Cornell Opens Nuclear Studies Lab With 85 Ton Synchrotron
Cornell University dedicates a new Nuclear Studies Laboratory on Beebe Lake site with an 85 ton synchrotron and 300 MeV capabilities. Dr. Robert R. Wilson leads a 59 member team conducting meson experiments and tests of electrical laws at high energies. Roof deck cosmic ray work and Geiger Muller counters supplement the program while facilities include 30,000 square feet of labs and substantial radiation shielding.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Pavel
Cornell University
Beebe Lake
Cornell
Cosmi Ray
Robert R. Wilson
Manhattan
Los Alamos Laboratory
Princeton
Atomic Energy Project
Office of Naval Research
Main Structure Features Include Hoist Platform and Sunshades
The structure includes a loading platform and hoist, an elevator with a 4000 pound capacity, and aluminum sunshades on the south side to block summer sun while admitting light in winter.
Tiger Cub, Rare Crossbreed, At Salt Lake City Zoo
Salt Lake City reports a sensitive tiger cub described as a rare cross between a tiger and a domestic breed. The facility notes the cub has limited public access and is presented to guests only twice weekly.
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Salt Lake City
Tiger cub at Hogle Gardens Zoo draws limited public view
A 16 pound cub believed the only offspring of a tiger mother is shown at Hogle Gardens Zoo for two hours weekly. Exhibits run 1 to 3 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Officials note other tiger lion hybrids, born to lion mothers, are few and living.
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Hogle Gardens Zoo
Conversation on a Train Through Philadelphia and New York
The narrator recounts a witty, drifting exchange with a stranger aboard a train near North Philadelphia. They trade quips about baseball and football, reference Babe Ruth Stadium, and end with the other passenger departing for New York and a Philadelphia sendoff.
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Baltimore
Phillies
North Philadelphia
New York
Philadelphia
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M. Stanley Livingston
Hans A. Bethe
Lloyd P. Smith
Robert F. Bacher
Nuclear Laboratory
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Murphy's Christmas
Tam
Egicen
Rayon
Cayon
Pond's
Woodbury's
Lacy Esther
Irresistible
Billiance
D'Orsay
Linton’s Christmas Shopping Headquarters
Ing
Mel’ Heimer
Mel Heimer
York
Union Station
Washington
Lloyd Hamilton
Alexander
Dagwood
The
Black Mass
Philaedelphia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Cleo Yoder
Big Hat
Glenn McCarthy
McCarthy
Shamrock Hotel
Houston
International
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