Brazil's Construction Boom Surges in Rio and Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo drive a vast building spree with 35 new structures daily in Sao Paulo and three modern apartment houses completed weekly. More than 17,000 building permits were issued last year as investors shift wealth from shrinking bank returns to land and office developments amid soaring prices and occupancy gaps.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Rio
Wall Street
Build
Copacabana
Pan American Airways
Brazilian Institute of Economics
April Fool Gags Grow Into Big Business
Providence shopkeeper Barney Hochberg reports the April Fool gag trade expanding yearly from a few items to over 3000 in thirty years. Newest gag features peanut brittle boxes that trigger snakes when opened. In Bridgeport three youths attempting a prank triggered a false alarm but were stopped by an alert fireman.
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Providence, R
Barney Hochberg
Providence
Bridgeport
Jerome C. Barrett
Wind Tunnel Tests Simulate Flight At UT
The University of Texas has perfected a supersonic air nozzle enabling wind tunnel tests to imitate actual flight speeds from two to four times the speed of sound. Built in the defense research lab, the small model will guide a larger Air Force jet-testing facility and aid missile and aircraft programs. Dr Milton J Thompson led the project after more than a year of design and testing.
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Austin
University of Texas
Defense Research Laboratory
Air Force
Milton J. Thompson
Thompson
Help For Plane Owner Pilot Seek To Prevent Fatal Accidents
The University of Illinois Institute of Aviation studies preventing private plane fatalities caused by bad weather and blind landings. Training focuses on instrument flight and a combined turn indicator with level flight to safely ascend or descend. A $4,000 grant funds methods to train non instrument pilots in blind maneuvers, with a lifesaving rating for trained pilots. George Washington Carver is noted as born near Diamond Grove Missouri to slave parents.
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Champaign
University of Illinois Institute of Aviation
American Aircraft Owners and Pilots Foundation
APOA
George Washington Carver
Diamond Grave, Mo
Kapingamarangi Island Paradise Read It And Weep
Robert C. Miller profiles Kapingamarangi, a Pacific trust territory island famed for sun, coconuts, simple homes, and isolation. Access is restricted, making it a dream destination that outsiders cannot visit anytime soon. The piece notes no postal system, barter economy, and a chief in red aloha shirt ruling a self-contained community with limited outside contact.
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Kapingamarangi
Paradise
Robert C. Miller
Kapingamarang
Trust “Territories
South Sea
Hawaii
Guam
Kappingamarangi
Hollywood
Dorothy Lamour
South Pacific
Truk
Atoll
Kapungamarang
Gport
South Sea Island
Loose Objects In Car Are Dangerous
Andrew J White of Motor Vehicle Research Inc warns loose objects in cars can injure occupants in a crash. Objects on shelves or in luggage racks become projectiles at 40 to 50 miles per hour. toys cameras baby bottles and books can be deadly. He urges locking doors securing items, removing unneeded gadgets, using the glove compartment, and wearing safety belts. The article also notes the United States as a leading mineral producer, a separate point in the text.
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N. H
Andrew J. White
Motor Vehicle Research, Inc
White
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