Tagging Swallows: A Nighttime Banding Lesson
On a warm June evening Charles watches his science teacher father and students trap cliff swallows beneath highway tunnels to place metal bands on their left legs. Through nets, flashlights, and careful handling they aim to learn return patterns and migration distances, with last year’s results showing 250 birds banded in two hours.
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Daddy
Charles
Central America
California
Bird Banding Office
Somone
Tim Murnane and the bunt that shaped baseball
Vincent Edwards recounts Tim Murnane’s role in inventing and popularizing the bunt, a turning point in 19th century baseball. From a weak at bat to a deliberate strategic hit, Murnane’s innovation carried into the 1894 Orioles pennant chase and beyond, shaping every season since.
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Baltimore Orioles
Tim Murnane
Vincent Edwards
Sock sorter method for neat drawer organization
Tear off the top of an empty egg carton and place it in your drawer. Put a pair of socks in each compartment to keep them neat and separated.
Inky the Pedigreed Toy Terrier Becomes A Typing Pro
In Los Angeles a toy terrier named Inky shows remarkable human like skills. He ignores rubber toys and types on his own chair side typewriter using a paw and paw method. Owned by Mrs. B. B. Sather, the dog was named Ink Spot before shortened to Inky after a pedigree wish.
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Inky
Los Angeles
B. B. Sather
Tecumseh
Fruit Jewelry DIY Idea
A simple craft describes cutting orange and lemon peels into small pieces, threading them into necklaces, then coating with colorless or colored nail polish to create decorative, fruit themed jewelry.
Watching Whales From Cabrillo Pastimes and Peaks
A winter sight in San Diego draws thousands to Cabrillo National Monument at Point Loma to view migrating gray whales. Tourists use observation stands and the Old Spanish Lighthouse 43 feet high to spot whale surfaces and spouts from about 510 feet above the sea. The whales travel from Alaska to Baja California, with calves following, as guides recount humorous courtship and the peril posed by humans.
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San Diego
Cabrillo National Monument
Point Loma
Pacific Ocean
Alaska
Baja California
Carolyn M. Crane
Sponge Plants From Parsley Seeds on Damp Sponge
A curious method uses parsley seeds or bird seed laid on a damp sponge to grow pretty unusual plants. The parsley remains usable, suggesting practical gardening potential despite the odd setup.
Puzzle Pete and the CRICKET diamond puzzle
Puzzle Pete presents a word diamond with clues including a cricket as the central word. The second word is a celestial constellation, the third means get up, and the sixth a contraction for ever. The puzzle includes bug clues, word swaps, and letter rearrangements to reveal missing spellings and a final completed diamond.
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Pete
Busy June By Ethel Jacobson
June is jolly warm and sunny. The bee makes honey and berries ripen. The sea is busy at the shore with caves to explore. The school bell is busy too and says class is out for playing.
Recording TV on Tape Using Thermoplastic Film
In the near future tape like music may record television shows at home with thermoplastic film. It records black and white and color, is erasable, and avoids heavy chemical processing. The film could store 24 Britannica volumes per reel and 40 million bits per square inch, enabling entire libraries in small space.
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Ted
Joe Adams
Pen Pal Wanted Capt. Hal刊 Letter Seekers
Readers urged to mail name address and age to Captain Hal for pen pal exchanges with youths in Japan and across the United States. The list includes multiple young correspondents from Ohio, Pa, Tex, Ala, Miss, Wis, Me, and Mass seeking stamps, cards, or news about daily life and world events.
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Hal
U.S
Cindy Shank
Nebraska Dr
Lower
Burrell
Libby Serna
N. Ave
Crystal City
Tex
Jane Hernandez
P.O. Box
Nora Ruffner
Buffalo St
Freeport
Laura Hayes
Rosemary
Miss City
Miss
Cathy Wilde
Willow St
Green Bay
Wis
Janet Couture
Warren Ave
Lewiston
Debbie Labbe
Box
West
Auburn
Maine
Donna Rand
Denver St
Saugus
Mass
Brain Teaser right the letters to form words
Puzzle asks to correct mislocated letter pairs to yield valid words. Items list pairs like 1 T Z Indian house 2 L T girl's name 3 E V simple 4 0 P boy's name 5 M N nothing inside 6 N N jealousy and stray fragments follow with unclear codes.
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Boy
World of Sports
Cooperstown
Dick Pearce
Murnane
Tim
Philadelphia Athletics
Harry Wright
Boston
Nepal
Weldon D. Woodson
Wees’, “As
Wees
Zoo’s
Eii
Rover
Cal
Tan Tang
Lwag
Laamod
Gnoking
Dseyy
Yeuy
Wy ‘Spond
Don daxIn
Atlantic
Atjosioh
Saaiy Lousni
Cleopatra
ADDN
Ethel Jacobson
Takao Shima
Kitayasuicho
Sakaishi
Osaka
Japan
Laura Speir
Earl Ave
Kent
Ohio
Ralph Harrison
Hill St
Reynoldsville
Beverly Raymond
E. Highland Rd
Northfield
Dianna Raymond
Francine Ingram
Lee Rd
Mobile
Ala
Marsha Rosen
Lower Burrell
Saui
Asea
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