Johnsons 4 000 Birds Are Link in Speeding Evolution
KU zoologist Dr Richard Johnston and Texas colleague Robert Selander challenge the view that evolution requires long eras. Their two year study Geographic Variation and Evolution in North American House Sparrows uses 4 000 birds from 12 areas in the United States Canada Mexico England and Germany funded by a 14 000 NSF grant. Johnston returns from five weeks in Europe gathering birds and historic specimens from British and continental museums.
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Kansas University
Richard Johnston
KU Natural History Museum
Johnston
Texas University
Robert K. Selander
National Science Foundation
North America
Eurasia
New York City
Canada
Mexico
Selander
United States
England
Germany
Europe
British Museum
Overdue Books Return After Fine Forgiveness
A Norwich reader returned 299 overdue books to the Norwich Public Library after the library announced it would forgive all fines. The books were outside in a truck when the man chose to return them.
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Norwich
England
Norwich Public Library
Visi
Brazil’s Trumai Indians and the Suya in Xingu lore
The Trumai claim the sun created all tribes except the Suya who they say descend from snakes. The Suya, a Xingu River people, were long feared until peaceful contact with outsiders occurred in 1959.
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Brazil
Xingu River
Internationalism Gains Ground in U S Business
AP News reports a surge of internationalism among American executives as tariffs wane and Trade Expansion Act powers loom. Leaders like Charles Percy of Bell and Howell cite ease of Asian imports and a growing global market as the key shift, amid worries of short term disruption before long term gains.
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U.S
Japan
Chicago
Charles Percy
Europe
Italy
France
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
West
New England
Percy
Bell and Howell
Rusk dismisses Cuba planned U.S. attack talk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said reports that Cuba planned a nuclear attack on the United States during the crisis were “just talk.” He noted such a plan would underscore why the U.S. demanded removal of Soviet missiles and bombers from Cuba. Rusk spoke at a news conference after a report attributed to Ernesto Guevara.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Cuba
United States
Rusk
U.S
Ernesto Guevara
Satellite launch to relay Dec 19 TV special across Atlantic
A communications satellite scheduled to launch Thursday will relay a 30 minute Christmas themed telecast to both sides of the Atlantic. NBC CBS and ABC will produce the American segment with events in Washington and New York. European segments will be picked up in eight countries including Belgium Denmark and West Germany. The NASA launch from Cape Canaveral marks the second satellite, designed and built by RCA.
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New York
Atlantic
NBC
CBS
ABC Networks
Washington, D.C
Rockefeller Center
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Riverside Church
New York City
Belgium
Denmark
France
Great Britain
Italy
The
Netherlands
Spain
West Germany
Cape Canaveral, Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Radio Corp. of America
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