Infinite White Expanse Throbbing Silence At South Pole
SAUL PETT AP Writer recalls Antarctic life aboard icebreakers and Little America V on McMurdo Sound and the Ross Ice Shelf. The piece describes endless ice, wind, daylight, brutal terrain, perilous survival, killer whales, penguin rookeries, and the urge to document reaching the South Pole.
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Driver Safety Q and A from State DMV Column
A DMV backed Q and A column explains tire versus axle noises by inflating tires and testing on the same road. It covers engine flooding by multi step starter procedure, braking after deep water, habit formation in experienced drivers, tailgating defined as following too closely, safe following distance as one car length per 10 mph, and railroad crossing sign track counts warning of switching cars on hidden tracks.
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State Department of Motor Vehicles
Tragic Field Accident Involving Farm Tractors
Dick Taylor recounts a deadly incident on the farm where his brother Tom Taylor was killed when an old tractor suddenly started and ran over him. Tom had run the operation with his younger brother since Tom bought the farm five years ago and brought him in after college.
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Traffic Toll Ratio Shifts With Rising Car Registrations
A century overview shows that as vehicle registrations rise in North and South Carolina, traffic fatality ratios fall or stay stable. By 1955 both states share about one death per roughly 1,360 to 1,380 registered vehicles, despite North Carolina’s higher overall registrations.
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Farm prospered arousing suspicion in murder tale
In a cliffhanger prompt, the speaker notes the farm’s surprising prosperity and hints at discontent with a small interest as the motive. The line “This was as cold a murder as I have ever known” frames Dick Taylor as a suspected brother killer, inviting readers to page twelve-a for solutions.
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Dick [Taylor
Turtle restaurant Tsuruya in Kyoto runs for generations
In Kyoto at Tsuruya, a historic turtle restaurant, the same family has managed it for ten generations. Pan American World Airways notes the long running family stewardship in this ancient capital.
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