Tech Biology Institute Heads South for Mexico Field Trip
The 39 participants and two Tech biology professors left Lub by bus at 8 a.m. for a Mexico study expedition led by Chester M. Roswell and Dr. Frank M. Eliot to study vegetation types. Stops include Piedra Negras Sabinas Monclova Saltillo Matehuala Huisache El Salto Tamazunchale Valles Antiguo Morelos Mante.
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Ology Teacts
Lubbey
Seay
Mexico
Chester M. Roswell
Frank M. Eliot
Piedra Negras
Sabinas
Monclova
Saltillo
Matehuala
Huisache
el Salto
Tamazunchale
Valles, Antiguo Morelos
Mante
Teachers Explore Vegetation Across Regions In Field Trip
A group of teachers travels through Victoria Linares Montemore los Monterey and Nuevo Laredo to study vegetation types from sea level to eight thousand feet. They will be quizzed on the trip and must write a report for credit. Dr Earl D Camp and Dr Paul Prior lead a July field trip in New Mexico with biology institute staff. The Tech group returns July 22 to resume classes as the institute runs through August 3.
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Tech
Mexico
National Science Foundation
Texas Tech
Cordell Brown
Lubbock
Thompson Junior High
Louis Ton
Evanston
Ill
Chester M. Rowell
Thant Visits Ireland Meets Irish Leaders in Dublin
Thant acting UN secretary-general called on Prime Minister Sean Lemass and had lunch with President Eamon de Valera in Dublin. The visit highlighted postwar diplomacy with Ireland as a wartime ally and possible cooperation in UN affairs.
Doctor Reinstated To Administer Dangerous Drugs
London reports the Home Office has restored Dr. John Bodkin Adams authority to administer dangerous drugs in medical practice. The authority was withdrawn in 1957 after Adams, aged 62, was acquitted of murdering a patient whose will left him a legacy. he was later fined.
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London
Home Office
John Bodkin Adams
Adams
Catholic population rises in Canada surpassing eight million
The 1956 census shows 8.3 million Roman Catholics in Canada, up 37.5 percent since 1951. Protestant denominations total 8.29 million, up 18.3 percent from 1951. A separate note cites a $6,720 fine for drug misuse and a ban on prescribing narcotics that could be lethal.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Man shoots self drives 164 miles for own doctor
Redwood City Calif UPD reports Voleny H French 72 accidentally shot himself in the abdomen with a .22 pistol then drove 164 miles to Sequoia Hospital to have the bullet removed. He said he wanted his own doctor to perform the operation.
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Redwood City
Calif
Upd -Voleny H. French
Placer County
Mountain
Sequoia Hospital
Highly-Praised 36th Division Heading Home
Fort Polk La UPI reports the Texas National Guard 36th Infantry Division completed its best two weeks of training since World War II. Maj Gen Selden Simpson said the unit earned 15 superiors and the rest excellent ratings from Fourth Army evaluators. About 8,000 Texans departed Fort Polk, with El Paso guardsmen already en route and remaining units returning to 65 Texas cities by convoy, air, or bus.
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Fort Polk
UPI
Texas National Guard
Selden Simpson
Amarillo
Fourth Army
Simpson
36Th
el Paso
Texas
Havana Orders Street Vendors to Disappear Amid Shortages
In Havana, street vendors were told to pack up and vanish as the new Cuban order labels their trade an evil from the imperialist capitalist system. Hoy newspaper says vendors worsen shortages and profit at the people’s expense and calls for relocation or unemployment aid.
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Havana
Cuba
Hoy
Hero Handyman Charged After Catskills Hotel Fire
Robert Gilbert Ryan 38 of the Bronx is jailed on a first degree murder charge after admitting he started the Hawkins High View House fire in Liberty New York. The blaze killed three guests Charles Fox 60 Henry Len 75 and David Slavin 75. Ryan who aided rescues created the danger and motive remains undisclosed.
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Liberty
N.Y
Catskills
Sullivan County
Dist. Atty
Robert Williams
Robert Gilbert Ryan
Bronx
Hawkins High View
Catskills Mountain
New York City
Charles Fox
Brooklyn
Henry Len
The
David Slavin
Maimonides
Snaky Proposition Ends With Slain Water Moccasin
Baytown resident George Eason set to clean his oven on Saturday when a 314 foot water moccasin appeared coiled on the cold electric plate. He fired four shots to kill the snake, leaving the oven cleaner and better ventilated.
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Baytown
UPI
George Eason
Boys' Novel Scheme To Get Drink Nipped
Police watched two youths loiter near a closed service station frozen Saturday. They began drinking from the soft drink machine using long straws after removing caps with wires, an apparent theft attempt foiled by officers.
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Fort Worth
UPI
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