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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1957
Page
15
Edward Plunket Taylor, a wealth power broker in Canada, seeks a Kentucky Derby victory for his racehorses. The Ottawa-born mogul runs breweries and vast holdings, travels constantly, and keeps a private estate near Toronto with stables and a track.
Washington reports about 70 underwater electrical barriers built by the Fish and Wildlife Service to end the sea lamprey menace in the Great Lakes. From April to July lampreys bound for spawning grounds will receive lethal shocks, while weaker fish are diverted by a preliminary charge. Officials hope to restock lakes with lake trout after lampreys devastate the fishery, once valued at millions of dollars annually.
Washington display chronicles medical history through actual specimens and artifacts. The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology hosts Civil War wounds, pre-Columbian skulls, and a rich microscope collection, tracing from 1600 models to a 1944 German electron microscope.
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