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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1956
Page
3
The 84th Congress opens amid debate over farm welfare as 2 million people relying on agriculture see income drop from 8 to 4 percent of national income. Despite a shrinking farm population, farm business spending remains around 7.2 percent of total, with capital goods at 8.1 percent. Small merchants feel the impact of price spreads, while large corporations’ after tax incomes rise from 6.1 to 7.4 billion dollars between 1952 and 1954.
The discussion focuses on farm surpluses and the Commodity Credit Corporation. The Department of Agriculture estimates surpluses at about 7 billion dollars, though 2.1 billion are loans likely to be repaid. Surplus reflects under consumption, not overproduction, with implications for Congress on economy and costs.
The Warren Record argues speeding remains a highway danger because many motorists oppose measures to curb speed. It cites poor public cooperation with the Highway Patrol, weak convictions in court, and widespread tolerance for speeding despite fatal and near miss crashes on major roads.
In a roundup of diverse topics the article notes insect losses in U S crops coal moved daily to power cities like Detroit via TVA Shawnee plant and the first concrete road built in Detroit in 1907 it also mentions true sherry from Jerez Spain and that nine tenths of farm produce is trucked to markets. It adds a WWII ship loss study and other assorted facts about adobes gloves coal handling and historic catalog growth.
UNIVERSITY PARK Pa Leisure time can be a liability says Fred M Coombs professor of physical education at Pennsylvania State University He cites rising leisure time as a danger and urges more recreational facilities to boost individuals communities and real estate values in Lake Wallenpaupack area where vacation spending supports 1100 cottages. He advocates participatory family hobbies to keep families united and active.
Los Angeles reports on Barnaby Rich the Elizabethan writer who argued that a woman must blush to be honest. His claim that powder and beauty reflect dishonor drew criticism from Irish husbands and scholars such as Dr. Paul A. Jorgenson who notes his supposed scientific basis.
Covington stories record Mrs. Royal Atkinson's bat plagued home as bats swarmed inside. Dr. Elizabeth Smith from the University of Cincinnati, though injured, captured 22 bats including 11 young. She weighed tagged them and released them in a barn noted as a bat hangout.
Winnsboro Louisiana noted man Huh Dear describes a superstition based scare technique. He threads stakes across a watermelon patch and stretches string between them to deter crows. Dear claims the crow will avoid the string thinking it a trap and has used this method since 1917.
In Wilmington, thieves could not open a local motor company safe holding 13525 dollars during the weekend break in. They solved the problem by stealing one of the firm’s new station wagons and driving away with the money.
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