Colorful Old West Lives Again In Omaha Museum
The Union Pacific Historical Museum in Omaha showcases relics, maps, weapons, and records that trace the Westward expansion. Curator Ruth Cultra Hamilton notes the collections honor great men while hinting at forgotten pioneering women.
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Rice scientist Yonan Malek fuels nutrition boom
In Washington M Yonan Malek, a Persian American inventor, developed a parboiling process that preserves vitamins in rice, raises yield, and protects grains from pests. He licenses mills worldwide as demand for nutritious rice grows amid global shortages and price controls. He also noted ties to Aramaic literature and Middle Eastern culture.
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Blind Ohio Man Proves Busy Despite Blindness
Robert Bixel of Painesville Ohio has pursued a busy life since losing sight at seven. He works at a rubber plant, preaches as a traveling evangelist, offers chiropractic treatments, repairs chairs, sells greeting cards, mows his lawn, tends the furnace, and hunts. He uses a guide dog, rides, fishes, and plans to learn typing to manage his extensive correspondence. He remains active in Riverview church history and continues to push past his handicap.
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Varied Surplus Items Test WAA Ingenuity
The War Assets Administration handles diverse surplus assets from an island to a model dairy farm and wires in the Midwest to diamonds and pure silver. Diamonds remain strategic and not for sale while 36,000 bars of recovered silver from a Lake Charles magnesium plant are being sold as defense material.
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College Coeds Free Baby Sitters In Corvallis Town
In Corvallis Oregon State College coeds staff free babysitting through campus Red Cross chapters. Service ends at 10 p m on school nights and 1230 a m on Saturdays, a regulation aiding local parents in a college town setting.
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Barbs and business week musings on industry and growth
The piece cites Business Week noting factory smoke may boost cabbage growth and appetites for larger cabbages. It mentions an exploding scarecrow that bangs every three minutes and argues politeness is kindness in action. Plate glass production and baby counts are described as at all time highs.
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Early Christian Emperor and Conversion Question
The first Roman emperor to protect Christians and convert was Constantine the Great. Enameling metal or porcelain is called champlevé or cloisonné. A farmer who signed the Declaration of Independence was maybe not a known figure. the question invites recall of common myths. When Rubicon is mentioned, it signals Julius Caesar crossing the river and the start of civil war. Mary Queen of Scots dressed in black as she went to the scaffold.
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Phenolic Linings Protect Metal Drums from Chemical Attack
Phenolic resins act as interior coatings for metal five gallon containers and drums to shield the metal from chemical attack. Many chemicals are shipped in phenolic lined vessels and linings resist organic solvents when properly applied. Contamination of the contents by iron is a key concern, sometimes more critical than protecting the iron itself.
Constantine in brilliant scarlet on a river scene
Constantine the Great is shown in brilliant scarlet beside a river, with John Hart of New Jersey noted in the scene. The image captures a historical moment emphasizing color and locale against water.
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Automatic Fuel Gas and Maintenance Facts
Automatic fuel gas units are the most completely automatic fuel heating system. They require no owner attention from season start to season end but need at least one annual service by an experienced heating contractor.
Peeling Eggs Depends On Egg Age For Boiling
Kansas State college tests show eggs one day old are hard to peel after boiling ten minutes and cooling in tap water. Eggs five and six days old peel easily, indicating age affects peelability.
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Kansas State College
Milk Cooling and Heating System Basics
The text explains cooling milk to stop bacterial growth that causes defects in flavor and odor. It notes that warm air furnaces are used for warm air heating, while boilers are used only with hot water and steam heating systems.
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