Brain extract experiments spark wild talk on instant learning
A satirical column questions brain extract injections from famous minds as a quick path to learning. Experiments with mice at Baylor College of Medicine and Queens College are cited to imagine broader use, while noting practical limits and ethical concerns.
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New York
Curbstone
Jayne Mansfield
Albert Einstein
Baylor University’s College of Medicine
Queens College
City of New York
Irving
Radcliffe
Euclid
Dead as a dormouse explained in early gloss
The phrase dead as a dor mouse traces to the dormouse. This small rodent hibernates in winter nests and often sleeps as long as six months, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Communion breakfast at St Margaret's Parish Hall
The article notes a communion breakfast for men of St. Margaret's Parish held after the 8 a.m. service at the parish hall. Attendees included Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward O'Leary Rev. Royal J. Parent, Rev. Clement Thibodeau, and District Deputy Irenee Tousignant along with local officers and many volunteers who served and assisted.
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Old Orchard Beach
St. Margaret’s
Edward O'Leary
Royal J. Parent
Clement Thibodeau
Alfred
Irenee Tousignant
Philip Auger
William C. Southwick
Prescott Verrill
C.C.D
Charles Huot
St. Jean Baptiste
William Southwick
James J. Mullen
K. of C. Auxiliary
June Girard
Aurore Nolette
Auxiliary
Catherine Lemire
Ruth Coreau
Dorothy Leivesque
Shirley Croteau
Eleanora Anton
Denise Larochelle
Cathy Mullen
Rose Marie de Angelis
Bill L’heureux
George Russell
Acting group to tour colleges with Virginia Woolf play
An offshoot of the Helen Hayes Repertory Company announces college tours to present Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at modest fees. Producer Jack Manning says eight southern colleges will view the initial offering in April thanks to foundation support and other donors.
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New York
A _ new
Helen Hayes Repertory Cou.y
Jack Manning
Miss Rita Hevey Honored At Biddeford Shower
A prenuptial shower for Miss Rita Hevey at Le Foyer Hall Biddeford featured maid of honor Miss Marilyn Couture. Hevey to wed Leonel Labbe May 6 at St Josephs Church. A purse was given and a buffet lunch served with many attendees and well wishers listed.
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Rita Hevey
le Foyer
Pool
Foss Streets
Biddeford
Marilyn Couture
Miss Hevey
Leonel Labbe
St. Joseph’s Church
Irene Dubuc
Leona Poirier
Albertine Hebert
Louise Hevey
Rose Goulet
Jeanette Goulet
Alice St. Michelle
Elaine St. Michelle
B.A. ‘Therrien
Laurianne Guertin
Beatrice Gregoire
Leona J. Viger
Anita Poirier
Diane Poirier
Sylvaine Poirier
Germaine Giroux
Theresa Bineau
Olive Croteau
Joan Labbe
Emile Labbe
Lucille Hevey
Linda Hevey
Anita Labbe
Muriel Pelletier
Lucille Compagna
Rita Lafortune
JoAnne Plessis
Kaye Murphy
JoAnne Pelletier
Pauline Beaulieu
Jeannine Paradis
Joan Couture
Elaine Cote
Claire Bouffard
Lucille Beaulieu
Jeannette Larose
Conrad Lessard
Emile Fortier
Laurrette Blais
Elaine Bourque
Alphonse Verrier
Therese Gagne
Margaret Lamirande
Eleanor Couture
Auror
Theresa Gaudreau
Edith Boucher
Florence Poirier
Jeanne Hevey
Rose Bertrand
Cecile Gauthier
Jeanette Robida
Amanda Brown
Claire Hevey
Ernest L’alelle
Irene Guerette
Noella Binette
Irene Rice
Yvonne Hevey
Pearl Harvey
Rose Labonte
Josephine Morin
Yvette Valle
Yvette Sevigney
Lynn
Mass
Mary Kuck
Thelma Wakefield
South Portland
Germaine Bergeron
Emma Mercier
Anna Light
Irene Rancourt
Marie Anne Collard
Arthur Ladakakos
Medora Goulet
Germaine Lagare
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Sheriff's Department
Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Medical School
Canajoharie, N.Y
Herman Hine
Mohawk Valley J Area
Gatlinburg, Tenn
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American Assembly
Cordova
Ala
J.A. Hyde
Maine
United Nations
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Flag Pond Road
Millard A. ‘Tripp
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