Russians consider mammoth dam to warm Arctic waters
Soviet Academy member Alexander Markin announced on Moscow radio a plan to dam the Bering Strait and pump Pacific water into the Polar Sea with a 2,000,000 kilowatt atomic plant. He claimed the artificial Gulf Stream would moderate climates across Asia Europe and North America, transforming barren Arctic regions into habitable areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bering Strait
Arctic
Alexander Markit
Soviet Academy of
Pacific
Polar Sea
Markin
Arctic Ocean
Asia
North America
Europe
Norris Lake Declared Manitoba Rainbow Trout Put and Take Site
Norris Lake near Toulon designated Manitoba's first put and take rainbow trout lake by Minister Charles E. Greenlay. Anglers with Manitoba licenses may harvest unlimited rainbow trout by hook and line until open water season ends October 31 and winter season begins November 11. motor boats are banned.
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Norris Lake
Toulon
Manitoba
Charles E. Greenlay
Mines and Natural Resources
Witchdoctor Potion Linked to 15 Murders Claim
Elifasi Msomi testifies a gremlin appeared after he drank a witchdoctor’s potion and identified victims, leading him to kill fifteen people. He says the gremlin was a cursed vision wished on him to bring luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elifasi Msomi
Edible oil seed research expands in Western Canada
Dr A E Hannah of Agriculture Canada Winnipeg reports ongoing programs on seed crops including safflower and linseed. Breeding aims to boost early maturity disease resistance and edibility while matching cereal crop equipment. Safflower shows adaptive potential but faces disease susceptibility and late maturity challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E Hannah
Canada Department of Agriculture Cereal Breeding Laboratory
Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Winnipeg Laboratory
Build your own wooden chairs from Woodcraft Pattern 7385
Simple directions for making lawn porch or patio chairs with actual size paper pattern pieces included. Pattern offers easy to follow number guide and costs twenty five cents in coins to obtain.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue Promotion
Advertisement from a Toronto department store urging readers to order the 1955 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue. It invites plain submission of name address and pattern number and promises knitting crochet embroidery iron-ons toys and novelty designs, with a 25 cent price. The note also references the Holy Grail and literary ties to Arthurian legend and Parsifal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Eskimo health drive uses on-site X rays in Arctic camps
Doctors reading X rays in tents and on whaling boats sped Arctic medical care for Eskimos and Indians. Dr John S Willis led a four party plan to develop films on site, with 6000 records and 250 patients sent to hospital for TB and other conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Arctic
Eawnant
John S. Willis
Health Department
Indian Health Services
Brealk
Baffin Island
Uew Bec
Hudson Strait
James Bay
Hudson Bay
Ports
Dr. Willis
C. D. Howe
Indian Health Services Hospital
Moose Factory
Quebec
Rey
Barclay McKone
Robed burglar caught posing as choirmaster in churches
Police arrested 27 year old Henry Calvin on suspicion of burglaries to several area churches in Upland California. He described entering churches by posing as a choirmaster while wearing a choir robe and carrying a Bible under his arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uplan
Calif
Henry Calvin
Calvin
Recognizing Potential Harm From New Drugs
Dr. Stuart L. Vaughan at the Medical Society meeting warned physicians to assess both merits and dangers of new drugs. He cited phenylbutazone as an example and urged understanding drug toxicity patterns, blood effects, and the influence of advertising on usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion
Blondie
Graham
Tex
New York
Charles Hipp
Manhattan
Stuart L. Vaughan
University of Buffalo School of Medicine
Medical Society of
State of New York
United Press
Edgar F. Mauer
Dr. Waugh
Mauer
New England Journal of Medicine
Vaughan
Bright colors aid safety for back to school wardrobes
University of Wisconsin expert Hazel Paschall says bright colors like red green yellow and royal blue improve visibility for motorists in storms and dusk. She notes washable synthetic fabrics such as Orlon acrilan dynel nylon in coats hats scarves and mittens keep colors bright without cleaning issues and that synthetics are less bulky yet just as warm as wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Hazel Paschall
Miss Paschall
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Gremlin
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P.P.L
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Toronto
Tennyson
Wagner
MacDonald
Delos Smith
Galilee
Nazareth
Beersheba
Israel
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