Business Women Say A5 Per Cent Get Less Than $3,000
The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs reports that 45 percent of 160 000 respondents earn under 3000 annually, 45 percent earn 3000 to 4000, and 4 percent make 6000 or more. Age influences earnings with those 45 to 55 most likely above 5000. Seventy-eight percent of women with families contribute to support, and 56 percent are or have been married. Education is evenly split among high school or less, vocational training, and college.
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New York
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Teach Safety Parents Are Told About Bicycle Accidents
The American Medical Association Journal urges parents to teach bicycle safety as it reports about 600 annual deaths. Most fatalities occur May through October with 70 percent of victims being boys aged 5 to 18. Collision with motor vehicles is the main hazard, with various risky cyclist behaviors contributing to deaths.
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Chicago
American Medical Association Journal
Airlines Carry 166 Million Since 1926
The Aircraft Industries Association reports that scheduled airlines carried more than 166,000,600 passengers in 27 years since the Air Commerce Act of 1926. Planes notes the airlines have flown over 5 million passenger miles, an amount likened to a giant airlift equaling every person on Earth traveling 34 miles.
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Washington
The
Aircraft Industries Association
United States
Association
Planes
Congress
New Stuffed Chair Gives Sitter a Rubdown
A New York report describes a stuffed living room chair that provides massage via motors and floating panels. Users switch on the chair, adjust speed, and select sitting, half reclining, or horizontal positions for a relaxing rubdown.
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New York
Jt Lg
Collision Restores Hearing For Young Boy In Los Angeles
Floyd Millis who had been deaf since 1950 after diphtheria regained hearing after a traffic accident. His mother’s car collided with another vehicle. Floyd struck his head on the dashboard, regained consciousness in an ambulance, and eagerly answered questions as the attendant began testing his hearing.
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Los Angeles
Floyd Millis
Floyd
Iowa Veterinarians Take Poultry Disease Short Course
Iowa State College sponsors a poultry disease short course for veterinarians with pilot runs in Clear Lake and Waterloo. One hundred twenty two vets completed the 1953 54 courses, boosting planned regional sessions and lab based diagnosis to curb losses in Iowa’s expanding poultry industry.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
C. D. Lee
Clear Lake
Waterloo
Estherville
Storm Lake
Sheldon
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Atlantic
Lee
Iowa Farmers To See Nitrogen Use At June Field Days
Iowa farmers will attend field days at four Agronomy and Experiment Farm sites in June to learn about nitrogen fertilizer forms liquid and gaseous and dry types. ISU specialists will discuss equipment demonstrations tours and topics for both men and women with several farms hosting programs across central eastern and southern Iowa.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Ares
Ames
Grundy-Shelby
Western Iowa Experimental Farm
Castana
Monona County
Howard County
Saratoga
Northern
Kanawha
Hancock County
Western Town
Carrington-Clyde
Forage Slipups Boost Cattle Gain per Acre Says Expert
Richard Mc Williams of Iowa State College extension argues that using slipped forage increases total gains per acre compared with grazing cattle on pasture.
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Richard McWilliams
Iowa State College Extension
Crown Rust Detected On Buckthorn Hedges In Iowa
Arden Sherf of Iowa State College reports crown rust on buckthorn in Iowa. The orange cushions on leaf undersides signal spores will attack oat fields soon. Buckthorn removal or stump treatment can curb spread before spores release. all buckthorn varieties host the disease.
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Iowa
Arden Sherf
Iowa State College
Sherf
Spring Vegetables Deliver Rich Vitamin A Sources
Early vegetables boost daily vitamin A intake with spinach leading the list. One cup of cooked spinach provides over four times the daily requirement, while asparagus offers two-fifths of the daily vitamin A per cup. Green onions add vitamin C calcium and vitamin A, especially in the tops, according to Jewel Graham ISU extension nutritionist. The passage ends with an unrelated car ad fragment.
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Jewel Graham
Iowa State _ College
Dies At Orange City 91 Year Old Dutch Native
Peter Zwagerman a longtime Orange City resident died at 91 The Netherlands native born man was among the community s oldest residents and passed away recently in his home city obituary notes his heritage and age
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Orange City
Peter Zwagerman
Netherlands
British to Use Jungia Treas As Power Source
London reports a new light steam engine by Sir Harry Ricardo designed for tropics to burn low grade fuel including green wood. Quick-growing Indian eucalyptus may yield 9.25 tons per acre yearly, offering a theoretical perpetual fuel source with rotational planting.
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London
Tropics
Harry Ricardo
Edward
India
New Capital Chandigarh Rises in Punjab Planned Metropolis
The National Geographic Society notes Chandigarh rising on a fertile Punjab plain beneath the Himalayas. Named for goddess Chandi it will symbolize a modern India with a city of super blocks housing up to 20,000 per neighborhood and a full range of public facilities including schools parks theaters hospitals a university and a central marketplace.
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National Geographic Society
Himalayas
India
Punjab
Chandigarh
Chandi
Lahore
Pakistan
U S School Census Shows Rise in Enrollment
The Census Bureau estimates 92,000,000 students enrolled in school or college at the start of the 1952 53 year, up 1,400,009 from the prior year. Elementary enrollments rose by about 1,000,000, totaling 22,800,000. high school 7,200,000 and college 2,000,000.
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Washington
U. S
Census Bureau
Miss House Opens Odd Museum Near Manteo
Miss Virginia House of Washington, D. C., operates a local museum near Manteo featuring 500 model houses from around the world. British Shakespeare home, French blue porcelain villa, Indian bone Taj Mahal, and Chinese temple jewel box are part of the collection. The largest is a prefab bungalow and the smallest a tiny Blarney Castle on a charm bracelet. Fort Raleigh site marks the area.
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Miss House
Manteo
N. C
Miss Virginia
Washington, D. C
Mantea
Britain
France
India
China
Fort Haleigh
America
Insecticide Study Targets Cheaper Pest Control
An oil company developed a pesticide costing 18 million dollars per pound to study how insects die from household sprays. A tiny sample was created by forcing flowers to breathe radioactive gas. The research aims to enhance pyrethrin effects to lower costs from 50 to 60 dollars per pound.
Grass Silage Advancements Highlighted By Agronomist
Grass silage gains importance as forage stands thin from 1983 drought. Ralph Krenzin of Town State College notes up to 84 percent of nutrients can move to silage, compares favorably to rain-damaged hay. Timing, moisture, and packing crucial. ideal moisture 65 to 70 percent. preservatives like grains sugar and molasses aid fermentation.
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Ralph Krenzin
Town State College
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Krenzin
Iowa
Pickling Process Preserves Nutrients in Silage
The text notes that about 75 percent or more of the nutrients from the preservatives used in the pickling process remain in the silage, reducing the grain requirement.
Mastering Grass Silage Without Preservatives
A practical guide notes that while silage stored without preservatives can be workable, it improves with experience. It emphasizes learning to harvest and pack properly to produce excellent, stable silage for livestock fed on grass.
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