Science At Work Fiction Thriller Explores Eugenics Idea
In a 1975 science fiction piece by R A McConnell the Russians allegedly run Project G to breed a scientific elite through artificial insemination and selective mating. The author questions potential outcomes, noting imagined timelines that would accelerate evolution and mock a US response to Sputnik era space race challenges.
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Bulletin
American Institute of Biological Sciences
R. A. McConnell
University of Pittsburgh
McConnell
United States
Farm Bureau Insurance Promotes Smart Thrifty Savings
They urge readers to choose Farm Bureau for economical coverage claiming low costs and maximum savings from the start. Advises contacting a local Farm Bureau agent to save more on insurance.
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Farm Bureau
Van guard I satellite tests and lessons from space
A fruit sized satellite named Van guard I continues transmitting via solar power and has orbited Earth about 12 000 times covering over 409 billion miles. It reveals Earth is pear shaped sun light can alter satellite paths and sunlight can be converted to electricity.
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Vanguard I
Earth
Britannica
Lawrence Ross
Georgia Tech
Americas
New York
Denver
Egg Smellers Tops in One Defense Line
Twenty recruits for the Egg Smellers Corps training in Kansas City learn to detect spoiled frozen eggs in markets. They use chemical tests to support the nose but rely mainly on smell, with tests for detecting rotten batches in 30 pound cans and criteria for passing or washing out.
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Kansas City, Mo
Egg Smellers Corps
America
Kansas City
Defense
Alfred Barnard
Pure Food and Drug Administration
Barnard
Egan Attends College Evaluation Conference in Atlanta
The Very Rev Father Brian Egan OSB president of St Bernard College will attend the Summer Conference on College Evaluation Procedures at the Piedmont Hotel Atlanta today and Thursday. He was asked to participate by Ford Morgan project director of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. He will stay through Saturday for a meeting of the Committee on Principles and Philosophy of the Commission in Accreditation discussing standards for accrediation of Southern colleges and universities.
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Brian Egan
O.S.B
St. Bernard College
Piedmont Hotel
Atlanta
Brian
Elford C. Morgan
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
South
Southern Association
Commission In Accreditation
Smithsonian Study Reveals Assassin Bug Preparations
Smithsonian Institution researchers document methods and specimens of assassin bugs, detailing preparation techniques, taxonomy notes, and potential applications in natural history collections.
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The
Smithsonian Institution
Remarks about Aunt Gertrude and old maid stereotypes
A humorous New York AP piece frames jokes about an unmarried aunt nicknamed Gertrude, teasing why she never married and her age. The chatter mentions cruises, a Christmas Santa visitor, a boss, and a tiny record-cleaning vacuum for phonograph tone arms.
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New York
Gertrude
Santa Claus
Gertarde
Jim
Virgin Islands
Alcatra
Extension Service Leadership Sought at Auburn
Dr. Fred Robertson urged Auburn University extension workers to take a leading role in rural development as part of a push to strengthen extension service leadership.
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Auburn
Ala
Fred Robertson
Auburn University
Alabama Leader Urges Rural Income Growth Vision
Robertson said Tuesday that increasing income in rural areas requires applying lessons learned and combining them with vision to build a better Alabama. Gov. Patterson and Dr. E York, administrator of the Federal Extension Service, were to participate in the discussion.
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Alabama
Robertson
John Patterson
E. T.york
Federal Extension Service
Farm Agents Convene for Annual Gathering
More than 400 farm agents attend the meeting today to discuss cooperative initiatives. A new autogyro debut promises vertical lift with no take-off space, beginning with a 200 foot jump as rotor tips use air jets for acceleration.
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Jenna Duren
Egan
College
Cor. Ist Ave
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Boyle
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