Celestial Events Lead January Skies Across North America
A January sky guide notes a total lunar eclipse visible across North America on the 30th, with the Moon passing Saturn around month end. Venus, Mars, and Saturn appear as evening stars, while Mercury and Jupiter glow in the dawn sky. positions shift with each date. Dr. Thomas D. Nicholson of the American Museum of Natural History provides the details.
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Mars
Saturn
North America
E.s.t
United States
Taurus
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Las
A.m
New Moon
Thomas —“D.~ Nicholson
The
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Earth
Antares
Scorpius
South Pacific
Antarctica
Indian Ocean
Africa
Australia
Danish Cheese Parties Highlight Rich Danish Varieties
In Denmark a cheese party features dozens of Danish cheeses and tailored garnishes. Howard Brush of the Cheese Shop in Boston notes Esrom Port Salut Havarti Samsoe Cofino Fontina Buko Tybo Camembert Danish blue Danish Emmenthal and accompaniments like olives fruit and crackers.
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Denmark
Europe
Howard Brush
Tremont Street
Boston
Fontina
Weather Signs and Calendar Lore From Mud Tavern Notes
The column recalls old folk weather signs relating to January and the coming winter. It describes observed rain on Saturday and fog on Swan Creek spots, cites calendar promotions by Chattanooga Medicine Co and Atlanta Tri weekly Constitution, and notes birds like the flicker and the morning sky events including Mercury Jupiter and eclipses in 1972 with guidance for observers.
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Flint Creek
Swan Creek
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Atlanta
Constitution
Yellowhammer
Mud Tavern
Woodalls
Curtis Well
Mercury
Jupiter
Tavern Creek
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Decatur
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Uncle Jim
Guaranty Federal
Epvings
General Assembly
Security Council
Max Jacobson
Kurt Waldheim
Carlos Lortiz de Rozas
Jesse L. Jackson
Operation Push
Operation
Breadbasket
SCLC
NAACP
National Urban League
Alexander M. Haig
Peking
Nixon
North Vietnam
Paris
Vietnam
Laos
Wily, Brandt
Multikar Zphutto
Giovanni Leone
Ronald L. Ziegler
Pakistan
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
White House
Italy
West Germany
Decatur Daily
East Pakistan
FBI
J Edgar Hoover
Eisaku Sato
John Lindsay
New Women’s Libération Magazine
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Maurice H. Stans
WEC, Inc
Madison, Wisconsin
United States Postal Service
Ray Speakman
Charles Forman
van Eaton
PVEE
Valley Stockyard
New Moulton Rd
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Japan
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