Penn State rains?: eight year study on cloud seeding and drought relief
Meteorologists at Pennsylvania State University, funded by the National Science Foundation, report progress in rainmaking via cloud seeding with silver iodide. By selecting clouds suitable for rain and targeting ridges near Penn State, researchers aim to move moisture over mountains to arid eastern lands, potentially expanding to drought regions of the Great Lakes area.
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Pennsylvania State University
United States
National Science Foundation
Penn State
North America
Penn Stte
Penne State
Great Lakes
September Production Hesitation Opens Forecast Questions
The Fed’s industrial production index slipped to 158.2 in September from 158.3 in August, a marginal fall seen as hesitation rather than decline. It ends a steady climb since 1965, with economists drafting next year forecasts and wary of possible statistical or wage‑settlement impacts until October confirms the trend.
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Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Poltergeist Traces Angers Osceola Residents and Worries
The Osceola poltergeist haunts Walter Szianfucht’s home with flying objects and rattling furniture. Police witnessed disturbances including a heavy chair drop. Similar cases in Levittown and Jackson have drawn national attention, with experts debating mediums, exorcism, and possible links to adolescence or emotional distress.
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Russell Kirk
Osceola
Indiana
Walter Szianfucht
United States
Levittown
Long Island
Jackson
Michigan
China
France
Scotland
Reagan’s Record Reexamined by Republican Opponents
Washington column reveals a GOP study alleging Reagan’s past shows instability and reversals from pro civil rights advocacy in 1946 to later alignment with segregationists and right-wing groups. The piece cites Reagan’s associations with Hollywood communists linked fronts and warns California skeptics he may switch again if governor.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Hollywood
T N
California
Reagan
Goodwin Knight
Tom Kuchel
George Christopher
San Francisco
Joseph Shell
California Assembly
White House
Peoples World
Communist Party
West
Star
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Citizens For Constitutional Government
West Coast
Communist Peoples World
Los Angeles
U.S
Asia
China
Viet Nam
John Birchers
Gen
George Marshall
State Department
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Thhey
Bond issues back Maine state archives and library
A Maine letter to the editor urges voters to approve a November bond issue funding a new state building near the Augusta Capitol to house the State Archives, State Library, and a larger museum. It argues for centralized space, better storage, and modern management, noting the archivist position created this year and calling for a yes vote.
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Journal
Maine
Augusta
Capitol
State Archives
State Library
Henry S. Burrage
D.D
L.L.D
State Hospital
Samuel S. Silsby, Jr
Ruth Haselton
Apie
State House
Mildred Giddings Burrage
Percy All-Asia conference idea boosts GOP hopes
Washington report shows Charles Percy推动 a plan for an All-Asia conference to frame peace with Red China and North Viet Nam excluded from U.S. talks. After slow initial reaction, endorsements followed from Thruston Morton and others, aided by Eisenhower’s backing, though no clear polling impact yet. Thailand endorsed preliminaries, Nixon and Johnson signals mixed, GOP fortunes hinge on reception.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Enterprise
Assn
Chicago
Charles Percy
Illinois
U.S. Senate
Paul Douglas
Percy
Red China
Russia
Geneva
United Nations
North Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
United States
Thruston Morton
Senate
Thanat Koman
Thailand
GOP
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Johnson
End the Vietnam drift a question of timing and blood
Paul Harvey decries ongoing Vietnam commitment. He notes Senator Fulbright’s shift against foreign intervention, urges accountability at home, and predicts eventual U.S. withdrawal with minimal bloodshed, urging protest against war policies and a clear exit plan.
Sailor Rescued After Nine Hours In Sea
A sleeping sailor on an aircraft carrier fell overboard in the South China Sea. He spent nine hours treading water before rescue. A destroyer, two radar planes, and a helicopter searched a 150 square mile area. He was found exhausted but in good condition and asked for water. The incident prompts reflection on human worth and divine image.
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South China Sea
Navy
Biddeford and Saco Journal Advertisement Details
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists address 11 Adams Street and details for publishers Marne Paul Casavant and P. Ingalls. It includes telephones 283-3625 and 282-1535, and states subscription rates payable in advance: one month 2.60, six months 15.50, one year 31.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and notes AP republication rights.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Marne
Paul Casavant
P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Maine
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