armour Research Foundation and Illinois Institute of Technology researchers report that microscopic airborne dust can damage metal and glass surfaces at high speeds. They simulate dust impact at speeds up to 11 000 feet per second to assess erosion and its threat to satellite and missile missions.
Prof. G E Mac Ginnie reports at Point Barrow Alaska that Eskimo birthrate rises up to threefold when adopting white man's food rather than traditional whale fish and seal. He warns dependence on outside support creates a serious future challenge for the Arctic people.
Duke University Library in Durham reports a biography of Napoleon returned after 36 years overdue. Issued 1919 with potential fines about 650 dollars at a nickel daily, the law limits payment to the book price plus replacement cost. A professor returned it found among his father's books. no charge made.
Washington reports losses totaling 4.6 billion dollars in the decade after World War II, five times the prewar ten year total and equivalent to about 100 dollars of debt per U.S. family.
The Forest Service launches Project Skyfire in northern Arizona to seed clouds and study lightning behavior and fire control. A mobile radar unit near Flagstaff will track storms, comparing seeded and unseeded systems, with radar’s first use in forest fire control.
New York reports important gains in reducing prenatal and early postnatal deaths though mortality remains a public health issue. Prenatal deaths fell from 51.4 to 35.0 per 1000 live births between 1940 and 1953, yet about 136000 such deaths occurred in 1953 including 69000 stillbirths and 67000 deaths within a week of birth.
Washington 1955 nutrition figures show Americans derive 12 percent of calories from protein 41 percent from fat and 47 percent from carbohydrates. The shift from 20 years earlier 11 36 and 53 percent marks changes in diet with protein valued for growth from milk meat eggs fish soy flour and nuts.
String fellow Barr former president of St John's College in Annapolis faults colleges for producing too many experts and too few men who can make decisions He argues American colleges would spark an educational revolution if graduates can read and write effectively.
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