Hydroplane Thrill Seeks Speed At Lake Washington
Seattle writer recalls riding a hydroplane at extreme speed 150 mph over Lake Washington aboard Miss Burien. Pete Weeck, Tempest Inc founders, explains risks from debris and the thrill of three-point balance as the craft skimmed water at near record pace.
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Seattle
Lake Washington
Peter Weeck
AP News
Saul Pett
Weeck
Miss Burien
Aveust
Milwaukee
Burien
Norwegian farmer atop unique atomic reactor earns fame
Jens, a Norwegian farmer living atop an atomic plant in Moon Mountain near Halden, benefits from a mine of steam for a nearby pulp mill. The Kjeller research reactor, first to use heavy water, operates openly with no military aims, guided by Dr. Gunnar Randers and the JENER partnership with the Netherlands.
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Alton Blakeslee
Oslo
Jens of the Moon
Jens
Moon Mountain
Norway
Bjarne Aabakken
Joint Establishment For Nuclear Energy
JENER
Kjeller
Halden
Gunnar Randers
Germany
Organization of
Institute For Atomic Energy
Randers
Holland
W. J. de Haas
First time at sea ends in rough splash
Credibly high out of the water the craft barely submerged its two inch prop while hull displacement was tiny. The boat presented a sliver to the water and then disaster struck, leaving the narrator shocked and bruised but ready to try again after Pete’s reassurance and a rapid return to town.
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Peter
Rick
Lake Washington
Pete
Sudan Gets Corned Beef Aid Flight To Khartoum
Nairobi reports Kenya Meat Commission launched Operation Corned Beef to aid Sudanese hit by a protein deficiency epidemic. Over 500 hospitalized. U.S. Consulate official Guido flew to Nairobi to source vitamin supplies and ordered 34 tons of corned beef for Sudan, to be sent by available planes.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Kenya Meat Commission
M.P. Guido
U.S
Khartoum
Sudan
France Produces Yearly Output Roughly Equal to US Two Months
The statement notes France's annual production volume is comparable to the United States' mining output in roughly two months, illustrating a large gap in scale between the two economies.
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France
United States
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