Fire Control Simulator Teaches Forest Firefighting Safely
A U S Forest Service device called the fire control simulator lets trainees learn blaze control under controlled conditions with a mock command post. Twelve trainees operate as a fire boss staff at four tables, using projectors, a screen, and radios to rehearse responses to evolving fires.
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James Nevin Miller
Central Press Association
Correst
Washington
U.S. Forest Service
Almanac Today August 10 1971
Almanac entry notes Tuesday August 10 1971 as the 222nd day with the moon between full and last quarter. It lists visible planets Venus Mars Saturn in morning sky and Mercury Mars Jupiter in evening sky. Highlights include Leo birthdays and Roosevelt Churchill meeting at Quebec in 1943 and a 1965 Titan missile site explosion at Searcy Arkansas with 53 fatalities.
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Mars
Saturn
Mercury
Jupiter
Leo
Herbert Hoover
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Chicago
Franklin D
Roosevelt
Sir Winston Churchill
Quebec
Searcy
Ark
Dorothy Parker Quote on Mothers and Independence
A Dorothy Parker line extols a mother as a person who makes leaning unnecessary rather than a mere support. The remark highlights self sufficiency and resilience in maternal roles.
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Weather Bureau
Police Department
Dorothy Parker
Oral contraceptives and pregnancy breast feeding concerns
The letter discusses whether oral contraceptives affect an unborn child and if hormones appear in breast milk. Findings show no hormone in milk after resuming pills, but advise medical supervision for breastfeeding mothers on any drug. Also includes guidance on high blood pressure management and obtaining a heart health booklet from Dr. Lester Coleman.
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Lester Coleman
Lester L. Coleman
M.D
P.O
Grand Central Station
New York
N. Y
Army breeds world’s smartest dogs at Edgewood Arsenal
Army researchers at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland pursue a superdog capable of combat and civil tasks. Col. M W Castleberry leads a 40-member team budgeting 225000 for about 300 dogs, mostly German shepherds, to train in mine detection tracking and crowd control under harsh conditions.
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Egdewwood
Army
Ood
Milita
Arn
M. W. Castleberry
Scienti
Fdgewood
Castleberry
University of Mary
Biologieal
Edgewood Arsenal
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