Miraculous new artificial lung hailed at surgeons meeting
At the American College of Surgeons gathering in Chicago doctors described a new artificial lung that saved a crushed steel worker. The plastic box device uses a piston driven by electric power or hand pump, costs $500 to $1,000, and assists breathing for polio victims and post operative patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American College of Surgeons
Chicago
Edward E. Avery
E. T. March
Avery
D. W. Benson
Northwestern Medical School
University of Chicago
Morch
Breeding Yearling Heifers Boosts Lifetime Calves
R J Webb of Dixon Springs Illinois reports a 10-year study of 100 heifers comparing yearling versus two-year-old breeding. Yearling-bred cows averaged six calves per original heifer and produced 2 265 pounds of calf while two-year-old bred cows averaged five calves and 1 913 pounds. Weaning weight per calf was 403 pounds for yearlings and 380 for two-year-olds. By end, 56 percent of yearling cows remained versus 47 percent of two-year-olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Webb
Dixon Springs
Ill
Comet Records Highlight Telescope Visible Fraction
Historical data note that over 1,000 comets are recorded with only about one fifth visible to the naked eye. It underscores the rarity of naked eye visibility and the role of instruments in discovery.
Giant antenna to beam TV over mountains
RCA Victor unveils a saucer shaped ultra high frequency antenna at Covey Hill Quebec to transmit microwaves up to 300 miles without relay towers. Bruce MacKimmis says the direct link from Covey Hill to Riverhead New York demonstrates long distance telephone and television via beamed UHF waves.
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RCA Victor Company
Covey Hill
Que
United States
Adirondack Mountains
Bruce MacKimmis
RCA
Riverhead
Long Island
MacKimmis
New York
Buffalo
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
North America
Adirondacks
Green Mountains
International co operation powers St. Lawrence Seaway
The St. Lawrence Seaway project stretches from the Thousand Islands to Montreal with massive earth moving, new canals, locks, and dams. Canada leads costs and projects with extensive U S coordination and the goal of 1958 power production and deeper navigation for transborder ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence Seaway
Washington
St. Lawrence River
International Thousand Islands Bridge
Montreal
Jacques Cartier
St Lawrence
International Rapids
Canada
St. Lawrence
Army Corps of Engineers
Gineering Problems
United States
New York-Ontario
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
Iroquois Canal
Iroquois Lock
Power Authority
Point Rockway
Iroquois Point
Montreal Harbor
St. Lambert
Cote Ste. Catherine
Fresh fruit cleaning before eating advised
Wash fresh fruit before eating to remove dirt dust bacteria and insecticide residues. Peel only if skin is edible or thinly pared, except for citrus and fruits with thick inedible rinds.
Aging Is Normal The Elderly Are Part Of Life
Psychologists in Baltimore urge acceptance of aging to improve community well being. Dr James E Birren and Jack Botwinick say society must face age related changes openly and support aging relatives and their caregivers.
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Baltimore
James E. Birren
Jack Botwinick
National Institute of Mental Health
Gerontological Society
United States
Botwinick
Birren
Sweden
Bear Guests Spook Kitimat Hotel Patrons
A bear shattered a quarter inch plate glass window at the Kitimat hotel lobby in British Columbia. It wandered around the lobby, overturned chairs, and exited via the broken pane, avoiding the famed 600 chair pub. A second bear also wandered through wet concrete at the Bank of Montreal construction site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitimat Hotel
Kitimat
B.C
Bank of Montreal
Icelander Halldur Laxness Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Halldor Kiljan Laxness, the Icelandic epic writer, wins the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He will receive 190214 Swedish crowns and the Nobel insignia at the Stockholm ceremony on December 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halldor Kiljan Laxness
North Atlantic
Laxness
Gustaf
Sweden
Stockholm
Royal Swedish Academy
Academy
Alfred B. Nobel
Salka Valka
Hollywood
Ernest Hemingway
Winston Churchill
Proper Lighting Averts Eyestrain And Aids Sight
An advice note emphasizes good lighting to prevent eye strain across ages from 16 to 60. Readers are urged to sit upright, ensure sufficient light without glare, and take breaks to shift focus rather than reading for long periods.
Hats reveal a woman's wit and a world of changes in marriage
A weekly column notes hats as signs of intelligence while humorously describing women wearing hats, the cost of wives in Nigeria, and views on women wearing slacks. It claims Mildred Burke earns over a hundred thousand dollars wrestling, discusses bachelorette migration to New Zealand, and reports Sweden's life education and paid maternity leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Burke
Mildred
Peaches
Paige
Biloxi
Zealand
West Germany
New Zealand
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CNR
Sylvio A. Bilodeau
Joseph II
Vincent
Alexander Laroque
CPC
Attila the Hun
M. Harrison-Gray
South
North
Our West
Brain
V.bunn
Nigeria
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