University professor seeks fossil/plant prospecting role in state project
Dr How Gentry of California aims to join a $2.0 million program authorized last year by Congress seeking new cortisone sources. The work would involve seeking sea plants bearing the compound for potential medical use. The note mentions a CSO post and a link to university research. A separate item notes Indianapolis Motor Speedway safety measures, including a tongue in cheek suggestion about drivers checking their choppers before a spin on the track.
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Bridge strategy analysis in South stance and play
A detailed bridge problem discusses reasons to hold or not hold up the heart Ace when facing a lead and threats to prevent opponents from shifting to other suits. It analyzes a specific hand where South could misplay by delaying establishment and misjudging defender threats, leading to a poor outcome.
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Draft Boards Announce Student Applications
Washington ICEb Selective Service headquarters announced local draft boards have application forms for students seeking the educational screening test for military deferment. Forms are available at draft boards and returnable to Educational Testing Service in Princeton. Tests will be held at 1260 examination centers on May 26 June 16 and June 3. Local boards will use national testing results or class standing to determine deferment for continued schooling.
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French Choose Best Actress At Cannes For All About Eve
France reports that Bette Davis was named best actress at the Cannes International Film Festival for All About Eve. She had earlier earned eight Oscar nominations for the same role but lost to Judy Holliday. The grand prize went to The Miracle of Milan and Madamie de Julie, while All About Eve received a special jury prize. Wound-rubber golf balls were introduced in the early 1900s.
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Buen Humor Magazine Seized For Eva Peron Article
Police confiscated the latest issue of Buen Humor in Lima for reprinting an unflattering Life magazine piece about Eva Peron wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron. The edition was seized as soon as authorities learned it contained the controversial article.
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Crippled War Vet Plans Nationwide Wheel Across Nation
LONG BEACH California. Herbert Howard, a paraplegic war veteran, plans to wheel across the United States as soon as he leaves the hospital to prove paraplegics can do things unaided. The 20 year old veteran, who served from 1938 to 1944, was paralyzed in a tractor accident and has previously hitchhiked from Monterey Tennessee to Venice, California, where he now resides. He says he will undertake the journey under his own power to demonstrate resilience and capability.
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Three Texas Colleges To Get Air ROTC Units
The Air Force announced selection of two colleges and universities with three Texas sites for new Air Force ROTC units. North Texas State College at Denton, Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos, and Texas Christian University at Fort Worth receive units, bringing total ROTC schools to 287 nationwide.
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