Deep Alberta gorge holds the world’s richest fossil beds
Alberta explorers from the National Museum led by Gus Lindblad and the Royal Ontario Museum led by Levi Sternberg search the Red Deer river valley for dinosaur bones. They shellack fossils, wrap them, and transport finds to a workshop for preservation while villagers in Patricia enjoy weekly dances.
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Alberta
Red Deer River Valley
National Museum of Canada
Gus Lindblad
Royal Ontario Museum
Levi Sternberg
Patricia
Charles M. Sternberg
National Museum
Steveville
Sleepy Valley
Canadian statistics report shows October declines and mixed gains
The report notes fewer births, marriages, and deaths in October versus last year, with a 6 percent rise in births over ten months but declines in marriages and deaths. Trade fell as exports and imports dropped from 1953 levels, while mining output shifted with copper and other metals up and zinc down. Unemployment rose on the registers while payrolls remained below year-ago levels.
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Canada
Elaborate Christmas Eve Meal Breaks 39 Day Ukrainian Fast
In Ukraine a festive Christmas Eve supper ends a 39 day fast with no meat. Twelve courses honor the Apostles, including buckwheat soup, flax pancakes, prunes, fish, and bread. A final course, Koutia, symbolizes the manger scene with honey porridge, fruit, and honey.
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Ukraine
Deer misfire turns into surprise hunt in Sask
Alf Lake and friends from Speedwell district north of Glaslyn Sask. stalk three deer then lunch. He shoots what seems a deer but is a neighbor's billy goat. Later he shoots a really big deer to make up for the mishap.
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Alf Lake
Speedwell
Glaslyn
Sask
Alf
Eye irritation from dust on windy days
Windy days bring dust or cinders that enter the eye causing pain and irritation. An untrained person may attempt removal, risking serious consequences. If visible, use a clean handkerchief end. if under the upper lid, pull the lid out and down to brush against the lower lashes. See a doctor if difficult.
Astronomers Hear Faint Signals From Outer Space
Astronomers listening to unseen stars detect a faint radio hum from hydrogen in interstellar space. The single note provides a new measuring rod to map the universe, signaling progress in radio astronomy as bigger antennas and new sites expand discovery beyond optical views.
Damaged grains as livestock feed subject of article
Damaged grains such as frost damaged wheat barley and oats are discussed as livestock feed. Frost damaged wheat weighing 45 pounds per bushel or more is acceptable for all livestock with gradual introduction. Frozen hull heavy barley and oats are less suitable for fattening livestock and flax must be cooked to be safe.
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Whiting
Boars Head Feast at Oxford Seen Through 500 Year Tale
A Christmas Boars Head feast at Queen's College Oxford traces to a legend of a student who killed a wild boar by forcing a book down its throat during Aristotle study. Today a papier mache head replaces the heavy original as two attendants once staggered it, while the provost distributes ornaments to the choir and visitors and the soloist receives an orange.
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Space
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Karl G. Jansky
Outer
Cassiopeia
Sagittarius
Cygnus
Walter Baade
Queen's College
Oxford University
Aristotle
Buckland credits wife for support after blindness
Vancouver. Dr. Donald C. Buckland of the University of British Columbia says his blindness since 1951 is not a handicap. The forest pathology expert, 37, carries a full teaching load, conducts three research projects, writes widely, and credits Mrs. Buckland for essential help reading, typing drafts, and locating references. He holds roles as assistant scout master, honorary CNIB director, and president of the Canadian Institute of Forestry.
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Vancouver
Donald C. Buckland
University of British Columbia
Buckland
Dominion Forest Pathology Laboratory
Victoria
University Area
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Canadian Institute of Forestry
Morning Chimes Hymn Theme of Morning Worship
Poem reflecting on morning chimes inviting church attendance and reverent worship. Refrains of sweet tones, memory of chimes, and a personal pledge to remember their toll in later days.
Solitude quotes and nurse emigration figures noted
A collection of quotes on solitude from Ibsen Thoreau Eddy and others contrasts with a statistical note that Canadian nurse emigration to the United States rose over fourfold after World War II, listing 1953 figures with 1 042 nurses.
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United States
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Outer Space
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Milky Way
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Palomar Observatory
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Manchester
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Australia
Seneca
Maryland
Carnegie Institution of Washington
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Moon
Earth
Brazil
M. Harrison-Gray
Norump
North
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Ibsen
Thoreau
Mary Baker Eddy
Arthur Brisbane
Mrs. Norton
Lowell
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