Fish and Wildlife Service Reports on 1957 Activities
The 1957 year end report covers Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. It cites a selective poison for sea lamprey control, underwater television studies of trawl capture, tagging of ocean perch, and large fish plantings. It also notes habitat loss for waterfowl, land acquisitions for refuges, and plans for a conservation program on Air Force reservations.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Bureau Responsible For Wildlife
Air Force Reservations
Week's Sew Thrifty Printed Pattern
Advertises Printed Pattern 4707 for child sizes 2 4 6 8 with smock shorts and options in cotton denim and seersucker. Includes yardage for size 6 and mailed order details, price 35 cents plus 5 cents for first class, mailed via Anne Adams pattern dept Winchester Evening Star New York.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Television service operator uses ski plane for calls
R. B. Earl, proprietor of a Portage la Prairie television service, flies a ski equipped plane to make service calls as far as 100 miles away, illustrating remote operations in the era.
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Portage LA Prairie
R. B. Earl
Breaking the barrier in rodeo roping and wrestling
In rodeo lingo breaking the barrier means a contestant starts early before the signal from the barrier rope. This infraction incurs a penalty, typically a 10 second addition to the time.
Ballyhooly town name gives phrase big noise origin
The term ballyhoo derives from Ballyhooly in Cork Ireland. English writers noted many lawbreakers there and used the loud clamor of the town to describe a big public fuss. The modern use of the word signals a noisy attention grabbing event.
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Ballyhoo
Ballyhooly
Cork
Bellyhooly
Race Relations Message From Church Group Issued
The National Council of Churches issued its annual race relations message urging love and mercy toward neighbors of all colors. It calls members to support freedom and justice amid discrimination and neglect and cites examples from Montgomery, Ohio, and various ethnic groups.
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New York
National Council of Churches
Mine Death Toll Rises With 473 Fatalities in 1957
The Bureau of Mines reports 473 coal mine deaths in 1957, up 28 from 1956, with five disasters causing 64 fatalities. Gas explosions killed 66 underground workers, and total work hours fell by 6.8 million. Anthracite output slipped to 25.472 million tons and bituminous to 490 million tons.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Churchill Paintings Viewed by Truman in Kansas City
Truman spent 40 minutes viewing 35 Winston Churchill paintings at the William Rockhill Nelson Art Gallery. He praised Churchill as a statesman and said the works are "damn good" but not a Rembrandt. The one man show travels next to eight U S and Canadian cities.
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Kansas City
Ilarry
Truman
Winston Churchill
Churchill
William Rockhill
Nelson Art Gallery
United States
Canada
Des Moines men receive retirement notice cards misaddressed
Two Des Moines men received cards from a restaurant owner who retired and moved to California. Both notices were addressed to the telephone number of one of the men, causing confusion.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cal
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Snownick
Cleo
Vanguard
David Herring
Johnstown
Herring
West Virginia University
By Science Service
Bureaus
Flane Helos
World Missions
Montgomery
Ala
Ohio
James D. Wyker
The
Disciples of Christ
Mount Vernon
National Council
General Department of United Church Women
Winston
Rembrandt
Ifornia
U. S. Navy
No Air Lines
U. S. Army
Alaska
Ray J. Becker
Enterprise
Winchester
Cas
National Homes
Falani i
Hollingsworth Drive
Show House
Cork Street
Parkway
Open House
Cape Cod
Royal Barry Wills
Fairlane
Sunwood
Frank J. Schaefer & CO
Gameron St
Forest Hills
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