Kite history and key inventors across eras
The article outlines claims on early kite invention from Archytas to General Han Sin. It notes 18th century kite temperature experiments in Scotland and Marconi’s 1901 kite radio test. It also asks which American statesman conducted a famous 1752 kite experiment with a key. Casimir Pulaski is noted as born in Poland.
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Archytas
Greece
Han Sin
Marconi
Atlantic Ocean
American Statesman
Brezhnev Renamed Leader as Polyansky Is Scapegoat
Moscow reports that at the 25th Communist Party Congress Leonid Brezhnev, 69, was confirmed as general secretary for another term and Agriculture Minister Dimitry Polyansky was dismissed amid a grain harvest crisis. Romanov and Ustinov were promoted, with Brezhnev pledging continued detente. The court of delegates gave Brezhnev a standing ovation as he announced the Politburo lineup and reinforced the party's direction.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Dimitry Polyansky
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Polyansky
Grigori Romanov
Dmitry Ustinov
Romanov
Ustinov
Apparatchiks
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Troika
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai
Kosygin
Podgorny
Andrei Gromyko
KGB
Yuri Andropov
Andrei Grechko
Healthy visitors urged at Schuyler seniors home
Schuyler Senior Citizens Home reports no flu cases and will limit visits to healthy guests. Administrator Clara Fox said the home will answer calls about residents, but only healthy visitors are welcome while residents stay well.
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Schuyler
Clara Fox
Boston Besieged: Townspeople Evacuate Under Cannon Fire
Townspeople begin evacuating Boston as the city endures a siege with cannon fire and attacks from multiple sides in a bid to rout British forces, according to National Park Service records.
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Boston
National Park Service Cns
Nobel Prize medal for sale in Los Angeles
A mysterious collector advertised in the Los Angeles Times offering a Nobel Prize medal for sale for at least 15 000 dollars with a minimum bid of 50 000 dollars. Clem Wojdak and sons of Miracle Mile Coin Center bought it for 15 000 and plan to resell at 50 000 while displaying it at a Queen Mary coin show.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles Times
Minimn
Washington
Clem Wojdak
Peter
Paul
Miracle Mile
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
the Times
Hinshelwood
London
Spring and winter clash bring ice and tornadoes across plains
United Press International reports a spring winter battle across the Plains and Midwest with ice, snow, and multiple tornadoes. Damaging winds toppled trees, knocked out power, and closed schools from Wisconsin to Colorado. Howard Johnson's Hammond motel suffered severe damage with no injuries. Local counties declared disaster as ice crippled communications and utilities.
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United Press International
Plains
Midwest
Wisconsin
Colorado
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Howard Johnson
Hammond
Ind
Lexington
Oklo
Mokane
Victoria
Kansas
Washington County
Wis
Mrs Catherine Taylor to celebrate 91st birthday in Albion
Albion resident Mrs Catherine Taylor born in Lindsay to Sam and Alice Connelly has 11 siblings and four children. She married Henry Taylor in Blair in 1904, farmed, lived in Lindsay and Elgin, settled Albion in 1932. Her husband died in 1958.
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Albion
Catherine Taylor
Wolf Nursing Home
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Casimir Pulaski
Poland
VEC, Inc
Astro Graph Aernice Bede
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Virgo
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Columbus, Nebraska
Columbus Telegram
Michigan
Hartford
Don Lieven
Mrs. Taylor
Denver
Colo
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Louisville
Nashville
Tenn
Duckwal Tor
BankAmericaid
Alco Reg
Lifesavers
ALCO
EU Tae Ae
Puto Timea
23Rd Street
Tet Ay
Bandana
iCio
Colgate
Tae Ae
Meee
Tooleys
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