Which moves faster light or sound in space and air
Uncle Ray explains the speed difference between light and sound. He notes light travels 186000 miles per second, far outrunning sound, which moves about one fifth mile per second in air and three miles per second in a steel pipe. He compares radio waves carrying voices and hints at radio astronomy. Readers may submit questions for a World Book Encyclopedia prize.
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Uncle Ray
Lincoln School
Lynn
Mass
Atlantic
Outer Space
Earth
Identifies Body Of Son, Wife Still Missing
Martin Heinz of Waukesha Wisconsin identified his six year old son Larry as the boy found dead in an eighth floor room of the Atlantic Hotel in Chicago. Mrs Heinz and Larry had been missing since Friday and a note to Heinz said she was taking Larry so he would not burden him. An autopsy failed to reveal cause of death and further tests were pending. Chicago police continued to search for Mrs Heinz as Heinz returned to Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Martin Heinz
Waukesha
Wis
Larry
Heinz
Cook County
Atlantic Hotel
A. Price
Glencoe
Waukesha County
Helen
Robert Baird
Harold Wagner
Four Priests Released From Cuban Prison
In Havana AP reports four Roman Catholic priests were freed from Isle of Pines prison last week and departed for Madrid. The group consisted of Ramon Sidalgo Luis Jolo Francisco Blazquez and Ramniero Lebrock. Lebrock remains Cuban while the others are Spanish. They had been staying with the Vatican charg d affaires and each said Mass before boarding a Spanish airliner.
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Havana
Isle of Pines
Madrid
Ramon Sidalgo
Luis Jolo
Francisco Blazquez
Ramniero Lebrock
Lebrock
Spain
Vatican
Automation To Fight Effects Of Automation
New York City will use automation to counter automation effects. Acting labor commissioner James J. McFadden said automatic teaching machines will train workers whose skills have been eliminated or threatened. Initial program trains 500 workers as electronic technicians.
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New York
New York City
James J. McFadden
McFadden
Miracle drugs and thirty cent pill price shock
A speaker laments the burden of paying thirty cents for a medicine pill, arguing the cost would inflict more damage than any remedy could heal. The remark reflects frustration with high drug prices and the impact on daily life.
ECM Threat To American Farm Exports
Brussels reporters note Western Europe’s Common Market has grown into a self asserting entity that challenges U S farm exports. The bloc aims to expand production and reduce imports, with France leading the push to favor domestic production over overseas purchases.
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Brussels
Europe
Uncle Sam
France
Common Market levies hit U S poultry exports hard
In 1961 the United States shipped 1.6 billion dollars of farm goods to the Common Market nations. Preliminary 1962 figures suggest higher totals and plans could lift imports by a third or more. Poultry, grain and tobacco face sharp pressure from new levies, while cotton stays comparatively unthreatened. European farmers profit from protection while U.S. exporters lose about 50 million dollars annually in poultry and hundreds of millions in grain sales.
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United States
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Europe
Western Europe
Denmark
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Kennedy
Rejected by Committee Young Demos Fail To Take Stand
Chippewa Falls AP Wisconsin Young Democratic Clubs platform committee rejected a resolution praising President Kennedy for his Cuba stance and failed to bring a substitute amid final-session confusion. Delegates debated Red China recognition, four year governor terms, lowering voting age to 19, Social Security linked medical care, and anti UNHCA repeal while endorsing Kennedy tax plans and Reynolds budget moves.
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Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
Young Democratic
Kennedy
Cuba
Red China
United States
United Nations
House Committee On UN
United States Supreme Court
Junta Rejects Peace Talks In South Korea
Seoul South Korea ruling military junta rejects proposal by 10 opposition leaders led by Yun Po shun and Huh Chung for preliminary peace talks. Gen Chung Hee Park calls talks unnecessary. Opposition leaders sought to clarify meeting terms planned by the junta.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Yun Po-shun
Huh Chung
Former SPEBSQSA President Dies in Manitowoc
John Z. Means, former international president of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, died at a Manitowoc hospital Saturday. A Pecos, Texas native, he had lived in Manitowoc 23 years and was resident manager of the Weyerhauser Co.
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Manitowoc
John Z. Means
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Means
Pecos
Tex
Weyerhauser Co
Milwaukee area slate fills party leadership posts
In a contested Milwaukee based election John McAndrews defeated Aronin for the second vice chairmanship. Other officers chosen include William Drew administrative representative from Milwaukee, Pon ce national committeeman, Patricia Zeimis national committeewoman from Milwaukee, Frank Urbanz treasurer from Willard, Mary Lou Neville recording secretary from Green Bay, and Sandra Drew corresponding secretary from Rice Lake.
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John McAndrews
Aronin
Milwaukee
William Drew
Ponce
Patricia Zeimis
Frank Urbanz
Willard
Mary Lou Neville
Green Bay
Sandra Drew
Rice Lake
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KER Importers
Inu
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Winlbey
Hiram Walker & Sons Limited
Walkerville, Canada
Young Demos
Gerald Ponce
Cudahy
Stuart Malmann
Aus
Robert Aronin
Milwall
Fee
John W Reynolds
University of Wisconsin
Legislative Joint Finance Committee
Lyle Hofacker
Menomonie
Dennis Klazura
Spebsqsa
the la Crosse Tribune Cooking School
Mrs
Audrey Helin
Home Economist
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Dupont
Quality Supply & Heating
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the Chesterfield
Chesterfield
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Kantnet
Structo
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Fifth Avenue
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