Army Waterways Experiment Station marks 50 years of service
The Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg Mississippi celebrates a silver anniversary with open houses June 18 to 20 drawing over 10 000 visitors. Col A H Bagnulo notes its role aiding hydraulic and concrete design while Gen Samuel D Sturgis Jr highlights its defense and flood control research saving taxpayers over 100 million dollars.
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Waterways Experiment Station
Army
Corps of Engineers
Vicksburg
Miss
A. H. Bagnulo
St. Paul
Samuel D. Sturgis Jr
Ley City
N.D
Experiment Station
Department of Defense
Naval
Midway Islands
Normandy
Chief of Engineers
United States
Corps
Sturgis
Atom-Powered Aircraft Research At NACA Lab
A tour of Cleveland’s Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory shows NACA scientists tackling atom plane challenges. They study heat from uranium, corrosion, insulation, and materials limits while testing jet tech, safety seats, and air flow using oil-soaked cigars for smoke visualization.
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Cleveland
Nea
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
Atomic Energy Commission
Stevens Point attorney enters Seventh District race
Kenneth E. Anderson of Stevens Point announced Wednesday his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for congressman in the Seventh District. He becomes the second Democrat to seek the post held by Rep. Melvin Laird. Ed Gervais of Antigo was the first Democrat to enter the field.
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Stevens Point
Kenneth E. Anderson
Anderson
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Ed Gervais
Antigo
Mushrooms Bloom After Rains Surprise Northern Territory
Darwin reports mushrooms appeared across cattle ranges after torrential rains surprising drovers who had not seen such fungi in fifty years. Local cattlemen noted the unexpected bonus as paddocks teem with the new growth following the downpour.
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Australia
Northern Territory
Darwin
Institute to honor Hart at Food Technologists meeting
The Institute of Food Technologists will honor biochemist Edward Bret Hart at its Los Angeles meeting on June 29. The Babcock Award will be renamed to include Hart alongside Stephen Moulton Babcock, recognizing Hart’s contributions and Hart’s former students will speak.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Edwin Bret Hart
Institute of Food Technologists
Los Angeles
Hart
Babcock
Babcock and Hart
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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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University of Wisconsin
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