Pollution Probe Eyes Ice of Antarctica
Three University of Nevada scientists plan a three month Antarctic ice core study to assess silver and iodine in ice from Byrd station and other sites. They aim to gauge historical pollution from the industrial revolution and cloud seeding, with results due in June 1972.
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Antarctica
Reno
UPI
University of Nevada
Joseph Warburton
Desert Research Institute
Lawrence Young
South Pole
Warburton
Young
Mike Owens
Byrd Station
Antarctic
U.S
Australia
Candidate Uses Up 67 Cards in Campaign Distribution
Mount Vernon Indiana Democrat City Councilman Robert Friemiller campaigns for re election by handing out cards with his name and message. On the back he includes Mount Vernon High School football and basketball schedules for 1967, claiming he had hundreds left over from his prior run and could not waste them.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Robert Friemiller
Friemiller
Ceylon's Tree of Life Threatened by Coconut Beetle
In Negombo Ceylon the coconut palm, the tree of life, faces destruction from promecotheca cumingi. Coconut Research Institute director Dr. W R N Nathanael leads a battle using fire, chemical sprays, and a biological parasite pediobys parvulus released from Singapore to curb the pest. The aim is to protect vast coconut plantings in the coconut triangle and preserve a cornerstone of life and export.
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Negombo
Ceylon
W. R. N. Nathanael
Coconut Research Institute
Dehiwela Zoo
Colombo
Nathanael
Coconut Triangle
Institute
Fiji Islands
Malaysia
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau
England
Singapore
Fijis
Nose Tickler Hits Nose on Biology Field Trip
Barbara Moore of St. Petersburg Florida resisted a sneeze as a butterfly landed on the tip of her nose during a biology field trip and she managed to have her photo taken.
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Barbara Moore
St. Petersburg
Fla
Leprosy Victims Want Sgt Washington Back
Sgt Pearlis Washington, a 42 year old American munitions expert, became beloved by 4400 leprosy patients in northern Thailand. After leaving in 1969, he returned for five weeks in mid 1971 to aid the McKean Rehabilitation Center, delivering gifts and helping with hospital work. Patients and officials urged his return, while Nixon sent a commendation and Air Force officials cited his vital ongoing duties at March Air Force Base. Washington continues organizing supplies to Thailand and assisting villages, reflecting the hospital’s aim to restore normal life to those healed of leprosy.
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Chiengmai
Thailand
Pearlis Washington
Washington
McKean
Nakhon Phanom Air Base
Sgt. Washington
Prakob Nadel
March Air Base
Calif
Prakob
Nixon
Air Force
Black Population Tops 22 Million in 1970 Census
The Census Bureau reports a black population of 22,580,289 in the 1970 survey, about 11 percent of the U.S. population. It also provides race breakdowns: white 177,748,975. American Indian 792,730. Japanese 591,290. Chinese 435,062. Filipino 343,060. all others 720,520 including Koreans, Hawaiians, Aleuts, Eskimos, Malayans, Polynesians.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U.S
Bureau
Want Ads Help You Find Buy Or Sell Quickly And Economically
Classified note promotes quick economical ways to locate items for purchase or sale. Emphasizes speed and value in a portable, reader friendly format typical of community newspaper classifieds. Includes broad appeal without listing specific goods or prices.
First Great Halloween Tour By Hawkeye Bicycle Assn
The Hawkeye Bicycle Assn plans a 36 mile round trip from Bever Park to Lake MacBride on October 31 leaving at 10 a.m. The event, dubbed the First Great Halloween Tour, supports a recently formed club promoting bicycling. About 20 riders, safety flags on bikes, and a sag wagon for water and first aid.
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Lake Macbride
Beverpark
The
Hawkeye
Doug Brandt
Brandt
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Council Approves Open Space Purchase
The Cedar Rapids city council on Wednesday authorized execution of a purchase agreement with Ray and Florence Buresh for 14 acres near the Cedar River and Indian Creek facility to be added to the Open Spaces program. Purchase price is $4,060.
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Cedar Rapids
Ray
Florence Buresh
Cedar River
Indian Creek
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Iowa Fraternal Assn
Roosevelt Hotel
Ken Jorgensen
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Paul van Etten
Linus Griffin
Leon Sienknecht
Jerry Drahovzal
Ed Kuba
Roger Keppers
LeRoy Rhodes
Sgt
Mort Rosenblum
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Jim Clifton
Douglas Heath
Council
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