Sunshine To Power Lights Warning Of Reefs Along Keys
Coastal guards test solar powered lights to warn mariners of 200 miles of coral reefs between Miami and Key West. A 110 foot beacon off Key Largo will run on solar cells and batteries, promising lower maintenance and longer life, with 50 buoys to be upgraded this summer.
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Associated Press
Carysfort Light
Fla
Florida Straits
Miami
Key West
Atlantic
Key Largo
Coast Guard
George Matrigall
Massachusetts
West
Matrigali
Gulf of Mexico
Keys
Florida
Fort
Why Do People Have Different Skin Colors?
A brief educational feature explains skin color differences by four pigment bases white yellow black and red and notes sunlight increases melanin. It also includes puzzle and joke sections with reader questions and two named winners from Maryland and Ohio.
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Brian Miller
Chesapeake
Europe
Africa
Southwest
Asia
Area Man In Service Becomes Combat Ready After Training
Sgt. Billy J. Beard of Decatur returned to Ft Campbell Ky after Operation Northward Passage a 10 day Army Training Evaluation Program at Ft McCoy Wis The 20th Engineer Battalion built a permanent anti armor obstacle course and upgraded roads to training sites and a communications site The unit earned a satisfactory rating Beard son of Rev and Mrs W A Beard entered the Army in 1956 and holds the Bronze Star and four Army Commendation Medals His wife Sandra accompanied him to the fort.
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Billy J. Beard
Decatur
Ft. Campbell
Ft. McCoy
Wis
Beard
20Th Engineer Battalion
W. A. Beard
Riverview Ave
Army
Sandra
Pulsar forms after collapse of massive star
A pulsar arises when a vastly larger star collapses and retains most of its material. The compact object weighs billions of tons in the few fragments that remain after the explosion, as described in the National Geographic Society book The Amazing Universe.
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National Geographic Society
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Calif
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Dial’s Denim Shop
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Sportswear Coordinates
Decatur, Florence and Muscle Shoals
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BankAmericaid
Decatur Shopping Center
Farmer Jones
Farmer Smith
Donna
Mother
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Book of Knowledge
Delthenia Wilson
Lorain
Ohio
Rogers Decatur
Jomper
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