Ides of March and the Roman Calendar Explained
Washington notes on the Ides of March marking spring and how the ancient Roman calendar evolved from lunar to Julian to Gregorian systems. It outlines Calends Nones and Ides, the months Mars Maius Aprilis and the tale of Romulus Remus, with historical shifts in dates and calendars.
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Rome
Martius
Ceasar
Caesar
Marcias
National Geographic Society
Pontificia
Sosigenes
Mareh
Gregory
England
American
China
Polynesia
Babylon
Egypt
Maius
Maia
March
Mars
Romulus
Remus
Tiber
Same Scale Explains Celsius and Centigrade Points
The Celsna scale of tempera ture is the same as the Centi grade scale, in which the freezing point of water is zero and the boiling point is 100 degrees.
Wave of vandalism hits Southern Bell strike
FBI joined unions and company officials probing vandalism as a four day old strike by Southern Bell workers in nine Southeastern states expands. Cable cuts and property damage delayed operations, while negotiators seek a new contract for about 30,000 workers amid allegations of demoralization and supervisor misconduct.
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Birmingham
Ala
CWA
C. P. Malone
Jacksonville
Fla
M. L. Luke
Southern Bell
Denies Charges of Defrauding by Taipeis Formosa Official
K. P. Hu, accused by legislator Kuo Tse ching of defrauding the Nationalist government of 1.9 million dollars, denied the charge in paid ads. His Yangtze Wood Products Co. was accused of missing deadlines on landing craft ordered under a U.S. offshore program. The government denied Kuo's charge that five agencies were implicated.
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Taipei
Formosa
K. P. Hu
Yangtze Wood Products Co
Kuo Tseching
Legislative Yuan
U.S
Kuo
Union Terms Tie Six Million Dollar Annual Plan
Six million dollars annually would be provided if the union accepts a no strike clause. The union said about 5,000 workers would not receive wage increases and many other issues remain to be decided.
Farmers Study Brucellosis Control Program Progress
Statewide and county Brucellosis Committees will meet March 24 and 25 to discuss future steps in eradicating Bang’s disease in cattle. Lewis Williams of Uniontown chairs the 66 county group. Dr. Henning and Deputy Secretary Bull will attend the March 24 program along with Bureau staff reporting progress in the eradication campaign.
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State Department of Agriculture
Lewis Williams
Uniontown
Fayette County
William B. Henning
Leland H. Bull
H. A. Milo
State Bureau of Animal Industry
C. M. Stevens
E. B. Leiby
Pennsylvania
United States Department of
Not So Beau Brummell Declines in Personal Style
Encyclopedia Britannica notes that in his later years George Gryan Beau Brummell lost interest in clothes and his appearance became slovenly and civs.
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Beau Brummel
George Gryan Beau Brummell
Encyclopedia Britannica
Pennsylvania Brucellosis program gains county certifications
Agriculture's animal industry bureau will present recommendations and resolutions at the March 25 morning meeting to further improve the Brucellosis free program. Secretary Henning announced 28 counties are officially certified Brucellosis free, with Blair and Washington newly certified last year as disease incidence dropped to under five percent of herds and under one percent of cattle afflicted.
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Agriculture
Animal Industry Bureau
Pennsylvania
Henning
Blair
Washington
Michigan bill would legalize toenail painting by manicurists
Detroit Democrat Rep Charline White says pedicuring is practiced but Michigan cosmetology law has no provision. The item notes unrelated facts about oysters and a birthplace of the first school for the deaf in Hartford in 1817.
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Lansing
Mich
Michiigan
Charline White
Detroit Democrat
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