Rainfall Forecasts Ten Years Ahead by Solar Researcher
Dr Charles G Abbott a Smithsonian researcher claims a method to forecast rainfall for up to ten years in advance. Presented in Journal of Solar Engineering and Science and Engineering the technique ties weather variations to minute changes in solar radiation. Abbott 85 says accuracy cited 50 to 90 percent though meteorologists doubt the approach.
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Long Day for Mamie Eisenhower Opens Second Lady Year
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower finished a 16 hour schedule after inaugurations and four inaugural balls. She said it was a long day and enjoyed the parade more than in 1953 due to warmer weather.
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Testimony Offered In Kidnaping Case In Los Angeles
Three new police witnesses testified as the county grand jury reexamined the Marie McDonald kidnaping case. Attorney Jerry Giesler accused prosecutors of turning it into a slapstick mystery and promised rebuttal witnesses including Marie, and Thomas and Rosemary Thom if allowed. Chief Parker listed Lynn Carter, Captain Lohrman, and detective Amadril as last minute witnesses.
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Bulgaria Cuts Back Five Year Plan
Bulgaria cuts back its five year plan due to money and raw material shortages. Government radio Sofia says agriculture missed 1956 quotas and credits from the Soviet Union helped keep unemployment down before reductions of 750 million leva, about 125 million dollars, in national investments.
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Brooklyn mechanic dies after death by own action flight
Allan Adler a 20 year old Brooklyn airline mechanic wrote a letter declaring he was nuts and then crashed a Pan American DC3 at Idlewild. The Civil Aeronautics Board found the note in his Pan American hangar locker after the crash. Adler had told a Lackland Air Force Base friend he planned to marry Lynn Jenkins and to join her in August before the fatal flight.
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Poison danger to children highlighted in warning
Parents urged to keep poisonous bottles and boxes away from children as accidental poisoning surpasses deaths from polio diphtheria and scarlet fever combined, stressing prevention in homes and schools.
Soviet annexation of Lithuania in 1940 reshaped Baltic state
The Soviet Union annexed Lithuania in 1940, incorporating the republic with a population of 2,879,070 into USSR territory, altering Baltic political status and regional sovereignty during World War II era.
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