Seaway Outlook Is Rosy
Capt Elvind Otter notes progress on the deep draft St Lawrence Seaway Great Lakes route amid port limits and small wharves. AP survey finds traffic up 12.8 percent in Montreal Ontario section and 17.1 percent in Welland Canal, with wage boosts up to 70 cents hourly affecting shipping costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Conway
Chicago
Elvind Otter
Calumet River
Lake Michigan
Calumet Harbor
Otter
Harperjell
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
Welland Canal
Midwestern
Prairies
Associated Press
Seaway Development Corp
Montreal-Lake Ontario
Seaway
Lake-Seaway
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Assn
Marshal L. Wilcox
P & W Atlas Maritime Corp
Jones Island
Milwaukee
Wilcox
Hidden still found in quiet Virginia chicken house
In Stafford County, Virginia, officers pried open a locked chicken house and uncovered a fifty-gallon still with 20 mash barrels. Four people in a nearby house were arrested in connection with the liquor operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Stafford
Origin of Life Sought in Lab Experiments
Florida State University chemist Dr. Sidney W. Fox and Kaoru Harada heat 18 amino acids to produce proteinoids forming cell-like spherules. The work tests how heat and specific amino acids could create protein like material and possibly early life in volcanic or warm sea conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney W. Fox
Oceanographic Institute
Florida State University
Earth
Dr. Fox
Kaoru Harada
Fox
teens more isolated from adults in study findings
In a Johns Hopkins led study of 8 900 teens from 10 Midwestern high schools, automobiles and athletics emerge as key pulls away from academics while scholars gain little prestige. The report urges more brainpower teams and civic funding like Haifa’s to raise respect for academics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James Coleman
Johns Hopkins’ University
Coleman
Dr. Coleman
Haifa
Israel
Chicago
U.S. Office of Education
Wonderful Copenhagen: Danes Celebrate Freedom and Charm
AP writer TOM REEDY portrays Copenhagen as a lively, free, and friendly city. Danes laugh off hierarchy, enjoy street bands and parrots, and welcome visitors with a sense of humor, cuisine, and neighborly living that makes the capital feel wonderfully inviting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Reedy
Copenhagen
Webster
Frederick IX
20th Century Change in Sahara Driven by Oil and Roads
In the Sahara the 20th century advances reshape the desert as oil fields, pipelines, and airstrips expand. French control, Tuareg society, and nomadic life face transformation while Egypt and Libya pursue irrigation and power projects to turn barren lands into farms and towns.
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Andrew Borrowiec
Algiers
Sahara
French Sahara
Robert Lecourt
Lecourt
Tunisia
Libya
Egypt
Sudar
Sa ‘Hara
Atlas Mountains
Touggourt
Laghouat
Figuig
Niger
France
Algeria
Paris
French
Desert
Lieve
Western Sahara
Ouargla
Ghardaia
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IBA
High Point Enterprise
Alton Blakeslee
Tallahassee, Fla
Little Mermaid
Sahara Desert
Rommel
Africa Corps
Montgomery
Desert Rats
Sahara Explorer
L. Cabot Briggs
Harvard University
United States
Spain
Morocco
Hassi Messaoud
Mediterranean
Edjeleh
Tunisian Gulf of Gabes
Hassai A'mell
Hassi R'mell
Europe
Tindouf
Tamnanrasset
Qattara
Alexandria
Nile
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