Radio Astronomers hail Cygnus X-3 event a galaxy mystery
Radio astronomers report a spectacular outburst from Cygnus X-3 near the Milky Way edge. Observatories worldwide tracked a two stage eruption, locating the source at 28 000 to 40 000 light years, with emissions spanning vast magnetic fields and high energy particles.
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University of Toronto
Algonquin Park Observatory
U. S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory
West Virginia
Britain
Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope
Cambridge
England
Earth
Untouchables Seen as Social Pariahs in India
A 20 year effort to uplift India's 80 million untouchables has yielded education gains but they remain social pariahs. The piece notes persistent stigma despite official programs and uneven progress across regions.
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India
Commissioner For Scheduled Castes
Untouchables
Mahatma Gandhi
D. R. Ampedkar
Social Welfare
Nurul Hasan
Tracing Service Seeks Refugees for War Labor Records
The International Tracing Service with Red Cross support seeks survivors and heirs from Poland, France, and Russia to claim compensation or pensions for forced labor in German munitions and agriculture. Officials aim to correlate wartime documents with Nazi archives to determine potential benefits.
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Adolf Hitler
International Tracing Service
I.T.S
International Committee of the Red Cross
Germany
Poland
France
Russia
Nazi Germany
China Star Life Shows Quiet Hollywoodless Stardom
In Shanghai Miss Shih Chung Chin known for the White Haired Girl remains starkly ordinary. The 27 year old star has no villas, TV talk shows, or international cosmopolitan life. She wears simple clothes and shares housing with other girls.
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China
Miss Shih Chung-Chin
West
Miss Shih
Shanghai Dance School
Peoples Republic
Shanghai
Rare Plant Center at UT Austin Studying Texas Pistachio
At the Rare Plant Study Center of the University of Texas at Austin, Anders S. Saustrup details efforts to locate propagate and preserve rare native Texas plants. The center aims to prevent extinction by cultivating and distributing endangered species like the Texas pistachio, Anacacho orchid tree and Texas Madrone while expanding propagation methods and public plantings.
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Texas
Mr. Saustrup
Stuart K. Strong
Marshall C. Johnston
Botany
UT Austin
Saustrup
Rio Grande
Pecos
Amistad
Jack Skiles
Langtry
Stuart
Lake Austin Boulevard
Anacacho Hills
Uvalde
Anders Saustrup
Rare Plant Study Center
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London
Milam County
Austin
New Delhi
West Germany
Reuters News Agency
Herald News Department
Gerald Ratzin
Tracing Service
Bonn
China Star
By James Pringle
Shanghai, China
Woodum
Duke & Ayres
Cameron, Texas
Warn News-Crikune
Waco Times Herald
New York Stock Exchange
Daily
Sun
Waco News-Tribune
Waco
Tribune
Waco Times-Herald
Daily & Sun
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