4-H Clubs Begin Year of Activity in Grayson County
Grayson County 4-H clubs start activities with officer elections illustrated talks and leader instruction. Whitewright and Pottsboro clubs elected officers and welcomed new members while members enrolled in projects. A note mentions 4-H Day at the State Fair and a final line contrasts with a Navy carrier Forrestal flight deck remark.
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Grayson County
Whitewright
Gail Wilson
Sandra Kelly
Nancy Dollarhide
Barbara Andrew
Glynn McCasland
Diana Slaughter
Peggy Bennett
Clydene Brown
Janice Lewis
Linda Stuart
Fern Fain
Karen Darwin
Kay Alexander
Kathy Wilson
Karen Kaiser
Donna Collins
Nancy McKinney
Ruth Elaine Williams
Bobbie Kay Cawthon
Donna Kay Franklin
Doris Tillett
Anna Franklin
Shirley Janway
Judy Gosnell
Alpha McLauchlin
Donna Shaw
Joyce Bennett
Jeannie Skip
United States
America
Forrestal
Engine wear doubles from 30 to 40 mph findings
Geneva report says automotive engine wear doubles when speed rises from 30 to 40 mph and would triple at 50 mph compared with 30 mph. Radioisotope tracing by M J Deterding and R B Cawton of Shell Research uses continuous study to assess wear, noting advantage over conventional testing and adoption by British manufacturers.
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Geneva
Switzerland
M. J. Deterding
R. B. Cawlon
Shell Research Company
Gonorrhea Still a Health Woe
Chicago report details gonorrhea as a major health problem especially among teenagers. Despite antibiotics and sulfonamides, nearly a million new cases arise yearly with about one fifth in the 15 to 19 age group. Parental ignorance and lack of home sex education cited as factors.
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Chicago
A. Gelperin
States Expand Programs For Mentally Retarded Children
The Children’s Bureau reports States and territories with mental retardation programs grew from four to 44 in three years. Nine jurisdictions lack programs: Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, the Virgin Islands and Wyoming. Pioneers were the District of Columbia, Washington State, California and Hawaii. In 1955 the program used 141000 dollars in special project funds.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau
Louisiana
Maryland
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
North Dakota
South Dakota
Virgin Islands
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Washington State
California
Hawaii
It Happens In Every Newspaper It Happens In Every Newspaper
Doc laments errors in a Camarillo News column about a Miss Ziger engagement notice misplaced in old time columns. He recalls a social page mishap where the notice appeared on the press in Behind The Times and was later rescued and correctly placed.
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Doc
Behind the Times
Girl Spins 25 000 Revolutions In City Contest
Danville 11 year old Carol Ann Kiser wrapped eight hours and two minutes of hula hooping achieving about 25 000 revolutions in a city wide contest. She said I am tired.
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Danville
Carol Ann Kieser
Carol
Bogus Postal Money Orders Reported In Several Cities
The Post Office Department warned that genuine looking counterfeit postal money orders are circulating in parts of the country. Officials report 18 bogus money orders cashed so far in Dayton and Toledo.
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Washington
Post Office Department
U. S
Dayton
Toledo
Reporter interrupts Joe Mercer marriage rumor
London. A reporter pressed jockey Joe Mercer about a rumored marriage to Anne Carr daughter of Queen Elizabeth's jockey. Mercer responded sharply, saying, This is Joe Mercer, You interrupted my marriage proposal.
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London
Joe Mercer
Mercer
Anne Carr
For Sale and Home Goods Ad Snippet
Sale notice offers a brick home for sale with a contact at Paul Stephens. Jewelry and appliance shop Johnson Jewelry and Appliance advertises water heaters and used Frigidaire refrigerators in mixed listings.
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Paul Stephens
Johnson Jewelry & Appliances
Teacher pay raises loom as Texas lawmakers study reforms
Hale-Aikin Committee proposes base pay raises near 600 dollars a year funded by a potential quarter billion tax bill. Some members oppose, citing cost while others push for redistributing teachers to address shortages. Water projections warn demand could triple in 50 years. Burleigh calls for low-cost capture and reuse schemes to curb loss to the Gulf.
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Austin
Hale-Aikin Committee
Texas
L. DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Hale
Harry P. Burleigh
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Burleigh
Gulf of Mexico
At Last, Smoke, Drink Are Given Clean Bill
Albany Medical College researchers led by Dr. Joseph T. Doyle report that obesity, high diastolic blood pressure and elevated cholesterol are linked to coronary heart disease in middle aged men. Alcohol use and smoking were not found to contribute to the disease in their study of 1900 men.
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Albany
N. Y
Albany Medical College
Joseph T. Doyle
Cardiovascular Health Center
Postal raises eyed by Eisenhower budget chief
President Eisenhower's budget director said the administration may seek higher federal gasoline taxes and another round of postal rate increases next year to avoid adding to the government's record peacetime deficit.
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Washington
Eisenhower
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