Crop Tonnage Up but Value Down in State
Virginia's 1955 crop tonnage rose over 1954 despite a drop in value per the Virginia Cooperative Crop Improvement Service. Total value reached 279,251,000, six percent below 1964’s figure, while production volume climbed eight percent to 3,788,000 tons. Acreage held steady at about 2,372,000 acres. hay and soybeans set production records aided by late summer rains and hurricanes. Lower prices for corn peanuts and vegetables weighed on overall value. Poultry milk and meat figures will follow.
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Richmond
Virginia
Rodeos Rise as National Spectator Sport Compared to Baseball
Rodeos have grown in popularity in recent years with 124 percent million viewers in 1954, nearly matching major league baseball totals. Madison Square Garden attracted the largest crowd at 362,120 spectators.
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Madison Square Garden
Miss America Sends Check to Her Church
Sharon Kay Ritchie, Miss America 1956, sent a large personal check to Grand Island Nebraska’s First Christian Church for its new building. The Denver college student’s note praised church support for youth and Christian instruction. The pastor did not disclose the donation amount.
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Grand Island
Neb
R. R. Velderman
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Denver
Jesus
Christ
Traffic Toll Up 67 in Virginia
The 1955 Virginia road toll rose to 835 with 67 more deaths than a year ago. Madison Heights resident David Marshal Tyree died in a Lynchburg hospital after being struck on U. S. 29 A near Amherst County. Florence Houlik of Islip died after being hit by a truck on the Petersburg Turnpike in Chesterfield County while en route to a restaurant. Claude M. Strine of Williamsport, Pa. was killed in a one car crash near Mt. Jackson in Shenandoah County.
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Associated Press
Madison Heights
Lynchburg
Virginia
David Marshal Tyree
Lynchburg Hospital
U. S. 29—A
Amherst County
Florence Houlik
Islip
N. Y
Petersburg Turnpike
Chesterfield County
Williamsport
Claude M. Strine
Mt. Jackson
Shenandoah County
Temperature extremes in 1955 US summer and winter
The United States Weather Bureau reports the highest U S temperature of 123 degrees at Greenland Ranch California on June 7 1955 and the lowest winter low of minus 47 degrees at Taylor Park Colorado on February 21 1955.
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United States
United States Weather Bureau
Greenland Ranch
California
Taylor Park
Colorado
Integration debate letter from Virginia writer opposes race mixing
Blaît Andrews writes from Farmville Virginia arguing against school integration noting personal pride in being Black and advocating voluntary integration. He compares experiences in New York Connecticut and the South, praises Black teachers and unions, questions the North's opportunities, and calls for Black teachers to speak against integration while urging better schools and living in the South.
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the Star
Virginia
New York
Connecticut
Yale University
Yuletide Amnesty Plea From Jailed Communist Leaders
Forty two signers including Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt urge President Eisenhower to grant a Christmas amnesty to Communist Party leaders jailed under the Smith Act. They seek time served for 16 prisoners and delay on over 100 similar cases pending or on appeal.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Roosevelt
Norman Thomas
John C. Bennett
Union Theological Seminary
Lewis Mumford
Elmer Rice
John M Krumm
Columbia University
Stephen Cary
Philadelphia
American Friends Service Committee
Henry Steele Commager
Albert Sprague Coolidge
Harvard University
Roland H. Bainton
Yale Divinity School
Mouse Factory Infestations Sweep Encinco Neighborhood
In the San Fernando Valley neighborhood near Encin, a high producing mouse factory released millions of rodents beneath a former poultry ranch on Ventura Blvd. The Los Angeles Health Department ordered gas chamber removal as residents reported a sudden invasion and children gathered to catch the mice. An 8-year-old girl kept three captured mice in her purse.
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Los Angeles
Encin
San Fernando Valley
Department
Ventura Blvd
Origin of the phrase rule of thumb
The saying traces to ancient usage where a rough measure was the distance from the tip of the thumb to the knuckle or to the second joint. It is often cited as a practical finger rule used in trades and carpentry.
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J. A. Cc
Prisoners barred from smooching in Oklahoma City jail
Police Inspector Bert Giddens ordered an end to smooching among inmates at the city jail. Prisoners will now visit their wives and sweethearts only through jail bars after he discovered couples kissing in the jail lounge.
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Oklahoma City
Bert Giddens
Giddens
Living Costs Rise in Major Categories
The cost of living declined for food but rose in transportation medical care and housing this month. The report notes higher prices across major family spending areas despite slight food price easing.
How's Your I Q Answers Featured On Page Four
A reader quiz page lists the answers to seven questions. The responses include No for question one, England for question two, Professional scribe for question three, Deafness for question four, At the surface in the middle for question five, No for question six, and Yes for question seven.
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England
Estate sale listing for Renner Star tannery area Virginia
A sales directory notes a December 31 auction at 1 p m for the Estate of Sarah F E Renner of Star Tannery Virginia with furniture and household goods by auctioneer E T Snider. A January 7 11 a m sale of real estate on W Cecil Street Fairfax Lane 8S Cameron Street Highland Avenue and Cedar Creek Grade in Frederick County is listed for Marjorie H Copenhaver Admx and H K Benham Admr with William B Conner as auctioneer.
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Sarah FE
Renner Star Tannery
William B. Conner
Marjorie H Copenhaver
Admix
H K. Benham
Admr
Frederick County Court House
Cecil St
Fairfax Lane
Cameron St
Highland Ave
Cedar Creek
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Miss America
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Winchester
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Chickering
GEO, Steck
Steinway
Wurlitzer
Minshall
Musical Instruments Records Sheet
Boscawen St
Justice Warren
Earl Warren
Dorothy
Carmine D. Clemente
University of California
Palos Verdes
John Doremus
Edmund C. Hutchinson
Passaic
N.J
South
VTA
Blait Andrews
Farmville, Va
Lke
I. Q
South Dakota
Red Book
Foot
Merriest
E. Piccadilly St
Santa
Good Housekeeping
Para
Braddock
John W. Rosenberger
H. C. Christianson
Cari
Pai
Sane Lea
VIVA
Titan
C. 1. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Drela
American Finance Corp
Donald Gindlesberger
E. Main ST
Front Royal
Richard R. Lineburg
E. Boscawen ST
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