Mini May Be Used To Measure Earth From Space Beacon
A miniature satellite beacon could improve geodetic work by providing precise Earth shape data, measuring flattening at the poles, and enabling faster triangulation for long distances. It would also help determine the gravitational constant, aiding oil prospecting and potentially reducing survey costs.
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I. M. Levitt
New York
Paris
Atlantic Ocean
Earth
United States Army Map Service
Europe
Africa
United States
Duke Engineer Haines Heads North Carolina Church Architects
Howard N. Haines, a Duke University engineer, is regarded as North Carolina’s leading church architect. Over 26 years he designed and supervised nearly 200 church projects across the state, often coordinating community labor and using local stone and brick. He teaches engineering drawing at Duke and remains active in church construction during summers.
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Howard N. Haines
Duke University
North Carolina
West Jefferson and
Boone
Cedar Grove
Orange County
Durham
Haines
Southern Methodist Church
Duke
Allensville
S. F. Nix
West Jefferson
Leaksville
Eden Church
Stokesdale
Clarks Chapel
Canton
Hampstead
Friendship Church
Greensboro
Catawba
Rose
Statesville
Hudson
Randleman
Bethal
Baldwin
Crab Orchard
Stuart
Dunn
Roanoke Rapids
Cambridge
University of Minnesota
Ateliers Jouselie and
Laloue
Ecole de Beaux Arts
Paris
Department of Religion
Western Conference
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Duke Engineering
Durham Engineers Club
Lattimore Returns To Old Position At Hopkins
Owen Lattimore resumes his role as a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University after being placed on paid leave in December 1952 while federal charges of perjury were resolved. Four major counts were dismissed as nebulous and the remaining indictments were dropped by the government on June 30.
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Baltimore
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Lattimore
Senate
Dogs Sense and Sagacity through the Ages
The piece notes dogs’ unchanging mind and instincts despite breed changes. It recalls a 1781 English tale of a boarding house dog guarding a trunk and alerting to a robber, illustrating canine loyalty and intelligence across centuries.
Massive Turbine Flown as Air Freight to Hiroshima
In Seattle a 7,233 pound steam turbine was loaded onto an $11,520 Northwest Airlines freighter to Hiroshima, Japan. Workers chained the nose to concrete and stacked 3000 pounds of sandbags to counterbalance. The turbine was described as the largest air freight piece ever flown across the Pacific, with steamship delivery estimated at three weeks.
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Seattle
Hiroshima
Japan
Northwest Airlines
Pacific
Open House Showcases Danish Arts and Tivoli Wonders
Copenhagen hosts a major Scandinavian Design Cavalcade exhibition featuring Danish silver porcelain textiles and furniture with prices about a third lower than the United States. Tivoli, Royal Theater, Europa hotel, and Kroberg Castle anchor a varied tourist circuit with palatial sights, seaside resorts, and Hamlet history.
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Copenhagen
Sigvard Bernadotte
Krebs
Wiinblad
Seth
Boses
Luna Park
United States
Toytown
Tivoli Guard
King’s Guard
Royal Theater
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Duke Engineer
By Farley Manning
England
West Indies
Cecil
Quick Service
City Shoe Shop
W. Commerce
Te Urity Pits
Jenn S¢, Cae
Ward Street
R Guilford Optical CO
N. Main St
A. B. Asbill
Highland Baptist Church
The
Woodlawn Baptist Church of
High Point
R. Ritch
Denmark
Tivoli
Mozart
Honegger
Joan of Arc
Handel
Saul
Europa
Danish Riviera
Perle
Kroberg
Elsinore
Amleth
Jutland
Saxo
Shakespeare
Hamlet
North Zealand
Hillerod
Fredensborg
Tiner Monark
DuPont
Mohnark Shade Co
Jarrett
N. Wrenn ST
RING
Harris Pharmacy
General GI Electric
Lic
S. Main ST
Tel
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