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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1972
Page
3
A party mind reading trick uses two conspirators to signal which of six books is touched. The reader returns, points to the chosen book, and proves the signal works without spoken words. Signals include posture and weight shifts as shown in figures. Tomorrow’s feature notes tricky questions and a party game. About 190000 foxes are trapped in the U S yearly for pelts.
A Goddard Space Flight Center scientist outlines a method to keep astronauts on the moon’s far side in continuous contact with Earth. By placing a communications satellite 40,000 miles beyond the moon at a fixed point, the halo satellite would monitor the far side and maintain constant Earth communication as it appears to halo the moon.
Farquhar tells space agency officials about a halo satellite to aid the Apollo 17 mission but NASA vetoes the concept due to a 50 million dollar cost. He argues a halo orbit can extend continuous Earth contact for far side lunar operations and supports a lunar orbit space station concept named LOSS over a halo orbit system named HOSS. continuous communications would be possible and contact with Earth never lost.
New Orleans dock worker Alfred Barrow, national champion, aims to raise U S interest in international checkers. He explains the 100-square board, 20 pieces per side, and that Europe draws large crowds while America lags in production and clubs mostly attract Black players. He recalls a recent title match in Detroit and notes endless move variations on big boards.
A short-haired dachshund named Nocki became the first dog accredited for the Munich Summer Olympic Games. A plastic tag with name and photo was placed on Nocki’s collar for entry to venues alongside Munich journalist Klara Kemper. Nocki’s distant relative Waldi, a long-haired dachshund, had been chosen as a mascot for the 1972 Games.
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