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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jun 28, 1976

Page

15

Cannabis linked to first documented fatal road crash

A 19 year old railway signalman who died in a sport car crash into a lorry is reported as the first documented fatal traffic accident with cannabis in the blood. Doctors Teale and Marks at Surrey University credit a new blood test for cannabis and say the case shows cannabis can impair judgment similar to alcohol and contribute to accidents. The study aims to measure cannabis’ role in crashes routine testing may reveal broader impact.

Leetha Surrey University Derrick Teale Vincent Marks Lovey Testis

Water hyacinth offers waste clean up and fuel potential

NASA tests show water hyacinths remove pollutants from sewage and may upgrade waste management by producing methane fuel and fertilizer. Experiments at Hay St Louis and Orange Grove Mississippi purified large sewage flows while converting plant residues to gas and fertilizer. Researchers caution harvesting economics and provide cautious optimism about large scale use.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Bill Wolverton National Space Technology St Lonis Mitesissippi Hay St Louis Hey Serrifig Pote Orange Grove Mississippi Mississippi State University Oprientupal Sewapeenrichert

Westmores of Hollywood shaped faces across eras

Bruce Russell profiles the Westmore makeup family who ruled Hollywood makeup for decades. From George Westmore onward the brothers Mont Perce Ern Wally Bud and Pronk crafted stars’ looks from Rudolph Valentino to Joan Hayward, with Frank Westmore guiding Hayward’s final Oscar moment and recounting their influence in a family book.

Charlton Heston Othe Miss. Hayward Hollywood George Westmore Mont Perce Ern Wally Bud Pronk Ys Westmore

Palace of the Republic rises in East Berlin on imperial site

East Berlin workers and soldiers labored two years to complete the marble palace on the former Hohenzollern grounds. The building, a symbol of socialist culture, houses the Volkskammer and a vast great hall for up to 5000, with movable walls and hydraulic features. Construction was begun after demolitions of the old palace.

Charles Lyons Bucking Tam Palace Ing Socialist Unity Volkskammer Erich Honecker Wiete

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