Farm 11 Miles Long Is Mere 85 Feet Wide In Utah
NEPHI Utah a farming family converts a long narrow tract near Nephi into a hotel operation while maintaining a farm along U S Highway 91. The 11 1 2 mile wheat field sits beside railroad right of way once piloted by the late engineer Jack Langenbacker. The widow widow now runs a hotel and oversees the farm under semi tenant arrangements with Frank Morgan a local agricultural authority in Sanpete County.
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Nephi
Utah
Intermountain West
U. S. Highway 91
Lou Langenbacker
Salt Lake City
Nephi To the Dimensions of the Farm: S5l
Frank Morgan
Sanpete County
Jack
Langenbacker
Mrz
Union Pacific Railroad
U.P
Nephi and
Levan
Belafonte Tops Almanac with Mark Twain Song Belief
NEW YORK highlights from Almanac include Harry Belafonte’s performances of Mark Twain and Hold Em Joe. The piece notes the folk song about the Mississippi River land grant and mentions other artists and releases, including Langenbacker and Carr. The article also references RCA Victor and Capitol LPs with linked figures and tracks.
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New York
Harry Belafonte
Mark Twain
Langenbacker
Mississippi
Belafonte
Rca-Victor
John Henry
Lord Banann
Pipe Organ Firm Clings To Older Ideas for Trade
In Oarville C M older methods persist in organ making as Schantz Pipe Organ Co enters its 80th year. Only eight U S firms remain and staff rely on traditional processes such as tin lead pipe casting and long voicing exams. John Schantz, 34, is among few who can voice pipes. the firm designs and builds entire organs, often taking years from initial church layout to final tonal tests, with custom craftsmanship shaping each instrument.
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Oarville
Schantz Pipe Organ Co
United States
Abraham J. Schantz
John Schantz
Larry Alpert
Eric Yon
New York
Cnrand
William D. Laffler
I Sons
Bruce
Paul
Wildlife Displays Highlight State Fair In Columbus
Officials showcase deer population monitoring along marshes and duck banding at a waterfowl exhibit. The Department of Natural Resources explains fur resources and wildlife restoration, while kids’ fishing remains a top activity at the fair with the Fish Management Section leading the program.
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Columbus
Con Gama
Exie
Ohio
End of World War II near. Allied drive around Paris advances
On August 21 1954 the Times recalls ten years since the war ending comments by Sir Richard Montgomery as Allied forces circle Paris. It also notes growing interest in freezing foods. The column lists scenes from twenty and thirty years past including a Chicago bus driver walkout and Henry Ford receiving an old oaken bucket from Calvin Coolidge.
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Richard L. Montgomery
France
Paris
Chicago
Commissioners’ Office
U. S
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Ford
Coolidge
Mare
Nbc-Tv
Sucaus
Mac Surety
Mac West
Jo Stafford
Cbs-Tv
Chese Jaye P. Morgan
Islert
Lewis
Rocky Feller
Vanderbilt
Gertrude Berg
Red Buttons
Son
Old Theft Makes Cash For Victim
In Schenectady a thirty year old theft of an ice cutting machine motor from Francis Daley is recapped. Daley received a Kansas City postmarked letter containing seventy dollars and an apology from the anonymous sender claiming remorse. Daley valued the machine at about thirty dollars.
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Schenectady
Francis Daley
Daley
Kansas City
Brothers Rough Up Father Lands Two in Jail
Two brothers Joseph Vaughn 43 and Gilbert Vaughn 32 were jailed after visiting their father Walter Vaughn and roughing him up. They received six month sentences after the father, who made the complaint, asked the judge to go easy on them.
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Clean, N.Y
Joseph Vaughn
Gilbert Vaughn
Walter Vaugin
Fashion trends clash with Dior bustline revival worries
In The Chatter Box, a note on fashion shifts and the French styling threat to budgets. The piece recalls twenties corseted silhouettes and fears a modern relapse, urging caution from manufacturers and reassurance that many will keep curves. A tangent explains the heart scale wobble as it relates to blood flow, citing AMA findings.
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France
Christian Dior
Dior
Corset and Brassiere Association of America
American Medical Association
Dodor
Salons and saltos illusions of weight loss and fashion
Aneke Jahn recounts a graphic encounter at a health bath salon promising inch loss and fat reduction. A humorous misadventure shows excessive pressure to sign up, upselling, and the lure of a guaranteed cure, with the narrator reflecting on vanity and the female experience. C. Urban Zoeller's large phonograph record collection is described in detail, noting growth from the 1920s, a 1937 flood loss, and generous support from RCA. He cherishes music, listening about 20 hours weekly, and values two copies of each record and two hi fi players.
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C. Urban Zoeller
St. Meinrad Catholic Seminary
St. Meinrad
Ind
Zoeller
Ohio River Valley
Radio Corporation of America
Indiana
Haydn
Tong
Radio And Television By John Lester Big hit or price censorship debate
John Lester surveys radio and television trends and industry chatter from the West Coast and New York, noting censorship debates after Bible passages, Hollywood contract news, and shifts in TV programming. The column mentions Lillian Gish, Amos and Andy, NBC plans, and emerging TV formats as networks trim and test new ideas.
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West Coast
Lillian Gish
Hollywood
New York
Delsiohn
Amos
Andy
Freeman Gosden, Jr
Sutton
Vision
Jim Speak
J Lovel
NBC
Mario Lanza
Rca-Victor
CBS
Ray
Ernie Kovacs
Asmond Massey
Ollow
Dagmar
Cat Club
Gals Invade The Northern Territory Frontier
Sydney report notes a demographic shift as women move into Australia’s sparsely populated north, with birthrates rising and housing improving. Minister Hasluck cites a changed life in the Territory, stronger population growth, better health access, and growing schools as evidence of development beyond the old bush image.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Territory
Albany
Ted
Midwest
Paul M. Hasluck
Hasluck
Northern Territory
North
Tiny Tractors Make Home Chores Easier
New York dispatch reports compact garden tractors with lawn care, wood cutting, and painting attachment capabilities. Farmers and prospectors are using the machines for fodder packing and gold pan processing, while industry data shows high production, steel use, and quick assembly rates.
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New York
Northwest
Steelways
American Iron and Steel Institute
Department of Commerce
Mining Students Have Own Mind Mining Students Have Own Mind
BRISBANE Students at the School of Mining Engineering University of Queensland work in an abandoned silver lead and zinc mine Indooroopilly bought by the school in 1951. Students have reconditioned the mine adding two shafts two main adits an oper cut area and part of a mult of underground workings for use as an underground laboratory in mine surveying applied geology ventilation dust surveys sampling and ore reserve computation.
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Brisbane
School of Mining Engineering
University of Queensland
Indooroopilly
Man Offers To Do Rattling Good Job
Providence Rhode Island pays a bounty for killing rattlesnakes and Ellsworth C Brown of Wells Pennsylvania offers to rid the state of many rattlers for 200 dollars He is aided by his 11 year old daughter and says he turned in 15 rattlers in Pennsylvania during a vacation last year
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Providence
Rhode Island
Ellsworth C. Brown
Wellson
Brown
Pennsylvania
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