Chopin and Mozart at South Pole Station Scientific Outpost
At the South Pole Station a small science outpost works to monitor the ionosphere and atmospheric conditions that affect radio communications. A radar system named C3 fires pulses 250 miles high while researchers, meteorologists, and engineers operate in extreme cold, conducting experiments and collecting data for weather, climate, earthquakes, and space travel safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
South Pole
Cavalleria
Rusticana
Pole Station
Nature
Science Shack
Ben Harlin
Louisville
Edward Flowers
Washington, D.C
Brain Stroke Is A Strange Killer
The 1894 Samoa moment of Robert Louis Stevenson ended in death from a brain stroke at 44, with Whitman surviving multiple attacks. A 1920s estimate notes 200,000 annual American stroke deaths and 2 million survivors, while Kennedy and Wilson show evolving treatment paths, including anticoagulants, surgery, and prevention via atherosclerosis control.
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New York
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
U.S. Public Health Service
Catherine the Great
Woodrow Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Joseph Kennedy
Irving S. Wright
Cornell University Medical School
William S. Foley
Cornell
Kennedy
Three Die In Canton Area Head-On Crash
Two cars collided on a hill crest near Uniontown Ohio killing Eugene Coulter 62 and his wife Louella 61 of Akron and Harold C Holloway 33 of Hartville. Holloway’s car plunged off an embankment and burned as Uniontown and Hartville firefighters responded.
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Canton, Ohio
Stark County
Eugene Coulter
Louella
Akron
Harold C. Holloway
Hartville
Uniontown
Ohio
Holloway
Coulters
UN Stamp To Be Out Feb 19 Honors housing efforts
The first United Nations commemorative stamp for 1942 will issue February 19 and highlight UN and specialized agency work in housing and urban development. A experts’ session at UN headquarters February 7 to 21 will advise on housing in national programs and resource mobilization.
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United Nations
U. N
U.N
Social Commission of the
United Nations Postal Administration
New York
Ohio births rise as deaths fall in 1961 totals
Ohio recorded 231500 births in 1961 up from 230219 in 1960 while total deaths fell to 92400 from 93259. The gains in births and declines in deaths come despite population growth, with rates per thousand still subject to revision. Farm surpluses continue costing taxpayers over 1 billion annually for storage.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Ralph E. Dwork
Department of Health
Dwork
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Wiliam T. Foley
Cornell University
West Palm Beach
Lonely Polar Station Scientific Outpost
Wes Morris
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Henry Eckins
Jack Lamping
St. Louis
Rene 0. Ramseier
Edward J. Oliver
Army
Cold Regions Research Lab
Oratory
Hanover
N.H
James Burnham
National Bureau of Standards
Boulder, Colo
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Wilson
Eisenhower
Canton
Block
Robert Rogers
Atwood Poole
Tytus
Caprolan
Mr. Ross
Orig. Ic
Ormica
Orig
Sandran
Rug
Middletown
Verity
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