Peiping Scene Of Desperate Fighting And Change
Peiping remains a focus of China's foreign affairs and a hub for commerce on the northern plain. The city comprises five interconnected areas within the old walls, with the Forbidden City and international enclosure at its heart. Nomadic Mongol trade, winter weather, and dust storms shape life as Shanghai rivals it for cultural and commercial prominence.
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Harvard Professor Named Williams College President
Dr. James Phinney Baxter II a Harvard history professor and Adams House master was unanimously chosen by the Williams board of trustees to succeed Dr. Tyler Dennett. At forty four he will take office September 1 as one of the youngest presidents in the college’s history.
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Adams House
Harvard University
Tyler Dennett
Williams College
Williams Board of Trustees
Peiping Declared Stronghold of Tradition in China
The piece describes Peiping as a bastion of tradition amid China's political shift to Nanking. It recalls Peiping's historic names Cambulac and Purple Imperial City and notes its legation quarter skyline with a US Marines radio tower. The text paints the Forbidden City as a ghost-town centerpiece of Peiping.
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Nanking
China
Peking
Cambulac
Purple Imperial City
Legation
United States Marines
Chines
Forbidden City
Indian Sweating Cave Found in Maine by Local Trapper
West Lubec Maine reports the discovery of an Indian sweating cave by Jim McDonald of Black Head. The stone structure held a central fire pit with heated stones used to steam sick people, believed to ease colds coughs and pneumonia as blankets absorbed the resulting vapor.
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West Lubec
Lee
Jim McDonald
Black Head
Beekeeping Outlook Promises Stingless Bees and Porch Honey
A Rochester report from the American Chemical Society predicts a future with stingless bees that can carry larger loads work at lower temperatures have longer tongues and be more beautiful. When the stingless bee arrives porch honey could become common.
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Rochester
American Chemical Society
Terriers Aid in Coyote Control Say Colorado Agent
Denver W E Hiter district agent of the United States biological survey credits wire haired terriers with helping coyote control in the West. The small dogs enter dens to pull out pups, supplementing trail hounds used by hunters whose openings are too small for larger dogs. Robert P McFarland assistant district agent at Grand Junction is credited by Hiter with devising the plan and training the terriers.
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Denver
W. E. Hiter
Colorado
United States Biological Survey
Robert P. McFarland
Grand Junction
Colo
Riter
Mound Marvel Atlen Richard Donald Shatters Minor League Records
Newark’s young pitcher Atlen Richard Donald, a 13 game win streak to start his pro career, dominates the International League. With 30 wins in 32 starts, his rise within Ruppert farm system hints at a future Yankee pitching staff member.
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Atlen Richard Donald
Newark
Yankee
Ruppert
Atlea
Buck Western Grave for Sutter Finds Cold Reception
Lititz officials resist removal of Gen. John Augustus Sutter's bed to San Francisco for exhibition arguing he came to Lititz to pursue California property claims. California emissaries seek return of the body to west coast where a monument near Sutter's mill could honor his discovery of gold and the 49er westward trek.
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John Augustus Sutter
San Francisco
California
Sutter
Mill Creek
Sacramento
Washington
Rising Home Building Costs Slow 1987 Outlook
A nationwide survey shows home building activity lagging behind earlier hopes for 1987 despite a broad economic upturn and housing shortage. Costs have risen 15 percent since 1936 and now take 84.8 percent of 1926-29 boom levels, limiting new construction and pushing builders toward cost-plus work or higher rents.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Seattle
Chicago
Female Rats Too Smart for Traps, Says Rat Catcher
Lorain Ohio report quotes L. R. Strawsburg of Hagerstown Maryland a 17 year veteran rat catcher. He claims female rats outsmart traps and that about ninety percent of trapped rats are males. He advocates poisoning as the only effective method.
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Lorain
E. L. Strawsburg
Hagerstown
Strawsburg
What Won't Picnickers Do at Fairport Wood Yard
In Painesville readers report a humorous note about picnickers at Fairport municipal works who sought firewood and ignored a “Keep off the glass” sign.
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Painesville
Piedickers
Fairport Municipal Works
Seven Months of Shaving in a Lifetime
Dr. Emlyn Stevens of Cardiff told the Bridgend and District Bake Students Society at a dinner that the average working man has four and a half hours of leisure each day and spends seven months of life shaving.
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London
Emlyn Stevens
Cardiff
Bridgend
Plans World Society to Protect Bachelors
In Odense Denmark M Petersen plans a World Society for the Protection of Bachelors with a proposal to set aside a Bachelors Day. The aim is to induce nations to observe the day to allow women to attack the loneliness of bachelors.
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World Society
Odense
Denmark
America
M. Petersen
World Society For the Protection
Petersen
Delusions as Childhood Fantasies Imaginary Companions in Adults
Dr. Philip L. Harriman of Bucknell University studies imaginary companions among children and college students. He notes about a third of three to nine year olds enjoy such friends, and some persist into adulthood. A student narratives a romantic companion named Marie Van Arsdale, later replaced by Sari Maritza from films, hinting at potential links to creativity.
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Lewisburg
Philip L. Harriman
Bucknell University
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Anthony Adverse
Milne
Binker
Dr. Harriman
Marie van Arsdale
Sari Maritza
Marie
Sari
Harriman
Smoke Two at Once To Cut Cigarette Nicotine
A Washington report to the American Chemical Society notes that smoking two cigarettes at once can reduce nicotine intake. Researchers Derr Reismeyer and An angst of an aluminum company lab say tandem smoking with cigarette holders lowers nicotine while preserving taste. The method also improves with a pipe.
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Washington
American Chemical Society
R. B. Derr
A. H. Reismeyer
R. B
Meteorite on Ice Joined Smithsonian Collection
A walnut sized meteorite found on ice near Great Bear Lake in northern Canada was added to the Smithsonian Institution collection. It was found by An Tidian who noted its peculiar form and origin as a fragment likely from a larger celestial body now at the lake bottom. A search for the parent body will be made.
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Washington
Great Bear Lake
Canada
Smithsonian Institution
Miso
Doctors Explain Rules for Smooth Scientific Shave
Chicago doctors publish shaving tips from the Journal of the American Medical Association. At Mellon Institute clinic, 31 men are studied to refine prep, lathering, and blade angle for a gentler shave, with steps emphasizing hot wash, menthol soap, and thorough rinsing.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Mellon Institute
Doctors Measure Nervousness with New Neurovoltmeter
Dr. Edmund Jacobson describes a neurovoltmeter that uses a string galvanometer and fine wire electrodes to measure nervousness in fractions of a millivolt. The device promises tracking effects of treatment on the nervous and muscular system during examinations.Professor E B Babcock presents a new evolutionary concept linking changes to chromosomes rather than small gene mutations.
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Denver
Edmund Jacobson
Chicago Laboratory For
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Jacobson
E.B. Babcock
The
University of California
Scientist Schmidt Receives North Pole Mail for First Time
Tass reports that letters to Academician O J Schmidt at the North Pole, leader of the Soviet Polar expedition, are being held in Moscow awaiting his return. American children have long mailed Santa at the same address.
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Tass
Science Service
Santa Claus
North Pole
Doctor Schmidt
Moscow
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