Mice to Sacrifice Brains on Apollo 17 Flight
Five brown and white desert mice from Palm Springs will accompany Apollo 17 as radiation targets to study cosmic rays and brain effects. Implanted films will record impacts while housed in canisters aboard the command module. Postflight, the mice will be killed in Samoa to examine brain damage.
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California
Harold M. Schmeck JR
New York Times News Service
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Palm Springs
Calif
Earth
Mars
Samoa
Ardmore teachers nominated for Alabama Teacher Hall of Fame
Two Ardmore High School teachers Mrs Joyce Mitchell and Mrs Martha Pettus have been nominated by Limestone County educators for the Alabama Teacher Hall of Fame at Jacksonville State University. Nominees compete statewide with a plaque honoring the winner to be placed in the Houston Cole Library lobby.
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Athens
Ardmore
Alabama
Jacksonville State University
Joyce Mitchell
Martha Pettus
Limestone County
Houston Cole Library
Jacksonville
Alabama to Argue On Mental Health Standards
The 5th or 9th circuit? No, the 5th? The Supreme Court? The Alabama case reaches the U S Court of Appeals in New Orleans. The Justice Department backs Judge Frank M Johnston Jr who ordered detailed mental health care standards for Alabama state institutions. The state challenges federal jurisdiction and criticizes staffing ratios as financially impractical while Gov George Wallace backs higher care goals.
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New Orleans
Circuit Court of Appeals
Justice Department
Alabama
U.S District Court
Frank M. Johnston Jr
Montgomery
Johnston
Alabama Mental Health Board
George Wallace
Wallace
Mental Health Board
Legislative Branch
Saigon Shelling Rages as Tet-Era Attack Strikes Tan Son Nhut
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese rockets hit Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Air Base and nearby areas in what resembled the Tet offensive's intensity. Ground fighting pressed toward Tam Binh Village with about 1,500 government troops involved, while casualties included nine killed and 54 wounded, among them an American.
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Dennis Neeld
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Tam Binh
U.S
Thong Tay Hoi
Paris
United States
Xuan Loc
Thach Han River
Quang Tri City
Que Son
da Nang
Ross
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Hanoi Radio
Bernstein On Words By Theodore M Bernstein
A reflection on clear writing and common pitfalls in newspapers. Bernstein argues for precise language to avoid ambiguity and illogical subject verb agreement, with examples from professional editing and word origins.
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Theodore M. Bernstein
Maldonado
Bernard Hillman
Philadelphia
Maldanado
Goofy Idea Sparks Water Saving Brick Campaign in Cherry Hill
In Cherry Hill New Jersey six months ago Tilly Spetgong proposed placing a brick in toilet tanks to displace water and conserve supplies. The town approved the plan and funded 34 000 bricks for every home in 17 000 residences.
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Cherry Hill
Tilly Spetgong
City Council
Steve Morgan
Council
Delaware River
Philadelphia
America
Spetgong
Conservation Advisory Board
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
Desert
Winter
Astronaut Corps
Marvin Galin
Cullman
Sandra Hancock
Galin
Hartselle
I-65
Leonard C. Summerford
Falkville
J. L. Lumpkin
Hancock
U. S. 278
Cullman Hospital
Horiti
Valeri. Jap
N. J
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