Tenth Of Land Surface Is Under Ice
Dr. Bertram G. Woodland of the Chicago Natural History Museum reports that about one tenth of Earth's land area, roughly 6 million square miles, is covered by ice up to two miles thick. The Antarctic Ice Sheet exceeds 4 million square miles, with Greenland largely buried under 600,000 square miles. other ice masses exist on Baffin Ellesmere Spitzbergen Iceland Kilimanjaro Cotopaxi. If melted, sea levels would rise at least 150 feet globally, reshaping continents and coastlines.
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Washington
Bertram G. Woodland
Chicago Natural History Museum
American Polar Society
Antarctic
Greenland
Baffin
Ellesmere Lands
Spitzbergen
Iceland
Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanganyika
Cotopaxi
Ecuador
Woodland
Earth
Antarctica
Western
Typhoid Reported At Camp Attended By 700
State health officials report six typhoid cases linked to a Christian Holiness camp in Fleming County July 18 22. Delegates from 10 Kentucky counties and parts of Indiana and Ohio attended. Epidemiologist Cliff Todd says an unknown carrier could be the source and asks physicians to notify health authorities of suspicious fevers. The five children and one adult with typhoid attended the encampment.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Cliff Todd
Todd
Fleming County
Federal Study Is Under Fire
Virginia welfare officials oppose a federal study mandating 17 new state hires to monitor old age assistance aid to dependent children and disability programs. The board questions timing and costs, while approving six monthly visits to dependents and a 60 case load limit by July 1 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Board of Welfare and Institutions
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wytheville Stock Sales Reported in Wytheville Va
Wytheville Va AP reports Tuesday sales totals by category with hogs veal sheep and lambs stock feeder cattle and slaughter cattle. Hogs sold up to 204 heavy butcher 286 at 16.50 light 168 16.00. Veal 205 sold with prices 29.50 to 19.00. Sheep and lambs 821 head with lambs 635 head at 21.75 20.00 16.00 and ewes 3.50-6.20. Slaughter cattle 455 head with bulls 17.25-18.30 and cutters 14.50-17.00.
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Wytheville
Inferior
Public Hearings End on Test Ban Treaty
Washington AP The Senate Foreign Relations Committee wrapped up public hearings on the limited nuclear test ban treaty and moves to closed sessions to plan floor action for ratification. Chairman Fulbright convened 22 weeks of testimony as senators consider witnesses before a formal vote.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-Ilowa
Frank J. Vausche
D-Ohio
Hickenlooper
Moscow
Jackie Robinson Backs Kennedy While Leaving Nixon Question Open
Jackie Robinson praised President Kennedy for advancing civil rights and said he would crawl the country to help Democrats if Goldwater is the Republican nominee. He noted potential political risk for Republicans forming an all white party and praised Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, while endorsing Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy. He appeared as honorary chairman of Connecticut’s delegation with his family.
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Washington
Jackie Robinson
Newsmen
Kennedy
Robinson
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Robert F. Kennedy
Connecticut
Cars Gaining On People In Postwar Registrations Rise
Motor vehicle registrations increased 130 percent to 71.5 million from 1945 to 1959 while the population grew 33 percent. The data show a rapid expansion in car ownership outpacing population growth.
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Virginia
Paul the Pelican
St. Jame’s Park
London
House of Commons
Bahawalpur
Pakistan
Paul
Nana
Warlick’s
Furniture
OLD
Americas
PROOE
OLD Hickory Distillers
PHILA
Graham Phcy
Bluefield, Va
Johnny Cole
Mgr
Johnny
Danny Daniels
Highland Avenue
Bluefield, W. VA
Blue Plate
Wesson
AAA
Srry
Grocer
Grocers
Hunt-Wesson Sales Co
P.O
Clinton, Iowa
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