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THURSDAY, JANUARY S, 195<
THE SILSBEB BEE
PAGE THREE - SECTION ONE
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AVIS MACADAMUS—New *pecle to? ornithologist* to study In year* to come It the '‘highway
bird." A prime example of the fowl is ahown, above It* tail feathers form the approach to a
service plaza under construction at Lawrence, Kan . lne the new Kanaaa Turnpike. Bird’s body is
outlined by lanes of the 138-mile route. They Join to form the beak, which stretches into the
distance at upper right. "Perch" is a secondary road which will be bridged* by the new through-
way, slated for opening by October of this year. l
BOUNCY CHEESECAKE -!
Look* good- but tastes terrible j
Cheesecake-like wedge JaneJ
Gilles is holding is made of
plastic foam Air is whipped j
into the liquid plastic and then
the goo Is baked Minneapolis.'
Minn., manufacturer of the new
pr\luct claims that it’s an Ideal
insulating material for con-
struction work when laminated
in layers with glass liber
BOTTOMS UP—TV commercials are for the birds in Minne-
apolis—if you’re speaking of Vickie, the parakeet, and beer
commercials. The little budgie fusses every time such an ad ap-
pears on the screen and refuaaa to quiet down until she's given a
ialo of brew. " >
‘Help me too
OLYMPIMflAIL—Stamps pic-
tured, above, are four of a set
of 10 being issued by San Ma-
rino to commemorate the 1058
Winter Olympic Games, sched-
uled for Jan. 28-Feb. 8 at Cor-
tina D’Ampezzo, Italy. They
range from one to 200 lira in
value. The tiny, 38-square-
mile republic, situated in the
Appenine Mountains in Italy’s
heartland, makes a tidy profit
from its special stamp and
coin issues.
The LEVIATHAN was long one ef the world’s most famous ships.
Seised from Germany- when America entered World War 1, die Il-
lustrated our great need for American merchant ships. Famed both
as a Troopship and a luxury liner of the gay twenties, she was a
contender for the title world's fastest ship. She was the world’s
largest for a period. Hit by the depression she was laid op, her three
tall red, white and blue stacks becoming s part of the Hoboken sky-
line. En route to a 8eotch scrap yard in 1838, she probed twice that
ships have a will of their own. Obviously not wishing to leave
America, she suffered a strings breakdown in her steering mechan-
ism which nude her repeatedly turn back despite all efforts to keep
her on course. Later her fog horn started blowing on a clear day.
No one could find how it started or how to stop it. Only two years
later, she would have been Invaluable as a troopship, showing how
vital It Is to have merchant ships in peacetime so they wtU be avail
able in an emergency, America can never depend upon foreign chine.
i BLASE—Newsmen who meet ocean liners at dockside in New
! York City ate used to being dcadpannetl by celebrities, but ium -
month-old Barbara TOrarz presents u new high in well-bred
' boredom for the cameraman. The Yugoslavian youngster, whose
' parents will make their homo in Buffalo, .N.Y., was one of many
. refugees arriving aboard the transport General LanglMI. undn
| the Refugee Relief Act
HEAD tt)R THE GAME-
Dayton’s Bill Uhl courts fame
as a genuine basketball “head” |
during a cage tilt In the Uni* j
versity of Kentucky invitational
Basketball Tourney at Lexing-
ton. Ky. Fellow stooping over <
isn’t looking for Uhl's qwn
head; he's Art Bunt, of Utah,
and is trying to knock off Uhl's.
block with a leg block. >v
about your navy .■■■I
/ During ask, NAVY chaplains
with the 1st MARINE DIVI5ION
> CONDUOTED OVfcR 12,000 BBLICMOUS
services... an averages or mors
l—— THAN 50 OifcVIOBB t»AY, O*
thb equ/valen t qr on* rulioiouO
wr utwvicfi row evuwY man in ttir
•T division , ' —
OUl-Oul- yes -It's "wee."
