Scientists foresee time when Venus will be holiday spot
Renowned scientists predict practical interplanetary travel including trips to the Moon and Mars. They discuss a Venus voyage using a great circle route of about 250 million miles, requiring 146 days, with navigation aided by precise accelerometers to avoid miscalculations and space hazards.
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Venus
Moon
Mars
Space
Atlantic City
Florida
Wernher von Braun
Hitler
Peenemunde
London
von Braun
U.S
Redstone Arsenal
Alabama
Earth
Institute of Navigation
John M. Worrth
Project Electronic
Princeton University
Einstein
Outer Space
Wuerth
Wwerth
Equator
Art
Blind children send message to Princess at Buckingham Palace
In East Grinstead Sussex a pigeon released by blind children from a local home flew to Buckingham Palace carrying a message for Princess Margaret. The event took place at 9 o clock and drew local attention as a hopeful gesture from the group.
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East Grinstead
Sussex
Eng
Buckingham Palace
Princess Margaret
American explorer claims Queen of Sheba paradise found
Wendell Phillips of the American Foundation for the Study of Man announced plans to excavate Mareb in southern Arabia to prove the Queen of Sheba ruled in a lush ancient realm. He cited circular Temple of Sheba ruins and Mareb Dam as evidence of an advanced irrigation site creating a paradise.
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U.S
London
Sheba
Arabia
Wendell Phillips
American Foundation For the Study of Man
Foundation
Mareb
Phillips
Abraham
B.C. Phillips
Prediction of Moon Flight by Century's End
The British Interplanetary Society predicts a piloted return flight to the moon before 2100. At a London congress on astronautics, researchers discuss an earth satellite vehicle that could orbit Earth with minimal propulsion once reaching about 18 000 mph a few hundred miles up. The plan echoes wartime Nazi ideas and US interest, aiming for a milestone within ten years.
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London
British Interplanetary Society
Milwaukee Boy Listed as Repeat Polio Case
A 17 month old Milwaukee boy was listed as a repeat polio victim. Dr. May Fox, an authority on the disease, said it was only the 30th such case in medical history.
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Milwaukee
Wis
May Fox
Deny ING SPEAKING 4 Interior color as therapy in rooms
Color, as a therapeutic tool in interior decoration, can improve room proportions and mood. Light walls enlarge small spaces, warm patterns compress large rooms, and ceiling colors can alter perceived height. Strategic wall and pattern choices correct awkward shapes and harsh projections.
Points To Remember In Storing Silage
Ten silage storage guidelines from the Silage Research Committee of the Ontario Agricultural College. Emphasizes airtight silos, removing old material, proper moisture, cutting timing, thorough mixing of preservatives, even distribution, thorough packing, and sealing with wet material plus periodic moistening.
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Ontario Agricultural College
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
An old settler leaves $250 to each son Ted and Bill. Ted squanders his share on tequila and bottles, selling them to a tourist for $40. A zoo visit yields a rude punchline from Archibald about his father. The tale ends with a moral prompt.
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Bennett Cerf
Ted
Bill
Spends Two Years Restoring Stained Glass In Abbey
Miss Joan Howson leads a two year restoration of four great windows in Westminster Abbey Chapter House. Her team cleaned repaired a fifth window and vestibule panes while wearing slippers to protect the wooden floor. The 60 year old expert climbed high scaffolding to complete the delicate work.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Joan Howson
Liverpool
England
Miss Howson
Radio-Activity Used To Date New Zealand History
Wellington historians use a Geiger counter based carbon dating to fix ages of early Maori settlement moa bones and timber buried by volcanic eruptions. The method, developed in the United States, measures radioactivity decay to date materials up to twenty thousand years old. It may aid geology volcanology botany and archaeology studies.
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Wellington
N.Z
New Zealand
North Island
United States
Expect Increase In Poultry Flocks
The 1951 52 crop year should see about 1s per cent more pullets on Canadian farms than the prior year. Hatch increases in January February and March boost early production but will not greatly lift egg supplies in the third quarter. June 1 egg machine counts were double last year with late roosters likely directed to meat unless feed prices shift incentives.
Brain surgery offers hope for epileptic children
Oxford University psychologist Zangwill told the British Association for the Advancement of Science that removing half the diseased brain may cure epilepsy and other brain disorders in children. He noted the first 11 operations in London on youths aged four to 16 showed potential intelligence gains.
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Edinburgh
Oo. Ll. Zangwiill
Oxford University
Zangwill
British Association For the Advancement of Science
National Hospital
London
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