Moon trip at UNC Morehead Planetarium fantasy voyage
Morehead Planetarium Chapel Hill offers an imaginary 50 minute space flight aboard the Expanding Galaxy rocket. Daily July August flights at 8 30 pm and weekend afternoons with advance reservations available.
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Chapel Hill
Morehead Planetarium
University of North Carolina
Moon
Dk Pressor
University Radio and Recording Division
Imress
Luna
Earth
Televiewer
Planetarium
John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Pinochle Auction Variants Explained by Jacob y and Sheinwold
The column discusses flexible auction pinochle rules and widow upcard play. It explains how turning up the widow cards changes bidding incentives, outlines multi round bidding before each card is exposed, and notes that in three handed auction pinochle a meld can win a bid without taking any tricks if it guarantees the bid.
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St. Louis
Medical Ritual Is Needless Says Surgeon Harbison
Dr Samuel P Harbison of Pittsburgh argues in the Journal of the American Medical Association that many preoperative routines are outdated. He questions routine enemas shaving morphine and fasting fluids before surgery and urges analysis to tailor rules to each patient and procedure.
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Byre L
Harbison
Theason
Important Health Precautions For Those Traveling Abroad
The doctor advises health checks before travel, vaccination proof for reentry, and specific immunizations for children and travelers to certain regions. It covers seasickness prevention, safety of air travel for heart patients, and the need for a thorough physical exam before leaving. It ends with a Q&A about high milk intake and calcium balance in the diet.
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U. S
Mediterranean
America
Far East
C. H
Eisenhower can purge civil service by executive order
The piece argues that a president can remove federal jobholders under civil service rules by executive order with constitutional backing. It cites Roosevelt and Truman precedents, notes the ongoing 134,000 job removals and a target of 8,000 lawyers, and urges swift action to replace New Deal-leaning staff with Republicans.
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New York
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Truman
Politi Cal
Civil Service Act
United States
Labor Department
Ste Sp
Haan
Civil Service
Absent-Minded Driver Recovers His Wallet
A Portland motorist reported an accident and left police headquarters. He later recalled the incident and claimed no money, saying he was in a restaurant without a cent. Inspector Flaherty directed him to reclaim his wallet and pay the bill on the desk.
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Portland
Roland Flaherty
Treasure hunt ends in library find in Lincoln
Aivuars Ginberg aged 21 and his 10 year old sister Vija told a librarian the family left money by mistake in a gray book in the doggy section. Searchers opened the correct book Sir Lancelot and Scamp and found seventeen five dollar bills and a single dollar.
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Lincoln
Neb
Aivars Ginberg
Vija
Sir Lancelot
Scamp
Geese Live Mainly on Grass Across Year
Geese are grazers and for much of the year can subsist on nothing but grass.
Smithsonian Institution A Gallery Of World Collections And History
The Smithsonian, a private yet government-warded institution, houses global collections from skeletons to airplanes and operates the Zoological Park and national art venues. Founded by James Smithson, it funds expeditions, weather, and fish commissions and preserves Americana including Bell’s telephone, the Wright brothers’ flyer, and early Star Spangled Banner items.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Capitol
Washington Monument
Zoological Park
National Gallery of Art
Mellon Gallery
Freer Art Gallery
Panama Canal Zone
Alaska
Smithsonian
Congress
United States
James Smithson
Weather Bureau
National Museum
Alexander Graham Bell
Martha Washington
Maimonides Honored Ahead of 750th Death Anniversary
In Jerusalem scholars plan to re edit Maimonides religious writings and medical manuscripts. Dr Suessman Muntner continues publishing essential works on asthma poisons and Hippocrates. Prof Gotthold Weil edits a rediscovered life span study. Maimonides tomb near Tiberias draws Orthodox veneration.
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Jerusalem
Maimonides
Rambam
Egypt
Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
Hebrew ‘University
Suessman Muntner
Muntner
Hippocrates
Gotthold Weil
Hebrew National and University Library
Americans Best-Fed But Not In Right Way
Chicago report says the United States, though the best-fed nation, suffers malnutrition due to unbalanced eating. Nutrition expert Dr. Charles Glen King notes people eat what pleases them and even cocktails before meals worsen diets. He advises consuming meat, potatoes and greens after drinking to restore balance.
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Chicago
United States
Charles Glen King
Nutrition Foundation, Inc
Science Digest
King
Smithsonian vaults hold 30 million period artifacts
The Smithsonian stores bones fossils birds ship models and other items in vaults totaling about 30 million. Curators expect ongoing growth as the nation expands its collections and changes over time.
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America
Smithsonian
When Belts Break John Paluszek Keeps Mines Moving
In Cleveland Ohio United States Rubber Company expert John Paluszek repairs conveyor belts and installs large splices across the nation. He once traveled to a northern Canada mine where the temperature was 27 below zero to fix a critical splice and, with no dentist nearby, removed a tooth with pliers before finishing the job.
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Cleveland, CO
United States
John Paluszek
U. S. Rubber Company
Canada
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Portugal
Wagger's, Inc
Hutchens
Thatcher
North State
High Point
Thomasville
Randleman
Institute Records
March of Humanity
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New York Stock Exchange
Liberty Life
Charlotte
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