U S writers praise Sask sport fishing
Three U S writers rate sport fishing in Saskatchewan as among the best in North America. Hank Andrews of the Cleveland Press, George Strickler of the Chicago Tribune, and Wallace Taber of Denver toured Saskatchewan vacation spots for 19 days, praising northern pike, lake trout, Arctic Grayling and whitefish on fly rods.
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George Strickler
Chicago Tribune
Wallace Taber
Denver
Harvey Dryden
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Outdoor Writers of
Ohio
Strickler
Chicago
Taber
Alaska
Octopus Color Change Through Pigment Spots
Octopi can alter skin color by expanding and contracting pigment spots. This mechanism enables rapid camouflage and signaling in their aquatic environment.
Polio Shots Reach 2.3 Million Doses In Canada
Canada in a pre holiday inoculation drive shipped 2,300,000 Salk vaccine doses from Connaught labs in Toronto. The program aimed to give two shots to 2,000,000 children, with the year ending on a record low in reported polio cases.
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Toronto
Connaught Laboratories
Inoculation Plan Aims Before School Term Ends
Officials announced an intent to inoculate before term end and to provide third shots for the 880,000 people vaccinated last year.
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Inces
Rockets Across Time Reach For Space
Rockets have served in war and peace for seven centuries and evolved from Chinese firework rockets to modern missiles and space probes. From Kaifeng to Seringapatam to V-2, inventors like Goddard shaped a drive that may one day reach light speeds and fetch satellites from space.
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China
Kaifeng
National Geographic Society
Europa
Prince of Mysore
Seringapatam
India
William Congreve
Washington
Pearl Harbor
United States
Robert H. Goddard
New England
Goddard
Christmas promotion plans for small towns boost local shopping
A practical guide outlines a four week Christmas promotion for a medium town, detailing newspaper tie ins, decorative lighting, charity prizes, carollers, a home lighting contest, a Nativity scene, and a shared cost with merchants. It notes civic support, broad community benefits, and funding strategies to engage non members.
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Saint Nick
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Salad Week Celebrated in Canada and Classic Dish Ideas
A feature on cooling salads and their appeal in hot weather with eggs fish cold meats and cheese. It notes Canada’s Salad Week from July 28 to August 4 and mentions George Washington's death from acute laryngitis as a historical aside.
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Canada
Prediction of 1929 comes true in mammoth find
Alaska reports of a giant carcass revived claims it is a Woolly Mammoth. Dr. Robert W. Nero, assistant director of the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History, cites hair color, size estimates, and nearby glacier context to support the identification. Fossil parts and a jaw bone were found in Pilot Butte and Saskatchewan, with a four foot thighbone among the specimens.
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Alaska
Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History
Robert W. Nero
Nero
Siberia
Hemisphere
North America
Pilot Butte
Sask
Cliff Paul
Saskatchewan
Spelling Lesson With Aiken Red Cross Official
Miss Lee Ballentine of the Aiken County Red Cross asks a visitor to spell a name. Ralph, a Pennsylvanian, replies with the letter by letter spelling S c h wart z meerkosaken, clarifying that Ralph is the last name.
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Lee Ballentine
Aiken County
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