MIT Water Project Adapts Mali Beehive Granaries for Storage
MIT students plan to travel to Mali to demonstrate a water storage technique by adapting the Dogon beehive grain granary into ferro cement lined tanks. Dr. Hans Gugrenheli leads the African architecture seminar to apply traditional Dogon architecture to drought relief in West Africa.
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Cambridge
Masai
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
West Africa
Mali
Hans Gugrenheli
MIT Students Study Dogon Granary Tech In Mali Project
MIT researchers plan a three week Mali field project to modify Dogon granaries for water management without visual disruption. Dr Guggenheim leads architecture graduate students Denise Wagner Simon Wiltz Robert Powell Jr Freve Wiedeman and others funded by MIT grants and Wonderman Foundation.
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MIT
Guggenheim
Mali Oy
Nomino
Gungelheit
Dogatt
Mali
Do- Bon
Denise Johnson Wagner
Jaca
W. 1
Simon R. Wiltz
Robert J. Powell, Jr
Boston
Ronald J. Freve
Port Pierce
Fly
Harvey Wiedeman
Nouston
Texas
Harvard University
History of Science
MIT i Graits
Wonderman Foundation
Dr. Guggenheim
Boston Brownies Take Annual Dip
In 25 degree air about 50 Brownies joined the Street Swimming Club at Carson Beach in South Boston for their annual dip behind the Street bathhouse. Club president Charles Robey noted the rite has lasted at least 41 years, with longtime member Bill Caruso recalling early annual swims before his own time. The event drew participants amid an unusually warm, windless day for the season.
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Boston
Carson Beach
Frank
Cox
Charlestown
Charles Robey
Malden
Bill Caruso
East Weymouth
Street
State Panel on Status of Women Plans Opening Session
Hartford AP report on the Connecticut Commission on the Status of Women planning an opening session January 11. The 17 member panel, created in 1973, will review sex discrimination laws and present findings to the General Assembly. Members voice varied views on scope, representation, education, politics, and minority groups within the commission.
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Hartford
Media and
Busic Commission
Kay V. Bergin
Waterbury
General Assembly
Commission On Human Rights
Connecticut
Commission
Chase Guiny
Woodhouse
Minerva IM. Neiditz
Kathleen McGuire
Ellington
Thomas A. Carruthers
D-Vernon
Carruthers
Senate Human Rights and Opportunities Committee
The Strong Sex The Wing Muscles Of Female Mosquitos
A brief note reports that female mosquitos have wing muscles equaling about three percent of their total body weight. The finding highlights physiological differences between sexes in the species.
Hartford official opposes unit price advertising rules
Mrs Dunn cautions that unit price labeling in ads would confuse consumers and raise costs for advertisers. She notes many shoppers prefer brands and question the effectiveness of unit pricing. Dunn says enforcement and legal wording are problematic and that precedent for prosecutions is weak.
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Hartford
Harbara Dunn
Prac
Dunn
Food donated by U S suspected in illness in Maine
State health officials will test donated surplus food suspected of causing widespread illness in Hancock County over the weekend. The item could cause nausea vomiting and severe discomfort. no hospitalizations have been reported.
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Stonington, Maine
UPI
Hancock County
Surplus California Food Poisoning Alarm Reported
Dr Charles H Okey director of the state public laboratory warns Hancock County residents about tainted surplus food causing illness. Stonington town manager Paul Sherwood cites at least 25 complaints linked to spoiled dried peas beans and butter with foul odor. canned goods seemed unaffected. County deliveries by Hansack County Opportunity Council continue as tests determine risk.
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Charles H. Okey
State Public Laboratory
Hancock County
Aome
Stonington
Paul Sherwood
Iran
Sherwood
Hansack
Five Hurt In Four Fairfield Accidents Reported
Fairfield police logged four crashes injuring five people on Saturday. Walter Stedman, 53, of Birchwood Drive, injured when colliding with a car driven by William Harwood in Benson Place. Patrick Walsh and son Peter hurt in a four vehicle crash on Round Hill Road. Walsh cited after auto sideswiped a station wagon and caused chain reaction involving two more vehicles. A 17 year old, Richard Chernes, injured after his car struck a utility pole on Bronson Road. Arthur Sullivan, 63, hurt when his car hit a house porch on South Benson Road. all treated at Park City Hospital.
