Health Talk on staying comfortable in cold weather
The Illinois State Medical Society Educational Committee warns that neglected cold weather planning raises risks of viruses and respiratory infections and cold exposure. It explains skin based temperature sensation, notes normal body temperature around 98 to 99 F, and urges warmer clothing, sensible home heating, cool sleeping rooms, and caution about carbon monoxide from vehicle exhaust in cold weather.
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Educational Committee
Illinois State Medical Society
Ready for Winter Hazards and Health Tips
Winter brings hazards from snowy streets to icy stairs. Careful footwear and lighting prevent accidents. Cold weather raises energy needs and alters circulation and sweating. Dress warmly and eat balanced meals to boost comfort and resist infection.
Earnings test explained under new social security law
A social security representative outlines how the new earnings test changes affect retired and employed workers. It covers yearly income limits, monthly checks, and the removal of the test for those aged 72 or older, with applicability starting January 1 1955.
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Jels
Changes In Your Social Security
An elderly man describes how a revised earnings test affects beneficiaries with part time work. The new rule sets a $1200 annual limit for both wage earners and self employed recipients, letting them earn up to $105 a month and lose only one month’s benefit.
Missionary professor promotes rebuilding of Aoyama Gakuin
Dr Ganzo Kosaka president of Aoyama Gakuin University travels across the United States from California to Oregon Chicago and Texas to drum up support for postwar rebuilding. The 7000 student co ed institution seeks permanent dormitories and expanded facilities after World War II damage.
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Aoyama Gakuin University of
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California
Portland
Chicago
Texas
Methodist Church
Aoyama Gakuin
Koaska
Ohio Wesleyan University
Missionary Groups Open Scholarships and Hymn Search in 1955
The American Missionary Association offers new college scholarships totaling about 25000 to eighteen youths of diverse ancestries from ten states. The Hymn Society of America seeks hymn texts for rural life to debut at the National Methodist Town and Country Conference. Educational missionaries are urged for 1955 with need for teachers in Africa Asia and Latin America. Larry Moore donated his mink farm to support Methodist charity efforts in Hereford Texas via Ideas Unlimited.
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American Missionary Association of the Congregational Christian Churches
Galen Ro Weaver
Fourth Ave
New York City
Hymn Society of America
Department of Town and Country Work
Methodist Church
America
National Methodist Town and Country Conference
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Glenn F. Sanford
Deane Edwards
Hymn Society
Fourth Avenue
New York
N. Y
M. Williams
Joint
Methodist Board of Missions
Fifth Ave
Africa
East
Southeast Asia
India
Pakistan
Latin America
Larry Moore
Suamico
Wis
National Mutation Mink Association
Wisconsin
First Methodist Church
Hereford
Texas
Moore
Ideas Unlimited
Religious groups unite for emotional illness clinic in Lubbock
The lecture clinic in Lubbock Texas coordinates physicians and ministers to treat emotional illness. About two thousand doctors attended, funded by the Phillip Murray Memorial Foundation which gave 200000 dollars to the National Council of the Churches for applying religious principles to economic life. Half funds a permanent library. The Pocket Testament League will start a Bible distribution campaign in Africa on January 1, 1955 amid fears of continental rebellion and white displacement.
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Lubbock
Texas
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Phillip Murray
South Africa
League
Africa
Wildlife Act reform urged by Illinois sportsmen leader
Ray Johnson of Winchester and president of the Illinois Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs calls for revision of the Federal Coordination Act to require wildlife considerations in federal dam and irrigation projects. He cites underfunding of wildlife surveys and dependence on engineering agencies as weaknesses in current practice.
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Ray Johnson
Winchester
Illinois Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Game and Fish Department
Congress
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Johnson
Illinois Federation
Fish and Wildlife Service
Match Plaids When Sewing for Garment Construction
A University of Illinois specialist stresses matching plaid patterns at all seams and key areas. She outlines a quick method using tracing paper to align bodice components before layout, and emphasizes thorough planning prior to pattern placement. Johnson argues for broader wildlife and recreation provisions in law tied to reservoir construction.
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Ritta Whitesel
University of Ilinois
Wild ducks feed in flooded Illinois valley and hunting season opens
High water along the Illinois river valley last spring slowed growth of wild plants ducks feed on. The valley’s flooded lowlands may improve shoreline blinds for hunters this fall. Frank Bellrose of the state Natural History Survey notes the duck season opened Friday October 22.
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Illinois River Valley
Frank Bellrose
State Natural History Survey
Illinois
Women and Wheels: Designers Share Car Tastes in NY
Fashion designers Nettie Rosenstein Anne Fogarty and Pauline Trigere spoke about preferred car styles. Rosenstein favors black with white leather interiors, Fogarty prefers bright scarlet dresses and practical roomy cars, while Trigere adores convertibles and small cars for easy maneuverability.
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Nettie Rosenstein
Miss Rosenstein
New York City
Anne Fogarty
Miss Fogarty
Pauline Trigere
Michele Morgan
Miss Trigere
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