Blast Off With Books Rocketeers
Space books lure readers with fiction and fact about rockets and telescopes. Roy A. Gallant’s three science subjects, Bergaust’s Rockets Around the World, Kay’s Space Volunteers, and Andy’s Wonderful Telescope, plus Cameron, Blaine, Clarke, Zim and Hyde titles, mix science and adventure for curious readers. Have you bought your ticket to the moon?
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Roy A. Gallant
Garden City
Terence Kay
Harper
Andy
G. Warren Scholar Jr
Scribner's
Mr. Baes
Eleanor Cameron
Little, Brown
David
Chuck
Shaw
John Blaine
Grosset and Dunlap
Spindrift Scientific Foundation
Herbert
Zim
Morrow
Margaret O. Hyde
Whittlesey House
Space Age Doings Dupe 2g Gravity Trials by Navy Scientist
Dr. Carl C. Clark rode in the Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory centrifuge for 24 hours to simulate 2g gravity. He performed daily tasks, noted dizziness, and suggested future aerospace use. The piece envisions 2g accelerations cutting space and travel times, while noting the technology is not yet developed.
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Jupiter
Earth
Carl C. Clark
U.S. Navy
Clark
Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory
You Shouldn't Fool Around With Black Widow Spiders
Warning about the dangerous black widow spider in the United States describing its appearance, venom effects, and web habitat. The text explains the spider is shiny black with an hour glass marking and may cause severe pain or death. It notes the spider hides in dark corners like basements garages and attics.
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United States
Pen Pal Column Describes Spiders And Reader Contacts
The piece discusses male and female spiders with bulbed leg endings, notes the male black widow is smaller and striped, and warns bites cause intense pain. It lists reader names and ages, plus addresses across Massachusetts Ohio California Texas and North Carolina, ending with advice to call a doctor and home care steps.
English Pride Loses Out To Pottery Sales
After the War of 1812 American housewives favored printed pottery depicting American victories over Britain. English potters filled orders to meet demand as collectors later prize English pieces showing U S triumphs, including prints of The Enterprise versus The Boxer and The United States against Macedonian.
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America
United States
Crossword triangle clues from a retired puzzle
A column puzzle presents a word triangle puzzle labeled RETIRED. Clues define a sequence: beheadings transform phrases into new words, leading to a triangle of six words from the second line onward, with answers like a bowling score, to peel, exist, a musical note, theater box, and fireplace tool. The puzzle also yields the six final words: puffed up, domesticated, brain passage, color, and a boy's nickname.
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Pete
CAT By Kay Cammer
A short poem about a cat nicknamed Cat. The speaker notes the cat's soft furry nature and mixed temper, and mentions the cat's fondness for Dad's chair while the family sometimes shouts Scat though they mostly call him Cat.
Los Angeles Kids Spin Ropes in Summer Classes
In Los Angeles during summer, hundreds of children attend rope spinning classes at city playgrounds each day for four weeks. Coaches include noted cowboys like Sam Garrett and Felix Vallee. The two contest divisions crown junior and senior twirlers with prizes, leading to the Sheriff’s Championship Rodeo at the Memorial Coliseum in August before crowds of 75,000.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
Weldon D. Woodson
Flying Squirrels Glide Far Despite Not Flying
The flying squirrel cannot truly fly but glides up to 80 yards or more. It is nocturnal, nests in hollow tree limbs or abandoned woodpecker holes, and bears young from April. Cubs are naked at birth, eyes open around day 25, and fur grows thick by three months. It stores nuts and seeds for winter.
How Vermont Got Its Name and Pet Feeding Advice
The column explains Vermont derives from French vert meaning green and mont meaning mountain revealing the Green Mountains. It also answers a student question on dog feeding, advising puppies need about one half can of food per five pounds of weight, divided into four meals daily.
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Vermont
Buddy
How to Have Hummingbirds Visit You
Learn to attract hummingbirds by placing small sugar water filled bottles on shrub branches. Use red or orange ribbons to draw attention, and expect bees to also sniff the mix. It may take time for birds to discover your offering.
Marshmallow Animals Craft Project
You can build animals from white or colored marshmallows and toothpicks. Shape two marshmallows for bodies, attach necks and heads, add ears and tails with extra pieces, moisten parts to stick, and let the creations dry on cardboard before painting features with watercolors.
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Putnam
Mars
Walter B. Hendrickson
Black Widow
Carole Brownlow
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Mass
Phyllis Palumbo
Westford St
Christina Patrick
W. Canada
San Clemente
Charlene Brothers
Broadway St
Quaker City
Ohio
Linda Sue Winters
Eldon
Nancy Gill
Lansdown
Corpus Christi
Texas
Dennis Lee
Janet St
Rodney Harrison
Leroy
Ala
Edith Burton
Box
Mt. Olive
N.C
Arol Peterman
Lake Ave
Barberton
Yvonne Guthrie
Shreve
John Gavin
Crystal Ave
Akron
Steve Canipe
Lincolnton
Janice Cook
Clover S.C
Jimmie Walker
Branscomb Dr
Tommy Shelves
Everhart Rd
Dorothy Carol Cherry
Janet Currey
Hillside Terrace
Thomas Yannoyon
Seville
Judy Blake
Portage Pt. Blvd
Ruth Connors
Elm St
Methuen
Black Widow Spider
Petes
OT ‘Bol
ANOVA
Aredg ‘Sonigvaehge
Cat
Kay Cammer
Felix Vallee
Buck Lee
George Rupp
Trixi McCormick
Earl Batterson
Frank Willmer
Bill Martin
Sam Garrett
Cheyenne, Wyo
Flying Squirrel
State of
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