Flying saucers unlikely due to energy cost
Astronomers say beings elsewhere would face energy and money problems. Experts discount Earth’s reports of saucers, noting even nearby star travel would require extraordinary energy and would not be the economical way to make contact.
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San Francisco
UPS
Earth
Harold Weaver
University of California, Berkeley
John Billingham
Biotechnology Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research Laboratory
Mountain View, Calif
Campfire Fellowship and Panel on Extraterrestrial Life at Independence Weekend
The National Campers and Hikers Association chapter met at Squaw Creek North Elk City Reservoir in Independence for a weekend gathering with a sloppy soup supper, campfire songs by Gene Webber, and a bicentennial dinner. Guests included Wayne Walters and eight visitors. A Sunday worship, a guided tour of LeHunt cement plant ruins, and a science panel on radio contact with alien life followed, featuring Billingham Vallee and Jacques Vallee.
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Camphoppers
National Campers and Hikers Association
Squaw Creek
Elk City Reservoir
Independence
Webber
LeHunt
Billingham
Weaver
Jacques Vallee
The
Astronomical Association of Northern California
Earth
Vallee
Walter Cronkite
Outer Space
FDA mulls PVC container ban over cancer concerns
The FDA may order PVC plastic food containers off the market and study health risks from PVC water pipes in homes. A three stage plan could restrict PVC packaging, ban certain uses, and set a 50 ppm limit while facing industry opposition.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Ralph Nader
FDA
The
Environmental Protection Agency
Health planning group defines subarea units
The Health Systems Agency steering committee for Kansas Health Planning Region 3 met in Beaumont to define subarea representation and draft charter guidelines for a nonprofit corporation. A task force, including Endicott, Worthington, Campbell, MacFarland, Collins, Cullison, Willsie, Keller and Wilson, will set subarea designations and prepare incorporation articles for board approval before an August workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Systems Agency
HSA
Kansas Health Planning Region 3
Beaumont
James Endicott
Kingman County
Wes Worthington
Linn County
Lucy Campbell
Humboldt
Allen County
Frank MacFarland
Reno County
Edwana Collins
Sedgwick County
Leonard Cullison
Bourbon County
Clinton Willsie
Eileen Keller
Crawford County
James Wilson
Montgomery County
Housewife Dissatisfaction Reveals Busy Dual Roles
The study by Dr. Ann Oakley of Bedford College finds that 70 percent of London housewives sampled are dissatisfied with housework. Monotony loneliness and lack of social interaction are common, while autonomy and cooking offer some relief. The average housewife works 77 hours weekly, with a range from 48 to 105 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Oakley
Bedford College
University of London
London
Pantheon Books
New York
Oakley
Kansas to form housing finance authority for low income aid
A legislative committee in Topeka moved to draft a bill establishing a Kansas housing finance authority. The plan would authorize up to 100 million dollars in bonds to fund loans for renovation and construction of homes for low and moderate income families, with focus on rehabilitation over new construction and rural housing.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas
Arnsmith
Walt Plosila
Division of Planning and Research
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Chanute Social Calendar August 14 15 1962
Dorcas Fellowship Otterbein United Methodist Church church parlor 7 30 p m 50 50 Class First United Methodist Church room 107 6 p m Chanute Country Club ladies golf 9 holes 10 a m American Legion Auxiliary Memorial Building dinner 6 30 p m First Presbyterian Church sewing group 9 a m Stewardess Board Grants Chapel AME 7 p m We Who Club Sawyer Hall 1 30 p m Chanute Country Club bridge 1 30 p m Ladies Fellowship Bethel Baptist Church 7 30 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas Fellowship
Otterbein United
We Who Club
Sawyer Hall
Chanute Country Club
Ladies Fellowship
Bethel Baptist Church
Leaflet shows smoking lung damage in cancer drive
The Neosho County unit of the American Cancer Society Kansas Division offers a color photograph leaflet titled The Decision is Yours. It compares a normal lung with cancer and emphysema, urging smokers to quit and non smokers not to start. Free copies available from Mrs. Christiansen at 1309 W. 4th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho County
American Cancer Society
Kansas
Christiansen
Unit Education
State control urged for canning lid allocations
A USDA official asked state agriculture chiefs to work with distributors and retailers on state by state lid allocations. About 534 million lids are scheduled for shipment June through season end, enough for roughly 5.3 million average homes, with voluntary distribution to ease shortages amid hoarding concerns.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Nancy Stearts
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Stearts
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Raymond
Ruth Tredway
Carl
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First United Methodist Church
Wayne Walters
Gas City
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Brenda Ire
John H. Carter
N. Evergreen
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Flight 154
Carters
Little
Air Force
Health Planning Group
Gay Pauley
Juggler
United States
Roger A. McCaslin
Chanute
Jo Ann Turner
First Christian Church
Lamar
E. 9Th, Lamar
Carol (McDonald) Swartz
Cinderella Salon
Paula Wheatley
S. Highland
Ruth van Vicklie
Carter Ward
Merle Norman
Bob Ward
Cardigans
RK SA
East Main
Texas
Ee Don Divines
Santa Fe
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