Researcher Seeks to Teach Chimp Language in Groundbreaking Study
Santa Barbara AP report details UCSB researchers Dr. Arthur Schwartz and Dr. David Premack testing a simplified sticktalk device to enable a chimp to learn language. Two chimps, Gussie and Sarah, are trained with a joystick nose box in isolation to model mother language input.
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Dr. Schwartz
Premack
Schwartz
Gussle
Sarah
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
Dr. Premack
Lawmakers Weigh School Safety Hearings In Oakland
An Assembly subcommittee on School Efficiency and Economy, chaired by Alfred Alquist, examined the Field Act of 1933 during a second day of hearings at Oakland Airport. Experts urged stronger site controls and broader coverage, while officials defended current inspection roles and urged uniform standards across California.
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Oakland
Alfred EB. Alquist
San Jose
California
I Office of Architecture and Construction
Alquist
Haunted House or Trick: Yucaipa Home Shakes by Itself
Kenneth Cannon's home in Yucaipa reportedly bulges walls and lifts rugs as air blasts from the concrete floor shake the living room. Billie Cannon and neighbors describe windows rattling and a wall moving five inches after repeated bangs. Officials and experts offer no explanation while Mrs. Cannon insists the house is genuinely haunted.
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Yucaipa
Kenneth Carnnon
Cannon
Billie
Ba Hroom
Children To Stage Yale Pageant In Oakland
Oakland Children's Christmas Pageant to be performed tomorrow at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Oakland Auditorium Arena at 16th and Fallon streets. General admission and reserved seats available. tickets at auditorium box office starting Saturday at 7 p.m. for reserved, 2 p.m. Sunday for general. Admission 1.50 for reserved, 1 for general.
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Oakland
Oake
Moscow
San Mateo President faces debate over student funding row
At San Mateo College a dispute erupts as Dr. Julio Bortolazzo convenes an all day meeting to consider suspending music student Aston Manganiello who solicited funds for Berkeley's Vietnam Day Committee. Bettina Aptheker, a UC Berkeley election winner and VDC leader, argues free speech while criticizing campus politics and funding tactics.
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Bettina Aptheker
University of California
Berkeley
Julio Bortolanzo
College of San Mateo
Aston Manganiello
CSM
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Gamella
Bortolazza
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California
Miss Aptheker
VDC
U.S
Ment
Viet Nam
Bettina
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