Glass-Lined Planet Once Orbiting Sun Revealed by Tektites
An earth sized planet with a glassy crust may have orbited between Mars and Jupiter. The glass fragments called tektites or diamonds, found worldwide, suggest a colossal collision shattered a sun’s tenth satellite. Ralph Stair of the National Bureau of Standards presents this view, noting the extraterrestrial origin and youth of the glass shells now in sedimentary rocks.
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Washington
Mars
Jupiter
Ralph Stair
National Bureau of Standards
Stair
Smithsonian Institution
New Uses for Magnesium Salts
A report by the American Medical Association says magnesium salts may prevent grass staggers in cattle grazing early spring and could help treat delirium tremens in chronic alcoholism. Dr. Edmund B. Flink notes human magnesium deficiency causes muscle twitching nervousness tremor delirium and convulsions similar to cattle symptoms.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Edmund B. Flink
Minneapolis
Clude
Flink
Survey on Life Goals Among Los Angeles Seniors
A UCLA sociology survey of over 2,500 Los Angeles high school seniors shows boys aiming for postsecondary schooling high earning careers and homes with cars, while 96 percent of girls want homemaking but half expect to combine it with a career.
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Los Angeles
Ralph H. Turner
University of California At
New Bird Fossils Expand North American List
Washington reports more than 400 fossil birds known from North America and the West Indies with fewer than half represented by living species. Dr. Alexander Wetmore of the Smithsonian compiled a checklist of fossil birds found in the area, noting that most remains are fragmentary and that about 100 species were added in the last 15 years.
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Washington
North America
West Indies
Alexander Wetmore
Smithsonian Institution
African Rats Walk Upright Like Man
Smithsonian Institution adds North African jerboas to its mammal collections. Dr. Henry W. Setzer collected these 7 to 8 inch long desert rodents during a Libya expedition studying hosts of insect parasites and disease carriers. They move on hind legs with bushy tails, resembling small kangaroos.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Henry W. Setzer
Libya
Millenia
Northern
Desert
Kalamazoo Adds Women Officers for Meter Change
Kalamazoo police add two uniformed women officers to provide change for motorists at meters and issue parking violation tickets when needed. The program aims to aid drivers while enforcing parking rules.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
High Urban Life Insurance Ownership Revealed in 1955 Survey
The Institute of Life Insurance reports nine of ten urban men seven of ten urban women and two thirds of urban children own life insurance based on a 1955 University of Michigan survey. Rural rates are lower but substantial with 77 percent of men and 58 percent of women insured.
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New York
America
The
Institute of Life Insurance
University of Michigan
Remember the Source by Rev Robert H Harper
A devotional meditation compares a mountain stream to human life. It urges remembering the source and remaining true to the best one has known, illustrating how pure origins face trials before joining the broader flow toward service and achievement.
We Work Less for More These Days
Minneapolis report by Northwestern National Life Insurance shows Americans enjoy higher living standards while working less. A century of rising farmer efficiency shifts population from farming, boosting per capita disposable income from 550 in 1850 to 1,630 in 1955, about 4,890 for a three person household in 1955 constant dollars.
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Minneapolis
Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
U.S
Bureau
Automation Foreseen As Boon to Dairies
W J Scarlett of Minneapolis Honeywell told the National Dairy Engineering Conference at Michigan State College that dairy plants use few automation tools. He predicted a future where milk is weighed and butter fat content reported by a computer, which would drive a tabulator for records and a check-writing machine to pay the farmer.
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East Lansing
Mich
W. J. Scarlett
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company
National Dairy Engineering Conference
Michigan State College
Scarlett
Marilyn lookalikes and studio notes on stars
A nostalgia column notes Marilyn Monroe imitators like Jayne Mansfield Mamie Van Doren and Diana Dors while praising Monroe's unmatched beauty. It also covers Martin and Lewis split after a decade together and comments on Andy Griffith Barbara Lyon and The Jumping Jacks releasing Capitol recordings with playful local entertainment chatter.
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Marilyn Monroe
Jayne Masfield
Mamie van Doren
Sheee North
Tass
Diana Dors
Marilyn
Diana
Arthur Miller
Martin
Lewis
Jerry
Capitol
Andy Griffith
Barbara Lyon
Bebe Daniels
Ben Lyon
Britain
Barbara
Ronnie Morris
Valencia
Judge fines himself for lateness at Ware Superior Court
In Waycross Georgia Judge Cecil Roddenberry arrived seven minutes late to Ware Superior Court and fined himself forty nine dollars seven dollars per minute. He initially blamed a mis set opening time but rejected the excuse.
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Waycross
Cecil Roddenberry
Ware Superior Court
Familiar Fugitive
Old Sam Salters hides behind a boulder as Moccasin Joe Brown-Bear, now acting Sheriff of Navajo County, climbs the trail to arrest him. A note on Geronimo reveals the captured truth that the killed guard was actually Ringo the outlaw. Joe offers a reward for Sam’s surrender as the chase ends in a tense reunion.
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Old Sam Salters
Moccasin Joe Brown-Bear
Moccasin Joe
Joe
Navajo County
Geronimo
Old Sam
Sam
Otto McKinsey
Dadly Hanawalt Boys
Goldville
Sheriff McKinsey
McKinsey
Crystal Palace
Wells Fargo
Express Company
Welle Fargo
Jack Rabbit
Ringo
Express
Minéce
Choose Weapons Carefully Kill or Accident in Traffic Debate
In a speech on traffic safety, Robert L. Donigan argues that legal enforcement shapes behavior, citing cases of negligent homicide and forged checks. Gov Lang enjoins stronger action as polices and courts must treat traffic violations seriously to reduce deaths. Public apathy and lenient judges hinder progress. better enforcement and education could cut crashes dramatically.
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Robert L. Donigan
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
Donigan
Gov. Lang@e
Washington
James P. Economos
American Bar Association
Beenomos
Tennessee
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