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Fairfield
Walter, Stedman
I Birchwood Drive
Colison
William Harwood
Evansville
Ind
Soul Benson Road
Benson Place
Park City Hospital
Robert Comers
Patrick J. Walsi
Mill Plain Road
Peter
Round Hill Road
Connecticut Turnpike
Conteers
Walsh
Bruce Tahackman
North
Benson Road
Robert Gilbuly
Barlow Road
Nancy Dolan
Corngress Street
Fairfiel
Comers
Tabackman
Richard Chernes
Inquona Road
Bronson Road
Parksty Hospital
Matrosman
Ben Furniss
South Benson Road
Woros
Sullivan
CNG Seeks Interim Relief to Boost Hartford Revenue
CNG requests 2.2 million dollars in interim relief to lift annual revenue by about seven percent. The utility serves roughly 100,000 customers across Hartford New Britain and nearby towns.
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CNG
Hartford
New Britain
PUC Will Start Hearings Today On CNG Boost
The Connecticut Public Utilities Commission will open hearings today on Connecticut Natural Gas Co. request for a 4.3 million rate increase. If granted, residential gas bills could rise by more than 10 percent. Governor Meskill will oppose the request, noting CNG has sought increases annually since 1970. The company cites higher wages and taxes as reasons, following a recently approved 582,000 interim increase.
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Hartford
Connecticut Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Anecticut Natural Gas Co
CNG
Thomas J. Meskill
Meskill
Public Responding To Mushroom Recall
Connecticut shoppers return canned mushrooms after State Consumer Protection Commissioner Barbara Dunn warned of botulism risk. Mount Laurel Canning Corp of Temple PA recalled products pressed before Oct 1 1971 and dating back to 971. Cans with one line code pre Oct indicate risk. those with two line code are safe.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Barbara Dunn
Federal
Mount Laurel Canning Corp
Temple
Mount Laurel
Truckers Threaten Shutdown Over Oil Audit
Milford AP report: Connecticut independent truckers threaten a one week shutdown starting January 3 unless the federal government orders a public audit of American oil companies and their foreign sources to reveal fuel reserves and shortages. Frank Sharon of Milford says the audit must be public and show fuel availability. He returns from Cleveland after talks with trucking leaders. The plan aims for a stronger, effective shutdown than before.
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Milford
Connecticut Independent Truckers
U.S
Frank Sharon
Sharon
Nfront
Cleveland
Ateast
Tanker Brings Russian Oil to New Haven Dock
A tanker loaded with 10 million gallons of home heating oil from Russia berthed at New Haven docks yesterday, consigned to Gulf Oil through North Atlantic Limited. James W. Flynn, president, said the Joseph Smallwood delivered the cargo, the first Connecticut delivery by his firm which serves Eastern cities and aims to haul 170,000 million gallons from Russia and other sources this year.
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Russia
New Haven
Gulf Oil Company
North Atlantlic of Limited
Westport
James W. Flynn
Flynn
Rainefield
Joseph Smallwood
Connecticut
Relief for Hemorrhoidal Itch with Preparation H Ad
An advertisement touts Preparation H as a fast relief for burning itching and swelling from hemorrhoidal tissue. It claims hours of comfort and mentions clinical results from doctors in New York Washington DC and the Midwest Medical Center. The ad promotes ointment and a new lippository form, emphasizing non sting soothing action.
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New York City
Washington, D.C
Midwest Medical Center
Lutheran population rankings in 1972 count revealed
The Lutheran Council in the USA reports 1972 counts showing Minnesota leading with 1 076 402 Lutherans. Wisconsin is second with 975 898 and Pennsylvania third with 835 929, per the Office of Research Statistics and Archives.
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New York
UPD
Minnesota
Lutheran Council In the USA
Council
Office of Research, Statistics and Archives
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
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