MIT houses archive of useless research
MIT in Cambridge houses an Archive of Useless Research with six boxes of material from 1900 to 1940. The collection mocks grand theories by Newton Darwin and Einstein, praising vanity presses and quirky works donated by Albert G. Ingalls and MIT’s nut file. Archivist Kathy Marquis notes most pieces show “you’re wrong and I’m right,” featuring titles like Kings Dethroned and The Laws of Creation.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Earth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Kathy Marquis
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Marquis
Newton
Darwin
Einstein
Albert G. Ingalls
Scientific American
Staten Island
Gerald Hickson
Carl Theodore Heisel
Heisel
Pinaire
Charles Johnson
Lars A. Carlson
Ward Hayes
Seabury Doane Brewer
Chicago police seize 53 kg cocaine and cash in West Side raid
Chicago narcotics officers arrested an 18 year old man after seizing 53 kilograms of cocaine worth 13 million on the street and confiscating 200000 in cash plus a van boat motorcycle and a car in a city operation described as the largest drug bust in Chicago. Silvestri Valdez 18 faces possession charges and a Narcotics Court date.
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Chicago
UPI
West Side
LeRoy Martin
New York
Martin
Federal Drug Enforcement Agency
Silvestri Valdez
Houston homeless program starts with first shelter beds
Houston Independent School District launched a one week pilot shelter program for homeless students opening two schools. Eight to ten students used beds showers and meals the first night while four were referred to social services. Officials hope colder weather will bring more. Some children frightened away by media returned later found at an abandoned house and given sleeping bags.
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Houston
UPI
Emily Cole
Jefferson Davis High School
Trudy Herolz
Raymond
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center
Kaye Stripling
HISD
Illinois Quad-Citians Face New 11-Digit Local Dialing
Illinois Bell will require Quad-Citians to dial 1-319 plus the seven digit number for local calls to Iowa across the Mississippi starting Feb 4. Spokesman Jim Donnelly cited higher line loads and billing losses as reasons for the change and said US West and other carriers may follow suit.
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Rock Island
Ill
Illinois
Quad-Cities
Iowa
Mississippi River
Ilinois Bell
Donnelly
US West Communications
Lowa
Bi-State
Students arrested on gun charges in New York City schools
In separate incidents police stopped a 16-year-old at Norman Thomas High School after he produced a .38 revolver saying he wanted to kill them, and a Bronx 15-year-old pointed a fake gun at a teacher. Transit police treated an officer and principal after the scuffle.
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New York
UPI
Bronx
Manhattan
Transit
Troy Boone
Norman Thomas High School
Park Avenue
Robert Valentino
Valentino
New York City
Norman Thomas
Boone
Michael Reynolds
St. Vincent's Hospital
Brooklyn
Lexington Avenue
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