Scholars To Film Documents Found On Mount Sinai
A Mount Sinai expedition sponsored by the American Foundation for the Study of Man will microfilm 590000 pages of manuscripts at St. Catherine's Monastery. The Greek Latin Syrian Abyssinian Arabic and Georgian texts date to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Five experts led by Wallace Wade of the Library of Congress will shoot 20000 to 15000 frames daily for about four months. The project aims to aid historians Bible scholars and textual critics worldwide and may reveal new versions of the New Testament.
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Egypt
Mount Site
American Foundation For the Study of Man
St. Catherine's Monastery
Mount Sinai
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Red Sea
William Terry
Wallace Wade
Library of Congress
Terry
St. Catherine’s
Tisendorff
Russia
British Museum
Washington
American Schools of Oriental Research
Kenneth Clarke
Duke University
Aziz Sovial Attie
Paerouki University
Erry
Unsafe bridges threaten heavy trucks on nation’s highways
A Congressional report finds only 1607 of 12048 bridges on major roads can bear 20 ton trucks. No state limits trucks below 20 tons. several allow near or above that weight. A New Jersey incident shows a 44 ton trailer collapsing a wooden bridge with an eight ton limit. Ohio cites 70 bridge failures in two years amid rising concern.
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Washington
Little Fells
New Jersey
Ohio
Is Your House Obsolete after 30 Years Old in 20th Century
A Minneapolis study shows about 3.6 million homes are over 50 years old and over 23 million exceed 30 years, risking obsolescence. Heating, insulation, and kitchen, roof, and bathroom upgrades can cut fuel costs and extend a home’s life. Automatic clock thermostats and double‑pane windows offer notable savings.
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America
Minneapolis
Futhermore
John E. Haines
Haines
Heines
Job prospects for Texas A and M graduates rise
College Station Feb 25 The first question for college graduates is about job chances. Texas A and M placement head W F Horsley reports 1943-49 graduates numbered 2203 with 45 unemployed by last Nov 15 a 3.85 percent rate. He notes this year will be tougher as jobs grow scarcer.
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Texas A and Ai College
A and M
Horsley
300 Pound Woman Trapped in Well Rescued in Weli
ETHEL Washington February 25. A farm wife Mrs Charles Rosander 59 was trapped two hours in a 50 foot well and rescued by two firemen. Bud Nackt of Chehalis helped extricate her by reaching under icy water and securing a rope around her waist after a pump house plank failed and she fell in.
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Chehalis
Washington
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Crawford and De Havilland Named Hollywood's Best
Crawford and Olivia De Havilland were chosen as Hollywood's best actor and actress of the year by the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association. The group named All the King's Men as best picture and The Bicycle Thief as best foreign picture of 1945. Additional awards went to Mercedes McCambridge, James Whitmore, Robert Rossen, Vittorio De Sica, and The Hasty Heart for international understanding.
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Broderick Crawford
Olivia
de Havilland
Ewaris
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Mercedes McCambridge
King’s Men
James Whitmore
Battleground
Robert Rossen
Vittorio de Sica
House Burns Down After Neighbor Dismisses Call
Cypress California on February 25 a house belonging to John Ogle burned while he tried dialling the fire department from a party line. A neighbor mocked the plea and continued talking, leaving Ogle’s family of five homeless after the fire destroyed their home.
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U S Radio Stations Near Peak Output FCC Experts Say
Washington February 25 Around 2300 standard radio stations operate in the United States with no strong growth expected for new licenses FCC authorities warn advertising dollars and crowding limit expansion Television poses a major threat to revenue while the saturation point looms Page notes night time interference reduces new station feasibility and raises costs for applicants, who must hire lawyers and engineers to justify non interference Historical context traces stations from WHA Wisconsin to EDA Pittsburgh in 1920 and outlines four classes of AM stations by power and coverage.
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United States
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Standard
WHA
University of Wisconsin
Commerce Department
Tafio Broadcasting
EDEA
Pittsburgh
Ex Skid Row Alumni Reunite At Salvation Army Dinner
Ex-alcoholics from Cleveland and others returned with families to the Salvation Army social service center in Philadelphia for the annual dinner. About ninety alumni met with nearly two hundred undergraduates to share memories and encouragement. Former skid row residents, now in rehab, progressed from 95 cents to ten dollars weekly through the center and Alcoholics Anonymous guidance. A separate notice reports Jack Frost in accident court paying a $25 fine after an ice storm incident involving three parked cars.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Salvation Armys Social Service Center
Selvation Army
Alcoholics Anonymous
Frost
New York
Jack Frost
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