Rock of Gibraltar Pillar of Hercules Legend Told
Historic rock in the Strait of Gibraltar is linked to Hercules and the Moorish general Tarik. The Moors held it about 600 years before Spain and Britain seized it in 1704. The rock, likened to a crouching lion, remains a symbol of British power guarding the Mediterranean.
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Tarik
Jebal
Jebal-al- Tarik
Gibraltar
Isabella of Spain
Britain
Great Rock
Mediterranean
Uranium Find In Water Jug Stuns Kalamazoo Man
Lester Weiss of Kalamazoo Michigan reports a uranium strike in his kitchen after a cross state trip. He says his Geiger counter buzzed near an orange glazed water jug from a 30 year old family piece. Weiss notes AEC says substitutes are now used and small uranium releases ceased about a year ago.
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Lester Weiss
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Radio
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Weiss
Ibadan Grows Faster Than Census Ability In Africa
Ibadan in Western Nigeria expands beyond census accuracy as population estimates exceed half a million. The city strains utilities with teeming housing and rising demand for water and electricity, while a British engineer guides upgrades and new plants to meet growing needs.
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Ibadan
Nigeria
Jones
Appetizing Recipes for Savory Salmon Pie
A historical recipe combines canned red salmon with celery onion green pepper and pimento folded into macaroni. Dough forms a crust filled with chilled macaroni mix then baked with caraway sprinkled on top and served with lemon cream sauce.
Try and Stop Me A Bennett Cerf Collection
Historical quips and jokes from Bennett Cerf and Ogden Nash with anecdotes about Lord Godiva and Mark Twain. The piece notes commercial noise on TV and ends with a Nimble limerick and a fact about tropical trees in South America.
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Bennett Cerf
South America
Saskatchewan drivers urged to study Insurance and Safety Guide
Regina Saskatchewan drivers were urged by J A Christie chairman of the highway traffic board to study the Saskatchewan Autos Insurance and Safety Guide issued with every driver's license. The guide outlines safe driving techniques and notes yearly changes to the Motor Vehicles Act. It also lists offenses for license revocation and explains the color license system. Christie cited privacy of regulations to prevent license loss and mentioned a typographical error corrected after the first prints showing a square stop sign instead of a diamond shape.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
J. A. Christie
Highway Traffic Board
Saskatchewan Autos
Christie
Queen to Open Britain’s First Atomic Power Station Calder Hall
The Queen will inaugurate Calder Hall in Cumberland on October 17 as Britain's first nuclear plant connected to the National Grid. Calder Hall will output 92 megawatts and produce plutonium for Windscale, with Calder Hall B due by 1958 and total capacity over 180 megawatts.
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Queen Elizabeth
U.K
Britain
Calder Hall
Cumberland
Central Electricity Authority
Windscale
ZEUS
Dounreay
Scotland
ZETR
Harwell
DIDO
PLUTO
LIDO
Seed cleaning on the farm
A 24 page booklet by G. W. Holmes, former Manitoba agricultural engineer, details seed cleaning on farms. It covers machine types, including fanning mills, a Carter Disc and Indent Cylinder, and a blanket cleaner for oats, with diagrams and full contents on methods, farm plants, equipment care, and machine combinations. Free from Manitoba Agriculture Publications Branch in Winnipeg or via local reps.
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G. W. Holmes
Manitoba Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Legislative Building
Winnipeg
Rheumatic Fever Dangers for Children and Heart Risk
Rheumatic fever often starts with mild signs like weight loss pallor feverishness and tiredness among children aged five to 15 but can occur in older people. It can silently affect health and may cause permanent heart damage if not treated promptly by medical care.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hercules
Montreal
Cunard
Caromia
Bpring Rats
Greece
Europe
Africa
Strait of Gibraltar
Pentagon
Giovanni Gronchi
Nathan Twining
U.S. Air Force
Gronchi
Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Ife
Taffy Jones
Robert Jones
Pele
Lord Godiva
Mark Twain
Midwest United States
Twain
Aaron Burr
Burr
Ogden Nash
Natchez
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
United Kingdom
Sherlock Hope
Bob Hope
Idlewild
New York
Sherlock Holmes
London
Bobby
England
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