Le Tournoi de la Ville Platte crowns Cajun ring chasers
In Ville Platte Louisiana the annual Le Tournoi de la Ville Platte draws riders from Evangeline parish to contest a Mardi Gras style event. Riders spear yellow rings on a half mile track starting 420 points with 5 points deducted per ring and one point added per fifth of a second. lowest final score wins. The 11th annual spectacle accompanies the cotton festival parade with 8 000 residents and visitors.
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Tate Cove
Andrepont
Poor Rhino Vanishing Breed Cited By National Geographic
Washington report notes three of five rhino species decline. Indian rhinoceros numbers around 400, Sumatrans near 50, Javan dwindling. African black and white rhinos in hundreds. The piece blames poor mating, long gestation of 18 to 19 months, and the horn as both weapon and lure in a conservation context.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Africa
Quality Control Group Meeting At University Of Iowa Event
The American Society for Quality Control Iowa section will hold its February meeting Friday at 6 p.m. in the Town House. Everett H. Dale of Minneapolis Honeywell Co. Aeronautical division will speak. Dale earned an electrical engineering degree from the University of Minnesota in 1949 and studied at Northwestern University. He worked for Northwestern Bell and Northwest Airlines before joining Honeywell and led quality analysis on floating gyros. He was promoted in 1955 and belongs to several quality and aerospace societies.
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University of Minnesota
Northwestern University
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Northwest Airlines
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European Societies For Quality Control
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Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Lack of Winter Bath Boy Scouts Cancel Annual Winter Program
For Lack of Winter Bath New York area about 700 Boy Scouts were forced to cancel their annual winter sports program due to warm weather and rain washing out the events. The weather soapstone event titled Winteree was wiped out.
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Bath
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Winteree
Rhino horns fuel myths and thefts threaten extinction
The piece notes a belief that rhino horns are a potent aphrodisiac and medicine. It describes horn powder used for pain relief and rejuvenation, reports a Sumatra trade for a new car, thefts in Indonesia removing seven mounted horns, and a black market valuing horns up to 150 dollars per pound. Rhinophiles urge protection in preserves to save the species.
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Indonesia
Prof Buell Gallagher Returns to City College Post
New York AP Dr Buell Gallagher 58 reappointed as City College of New York president seven months after resigning to become chancellor of California State Colleges He cited personal reasons and denying Birch Society attacks Gov Brown said Birch criticisms drove his move Gallagher said pension loss and housing expenses in California prompted his return to New York support by City College trustees and local officials noted the unexpected reappointment
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California State Colleges
City College
City Board of Higher Education
Gov. Brown
California
Gallagher
John Birch Society
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John Birch
Asian Trade Fair Set for Pakistan
The U N Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East announced Pakistan would host the first Asian trade fair in 1963 in a move to boost regional commerce.
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Pakistan
Bangkok
U.N. Economic Commission For
Asia and the Far East
JFK Influence On Attire Seen
A convention of men's clothiers praises President Kennedy for setting a better example in dressing well for all occasions. The American Institute of Men’s Wear approves the president’s emphasis on good taste and proper appearance across America.
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