Former Dishwasher Saves Langeloth with Town Purchase
Gus Barbush, an immigrant who washed dishes 36 years ago, bought the 3000 population town of Langeloth, Pennsylvania for about a half million dollars to avert a ghost town fate after American Zinc and Chemical closed its plant. A $200,000 Burgettstown bank loan backs his plan to attract new industry and revitalize the town with a baseball diamond and park improvements.
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Langeloth
Gus
Barbush
American Zine and Chemical Company
Gua
Burgettstown
Burgettstown Bank
Charley the Check Forger Turns Out to Be a Woman
San Francisco police chased Charles H Largey on a $250 bad check charge but arrested a female ex convict Billie Larue. She confessed she preferred living as a man and admitted the impersonation after detention.
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Charley
San Francisco
Charles H. Largey
Largey
Billie Larue
Pigeons Exhibit Humanlike Superstitions in Skinner Study
At Indiana University Dr. B F Skinner trained pigeons to reveal strange rituals as their luck cues. Birds circled cages in fixed directions and mimicked moves while awaiting food, showing how predictable reinforcement can shape superstition in animals.
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Bloomington
B. F. Skinner
Indiana University
Russian Composers Charge Hollywood Stele Their Music
Four famous Russian composers Dmitri Shostakovich Serge Prokofieff Aram Khatchaturian and Nicholai Miaskovsky accuse a Hollywood firm of pirating their compositions for The Iron Curtain Izvestia carries the charges. 20th Century Fox defends using the music as dramatic and fitting to the film about communist spy activity in North America.
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Moscow
Russia
Iron Curtain
Dmitri Shostakovich
Serge Prokofieff
Aram Khatchaturian
Nicholai Miaskovsky
Izvestia
Hollywood
20Th Century-Fox
North America
Communist Party Central Committee
Hitch Hikers Find Thumbing More Expensive Than Fare
Memphis Tennessee paper recounts 17 year old Donald Trachte and two friends attempting a hitchhiking trip to Florida. They walked 319 miles to Memphis over eight days, spending more on food than train or bus fare. Police questioned them twice with no rides. Trachte’s two companions flew home. he will ride a bus.
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Memphis
Tenn
Donald Trachie
St. Louis
Florida
Trachte
Tracite
Rural Youth conference planned at Curtis Nebraska
Nebraska State Rural Youth plans a leadership themed conference at Curtis Agricultural College August 2 to 14. State officers and sponsors met in Sidney to shape the program, with workshops in graphic photography textile painting plastic work and song leading. Activities include registration Friday morning August 12 and a mix of educational and recreational sessions, with emphasis on separate tracks for learning and recreation and leadership by Rural Youth members through hands on organization.
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Nebraska
Curtis Agricultural College
Sidney
Rennie Andersen
Mary Strodecker
Scotts Bluff County
Verlin Livingston
Perkins County
Platte County
Kimball County
Cheyenne County
Hamilton County
South Sund notes from Crook and area social activity
Sunday dinner guests at Glen Dickinson's near Crook included Mr and Mrs Al Kier and daughters and Mr and Mrs W R Brown and Larry. Attendance at a Sterling funeral, a Jehovah's Witnesses study in Crook, cattle spraying by W W G Brown, and visits between Ed Ahlberg, Joe A Oliverius, and relatives are listed along with the birth of a foal and other local happenings.
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Glen Dickinson
al Kier
Near Crook
W. R. Brown
Larry
Sidney
Ed Ahlberg
Oscar Caldwell
Crook
Sterling
Antone Oliverius Sr
Lodgepole
Mesdames
D. E. Dickinson
C. D. Cooper
Denver
Elmer Henry
W.W. G. Brown
Joe A. Oliverius
Glen Kokes
Raymond Harrach
Wilbur Houser
David Fraass
Bonnie Jo Dickinson
Larry Brown
Bird Banding Reveals Wintering Routes of Migratory Birds
Bird banding shows most birds winter in the southern United States or Central America. Some species pause in Central America, while others migrate far south of the equator to spend winters in Central South America.
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United States
Central America
Equator
South America
Cow Falls Through Kitchen Ceiling in Bristol Cottage
In Bristol a cow wandered from a cabbage patch onto a hillside cottage roof and broke through the kitchen ceiling. The incident occurred at John Tout's home when the cow clomped through the patch and tumbled inside, a dramatic showcase of weather and misadventure.
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Bristol
England
John Tout
Tout
Tractor Data Given In Extension Book
Disease control in the home garden starts before planting says Arden F Sherf plant pathologist at the University of Nebraska. He urges placing the garden away from ornamentals and weed patches to avoid virus diseases carried by insects and surviving in plant debris from last year. Continuous cropping and lack of rotation foster disease buildup. rotate crops or let the plot rest each year and burn garden refuse before plowing.
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Arden F. Sherf
University of Nebraska
Whole Wheat for Cattle
Coarsely ground or cracked whole wheat feeds beef cattle about the same value as shelled corn when measured by weight. The grain acts as a high energy component in rations and can substitute for corn in many feeds. Prices and availability may vary by region and season.
Worm medicines for foals at weaning time questioned
Veterinary authorities oppose worm medicines for foals at weaning, arguing the most dangerous internal parasites are not yet mature and thus beyond the effectiveness of drugs in the intestine.
Pricing Telephone Service Asks For Plain Dollars And Cents
A thoughtful discussion notes a boy’s exaggerated claim of a million dollars to show a phone call’s value. It then questions how telephone service should be priced in practical dollars and cents terms and explores pricing concepts.
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Hollywood Stele
Telegraph
Curtis
Poe
Schenley
Greyhound
San Diego
Sun Valley
Chicago
Free ‘Twatine
Auenica Reste
Overland Greyhound
Harold D. Keith
Overland Bus Depot
John Deere
G. P. John Deere
Oliver
SAP Gang
Sidney and
Chappell
Ifx
Mendey
Fridey
Ethel & Albert
Bride& Groom
Art Lintletter
Freddie
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Chysler
Chrysler
Hiere
Chrysler-Plymouth
Chrysler-Plymouth Engineering
Sidney, Nebraska
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