This tiny English-French dic-
tionary is smaller than ■' two-
franc sump, shown with It
for comparison. It’s owned by
s retired teacher in Farcinnea,
Belgium. Printed in Glasgow,
Scotland, semi time before
the turn of the century, It con-
tains translations for some
5000 words and phrases and a
glossary 0 f corrections for
tarlier dictionaries. It measures,
1.7 Inches tall, .76 Inches wide
and .37 inchas In thickness. -v
SWIFT ILLUSION - Delta-
winged F-102A Jets aren't
streaking down this runway at
Paldale, Calif. The all-weather,
Asy^nlfM interceptors ere
parked on the runway. Streaks
resembling lines of movement
in a time-flash picture are tire
marks left by previous Jet landj
ings at the Mojave Desert base
In its advanced
eesuAMOH,thb NAVY
•OASTS THU services
or iso or Thb worlc*s<
M05T D15TINWUISMBD
SCIENTISTS, INCLUD-
ALMOST PRICELESS*
That’s the word for this, lux?
urlous Christmas >card, dia-
played by dnifDtr • Alict Dalyr
in Sdn Francisco, Calif. Tree
fashioned of snow-white mlnlfc
is studded and bordered ,witfb
pearls and precious stones.. Jt's
valued at, $15,000. Photo .re-
productions of her luxury cprds
are sold as greeting items for'
Aolk? with modest iwketbook*'.
JHIecoonizin* the nuYd
ro* education, the NAVY
AAINTAINS * COWRBSMONMTNCa
SCHOOL. WMIOM HAS AN ENROLL-
MENT or mor« than 150,000
NAVY *Nt> MARINE student*.
ALMOST DONE—Last leaf on
the tree is all that’s keeping
Joseph Manning, of Rutfcnd.
Vt, from completing his fall
chores.
Top Awards lo Texas 4-H'eri
mWO Texas «-H Cleb members have won 11-Jewel wrtot w ate bee aa
I state award* In the 1851 4-H Entomology and Meat Animal
programs.
Bemlee Duderetadt, 17, of Har-
per, has won the state sward for
all-around accomplishment in the
4-H Meat Animal program for
18W. In recognition of her ac-
complishments, Thomas B. Wil-
son presented bar n 18-Jewel
watch.
Daring her seven years in club
work, Bernice baa had n total of
128 cattle and sheep. She taken
complete charge of her animate
and dote all the feeding and
grooming. Her showmanship
with the Angus, cattle has woe
her kwarde at county and state
fain and shn was presented with
a trophy from the County Angus
Association for her Orand Cham-
pion steer Her Southdown ram
y/Jii&j, pmcior. GAINES POC RESEARCH CENTER
NDT FOR STOMPING—'De
Paul University’s coach Ray
Meyer fits Ron Sobieszczky with
Iron shoe treads at Chicago, 111.
Purpose of attaching the de-
vices to eager*' show during
short practice sessions is to
strengthen leg muscles for Jump
pnd rebound plays
A Dsdewtsdt • Jerry SmHIi
Jerry learned much- about In-
sects and insect llfe'through the
Entomology progftm.
He has 125 different Insects in
his collection and finds that it
helps him to understand them
ns well as control harmful ones.
He attended the Entomology
short course at College Station.
'For his insect control program
he used his o^n garden and cot-
ton field*, which he sprayed and
ONLY THE ROMANS
SJACtO FIGHTS BE-
TWEEN DOGS AND
ELEPHANTS
WL, RANCHERS AT BURKE, S.FAK0TA,
ENLISTED THE SERVICES Of A TRACK-
ING HOUND W RUN DOWN A KlUfR
COYOTE WHICH HAD BEEN PREYING jS
^ ON CALVES - *
and Suffolk ewe wqre champions
at the Harper Show.
| Bernice has dvea II talks and
knade four radio and television
kppp.iranres. 8he b a Junior
Leader and council delegate. Her
leader* are Mr*. M It Dnder
stadt and Victor WendalL
• ••-*•
Jerry T. fimtth, 15, of Gilmer,
has been selected by the State
HOLIDAY "SNOW" - Gjant
snow crystals drift from fairy-
land on to busy Regent Street
in London. England, as Christ-
mas approaches. “Snowflakes"
are suspended on thin, nearly,
hCOLUE moHClNC 10 MRS. IRENE NKH&M
MEL80URML AUSTRALIA CARRIED POOD BAJIY 4
V TWO 0THER5 TRAPPED JN MINE SHAFT TOR
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Zuber, Jerry. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1956, newspaper, January 5, 1956; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth770946/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Silsbee Public Library.