UP Replaces Hand Cars with Trucks in Maintenance Push
Union Pacific advances its maintenance program by purchasing four Chevrolet trucks from Kokjer Motor Co. as part of a large equipment order including 25 one ton and 17 half ton trucks along with road graders tie tampers cranes ballast cleaners and rail power drills. The railroad aims to reduce hand car use and service maintenance on highways and access roads near the mainline with plans for rail relaying and new techniques mainly west of the current location.
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Union Pacific
Kokjer Motor Co
U.P
Omaha
Chevrolet
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kennedy Sworn In as Nation Begins New Era
Kennedy delivers inaugural address to a cheering crowd and receives support from family and friends including Jacqueline Kennedy while President Eisenhower attends events and departs for Gettysburg after a luncheon. The ceremony ends with the inaugural ball and a sense of looming national challenges.
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Farms Decline Impacts Nebraska Towns And Leaders
NORTH PLATTE University of Nebraska sociologist Dr Otto Hoiberg told 150 western Nebraska residents at a 4 H Leader Training Conference that mutual responsibility exists between youth and community. He said towns with strong economic bases leadership and social groups survive and that farm decline affects schools churches and community activities.
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North Platte
University of Nebraska
Otto Hoiberg
Univerty
Speaki
Nebraska
Hoiberg
Guard’s cookie recipe stuns wife after prison cook mystery
W M Woody, a guard at the Oklahoma state prison, described the bake goods as fine. His wife asked for the recipe and he listed ingredients totaling 600 pounds of flour 4 cases of eggs 3 cans of lard and 20 gallons of milk. She later gave him cookies and explained she solved the formula by dividing by 640.
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Mccallester
Okla
W. M. Woody
Alarm Triggers Panic as 18 Month Old Tries Safe Dial
An 18 month old girl wandering near a bank in Norman Oklahoma touched a dial on the safe and set off a burglar alarm prompting a near panic while her parents conducted business.
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Norman
Okla
Wheat Exports May Hit New Peak In 1961
Lincoln US wheat exports likely to set an all-time record in 1961 says Robert Florell chief of the Nebraska Wheat Commission. He cites July 1960 to December 1960 exports near 300 million bushels and optimism for January to June 1961 with half the US crop shipped overseas if trends continue. The previous high was 553 million bushels in 1956-57.
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Lincoln
Robert Florell
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Florell
Commission
Jeepney Ride Through Manila's Reckless Traffic
Manila's jeepneys and buses dominate streets with erratic routes and minimal safety. The Manila Traffic Bureau reports 13 330 vehicles on routes under PSC certificates of public convenience, but enforcement lags. Drivers prioritize profit, with stops often at mid road, endangering riders. An American traveler jokes about “Hi-yo jeepney, away” amid constant hazard.
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M. P. Salmiento Manila
Manila
Jeanness
Lairae
Manila Traffic Bureau
PSC
Minna
Public transit limits in Manila and US burn deaths
The piece notes Manila lacks streetcars and a subway, leaving taxis or walking as options. It cites US data showing about 7,300 tire and burn deaths annually, with roughly 5,700 occurring in the home, nearly four fifths.
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United States
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