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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1962

Page

7

Why geysers erupt in irregular intervals

A child’s science column explains geysers, focusing on Old Faithful in Yellowstone as the famous example. It defines a geyser as a hot spring that erupts water and steam, describes underground reservoirs and twisted tubes, and explains why eruptions are not perfectly regular due to the time needed to refill and reheat the tube.

Yellowstone Park

TB Shield Shows Promise in Tuberculosis Family Protection

Public Health Service studied 25 000 contacts of new TB cases. Half received daily isoniazid for a year, the rest got placebos or dummy pills. Early results indicate better protection for those taking the drug.

Public Health Service

Ancient plant compound eyed as cancer clue from mice

A Mediterranean plant Aristolochia indica yields an acid from its family that slowed tumor growth in mice, sparking hopes for a new anti cancer compound class though human benefits and applications remain unproven. Prof Morris Kupchan cautions further tests are needed.

Madras India Morris Kupchan University of Wisconsin Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical

One Mistake Tops Them All

In Rock Hill South Carolina Dero Cook a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful opened a campaign speech with I am mighty happy to be in Spartanburg which drew laughter as the crowd reminded him he was actually in Rock Hill The piece also notes estimates that the largest ant colonies number about a million inhabitants

Spartanburg Rock Hill

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