Pesticide search hampered by public fear and DDT moratorium
UPI reports Forest Service researchers say public fear and an industry moratorium on new compounds block testing of alternatives to DDT. They cite Zectran as thoroughly lab tested but uneconomical without subsidy, and stress need for field trials and safer, targeted control methods.
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John Leighty Berkeley
UPI
U.S. Forest Service
Chemical Industry
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
Carl Crisp
Crisp
Raymond Miskus
Miskus
3Miskus
Dow Chemical Co
Timbers in Ice on Ararat Spur Noahs Ark Claim
An expedition plans to investigate hand hewn timbers embedded in ice on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey to test the claim they are remnants of Noahs Ark. Researchers note white oak rarity near the mountain and conflicting carbon dating results. If tests support a shiplike structure, a larger 1971 dig could follow.
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Louis Cassels Washington
UPI
Turkey
Mt. Ararat
University of Bordeaux
France
Madrid Institute of Forestry
Spain
U.S
Rennie Noobeergen
Fernand Navarra
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America
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Erzurun
Mt. Arat
Santa Barbara Power Squadron honors Santa Maria piloting class graduates
The Santa Barbara Power Squadron hosted a Santa Maria piloting class graduation with a Santa Maria Style Barbecue at Rick's Rancho. Lt. Commander Alex Datchuck led as Master of Ceremonies. new members were sworn in by District Commander Jerry Harper.
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Santa Barbara
Dick Delaney
Dave Hall
Joe Funkhouser
Moscow Tower Inspired by Inventor Wastebasket
A radiotelevision tower in Moscow famed for its latticework strength was inspired by the inventor's metal wastebasket, according to the newspaper Builder's Gazette.
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Moscow
UPI
Builder's Gazette
Virus linked to possible breast cancer via nursing milk
Detroit based scientists from the Michigan Cancer Foundation and Institute for Medical Research report a virus found in the milk of some nursing women may pass to daughters and appear dormant until puberty. Researchers caution the virus alone may not cause cancer and note all observed cases involve a mother with breast cancer.
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Detroit
UPI
Michael J. Brennan
Michigan Cancer Foundation
MCF
Institute For Medical Research
IMR
Camden
N.J
Jennan
Dan H. Moore
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