Iowa student pursues new steam engine fuel to curb pollution
Raymond Machacek, 26, a Cedar Rapids native and University of Iowa graduate chemical engineer, seeks an alternative steam engine fluid to cut automotive pollution. He screened 10 000 compounds, narrowed to 50 by thermodynamic tests, with five strong candidates under EPA grant review.
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Iowa City
Raymond Machacek
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Cedar Rapids
Machacek
Public Health Service
PHS
Officer Corps of Public Health Service
University
Environmental Protection Agency
Edward J. Machacek
Second Street
Levies Rise Against Noise As Well As Floods
Washington reports a new type of levy a 30 foot high 2100 foot long earthen dike built beside a six lane highway in Denmark to shield a nearby hospital from intolerable traffic noise. Paul Jensen an acoustical engineer described the project at the Acoustical Society of America meeting.
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Washington
UPI
Denmark
Acoustical Society of America
Paul Jensen
Sit-in Foiled by Lack of Sit On at University of Detroit
About 40 University of Detroit students staged a sit in protesting the release of a Negro history professor. They left the administration building to fetch chairs, returning to find the building locked and the protest disrupted.
Orth Nominated For Army Leadership Award
John C. Orth of Alexandria Virginia was chosen by the U S Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center Fort Belvoir as a nominee for the Commanding Officer's Leadership Award One of five nominees the leadership award recognizes his leadership as deputy chief during a major personnel reorganization and survey and his direction of technical programs Orth a Sioux City native earned a BS in chemical engineering from Seattle University in 1957 and joined the center in 1966 The winners will be announced June 4 at an outdoor ceremony
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John C. Orth
Alexandria
L. L. Orth
Ford
Orth
Electrotechnology Laboratory
Sioux City
Seattle University
The
Center
Average nudists age and colonies reported by international group
Geneva based report from AP notes the average female nudist is 36 and the average male is 41. It cites France as a favorite sun lovers country with 100 nudist colonies.
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Geneva
Switzerland
International Union of Travel Organizations
France
Jefferson Outlook Wins All American for Second Year
The Jefferson Outlook, Jefferson High School newspaper, earned its second consecutive All-American award from the National Scholastic Press Association at the University of Minnesota for its fall semester edition. It scored 3,860 of 3,950 possible points, receiving top marks in all five judging areas: coverage, writing, editorial leadership, appearance, and photography.
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Jefferson Outlook
Jefferson High School
National Scholastic Press Assn
University of Minnesota
Jefferson
Ronald Smrha
Ifton Coal Mine Band Denied Welsh Uniform Aid
The Ifton coal mine band in England, loyal to Wales with the motto Proud to be Welsh, was refused help by the Welsh Amateur Music Federation for new uniforms since the band lies just under a mile inside England.
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Ifton, England
UPI
Ifton Coal Mine
Welsh Amateur Music Federation
Ifton
England
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