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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1956
Page
12
Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford escaped unhurt after a car from the Teahouse of the August Moon location crew skidded into a rice paddy on a mountain road in Japan. They flagged down a replacement vehicle and returned to the set after a two hour delay.
A collage of brief items shows local teen stories: Boulevards of Shagnasty at Helix High, a phantom student. a Catholic Central High Credit Union offering loans with a dollar borrowed at five cents monthly. Knoxville barbers raising flat-top prices to 1.25. Worcester teenagers Diane Plante and Roger Salmonsen dating by homing pigeons. postmaster Roger’s father concerned the fad may spread. Oklahoma City Central High’s O Club selections.
Doris Taylor an English teacher with 26 years at Central is chosen as queen for the year after earning the title by attending every major athletic contest. In Yellow Grass Sask, 27 high school students become certified babysitters after a public health nurse led the course, while Judy Lewis returns from Florida with a flood of new slang.
In Sheridan Wyoming an annual Explorer Boy Scout exercise finds groups intentionally lost in the Big Horn Mountains. With skilled supervisors, they carry only basics and leave prepared food, forage for sustenance, fashion rabbit snares, and boil bark into soup. After two or three days they are guided to safety to simulate regional emergencies.
An Audum reader weighs flat roof pros and cons amid architectural and financing considerations. The piece notes snow loads, attic ventilation, cooling costs, gutter loss, and limited mortgage support in some regions, plus aesthetic value and use as a sun deck. Also reports death of Kimball businessman Bert Harkins and mentions Hittite iron origins.
The guide promotes foam rubber for cushioning in home projects. It notes foam rubber can be bought in many sizes and shapes and can be cut bent folded rolled and cemented with rubber cement. Oversize cuts help fabric coverage and soft-density foam is best over springs. It warns against exposing foam rubber to light without a covering and advises careful cementing and limited use of dry cleaning agents.
A dense list details KSID broadcast timetable with show names and times from sign on to sign off, including news weather sports and special programs across the day. The schedule repeats entries and contains some OCR errors but preserves the overall programming flow and station segments.
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