Patents Span Satellites Tub Showers and Candles
Convair in San Diego patents a satellite dispenser designed to release and spin clusters in orbit with ground radio commands. A Miami inventor offers a bathtub with a side door for arthritic patients, demoed by her husband and promoted to hospitals. Also covered are a Cornell self propelled grape harvester and an ankle device enabling inversion for spine and circulation benefits.
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Washington
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
San Diego
Ron Hanson
North Miami
Fla
Edwin S.sheparson
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
New York State
Concord Grape Action Research Fund, Inc
Cornell Harvester
Chisholm Ryder
Niagara Falls
Cornell
Market Soars Then Wipes Gains On Vietnam Peace Talk
The Dow rose in early trading on news of U S North Vietnam peace talks but closed with a slim gain as Johnson’s follow up remarks cooled optimism. Volume reached 17.99 million shares, third highest in NYSE history, with 251 new 1968 highs and 18 new lows.
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New York
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Johnson
Congress
NYSE
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
American Telephone
American Stock Exchange
Soybeans Mostly Lower Amid Mixed Grain Futures
Chicago wheat futures slipped while corn rose gently and soybeans fell about 4 to 5 percent for May contracts. Mixed gains and losses across oats rye and other grains marked the week on the Chicago Board of Trade as trade concluded Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Postmaster in Marionville Retired After Long Service
Claude Willard of Marionville Missouri was retired twice by the Post Office Department as postmaster the first retirement was overturned and he returned to the job. He then reached the mandatory retirement age and was sent as acting postmaster with duties pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marionville
Claude Willard
U.S. Post Office Department
Missouri
Post Office Department
Willard
Folk Festival At Camp Sumatanga Seeks Funds
The North Alabama Conference Methodist Youth Department will host the Annual Folk Festival on May 11 from 2:30 to 4:30 at Camp Sumatanga. Attendees may bring picnics or buy food at booths. Theme is Psychedelic Folk Festival. best costumes win scholarships to Sumatanga camps. Admission is $1, proceeds support the camp. Tickets from Nina Reeves or at the gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
North Alabama
Methodist Church
Camp Sumatanga
Sumatanga
Camp
Nina Reeves
6Th Ave. North
Birmingham
Butcher Hog Prices Rise at Chicago Markets
Hog prices gained 75 cents to 1.00 at the Chicago Stockyards this week as slaughter steers and heifers held steady to 25 cents lower and lambs fell 1.00. Hog receipts totaled 20,000 for the week, with 262,500 head at 12 major markets. Mixed 1-2 butchers 190-235 pounds sold 20.00-21.00, tops 21.75. mixed 1-3s 220-260 pounds 19.00-20.25. Cattle receipts 20,700 at Chicago. prime steers 1,250-1,350 pounds 29.75-30.50, other weights 26.75-29.75. Sheep receipts 600. spring lambs 28-30.00. wooled lambs 108 pounds and more.
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Chicago
Nevada's Forty Thieves of Orange Sheep Pastures
In Nevada today about 30 orange-sheep outfits operate, a figure halved from the pre World War II era when twice as many outfits existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Local Servicemen Update From Area
Airman Larry Bryant Jr of Somerville completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and heads to Lowry AFB Colorado for missile mechanic schooling. He is a 1967 Decatur High School graduate. Army Specialist Robert L. Ragland 23 of Madison earned a safe driving certificate for 12 000 miles of military vehicle operation in Germany. He serves with the 4th Armored Division in Crailsheim, Germany in Company A of the 126th Maintenance Battalion. LCDR John Zakanycz of Orlando serves on active duty in Florida.
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Larry Bryant Jr
Harvey Bryant
Somerville
Lackland Afb
Tex
Air Force Technical Training Center
Lowry Afb
Colo
Bryant
Decatur High School
Army
Robert L. Ragland
Madison
4Th Armored Division
Germany
Spec
Ragland
Crailsheim
Navy training center notes weekly duty stint
LCDR Zakanycz heads production at Worthington Air Conditioning Co in Decatur while overseeing a week long active duty stint at the Modification and Maintenance Engineering Dept of the Naval Training Center here.
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Naval Training Center
Lcdr Zakanycz
Worthington Air Conditioning Co
Decatur
Moon Craters Theories On Formation And Large Impacts
The article discusses two main theories for lunar craters. One posits early volcanic activity and crustal thinning with later central peaks. the other suggests bombardment by meteors about 3 billion years ago creating overlapping craters. It notes Clavius as a prominent example and mentions Earth craters’ volcanic and meteor origins.
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Tain
FUN TIME The Riddle Box
A playful set of brain teasers with three questions and three punchlines. The first asks what weighs a barrel more with a hole. the second hints the face of a clock. the third notes a pillow is lighter with a head atop it.
Best Deed Prompt Sparks Writing Contest
Readers are invited to compose a short letter about their best deed and address it to Deed Tell Me Why. Include full name, age, address with ZIP, and the entry may win a 20 volume New Book of Knowledge set.
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Mark Bailey
Charleston
W. Vv
Bergerk in Norse Mythology Grandson of Starkadder
The fragment states Bergerk is the grandson of the eight handed Starkadder in Norse myth. It references family lineage and mythic descent but provides no further context or events.
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Bergerk
Starkadder
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Stacy V. Jones
New York Times News Service
Edwin H. Wrench
Convair
Atlas
Centaur
Japan
James R. Summers
Newark
Bemg
Summers
California
Robert M. Martin
Asadena
Men’s Wear
Hartselle
Dow Jones
Austin
Austin High School
J. P. Thomas
Clude
Kenny Howland
Priscilla Roberson
Dale McGregor
Sandra Sanders
Bob Bates
Industrials
Pace
Industria
Jasond J
Det
Pete
Aol
Orlando
John Zakanycz
Murphree Rd SE
Decatur Apothecary
Grant St
First Federal
Rte
A. Leokum
Moon
Clavius
Earth
4Th Ave
S.E
6Th Avenue
Decatur, Alabama
Jim Allen
Alabama
U.S. Senate
Pol
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Jere Beasley
Clayton
ALA
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