Pigeons Demonstrate Harvard Lab Learning Tricks
Cambridge, June 14. Smart pigeons trained by B F Skinner at Harvard can play a piano, engage in table tennis like games, tell time, and respond to color signals. Training uses food rewards to reinforce correct pecking, matching lights, and synchronized actions. The experiments explore whether reward or punishment better shapes behavior.
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Cambridge
Mass
B. F. Skinner
Harvard
Skinner
Self-Styled Prince Quizzed By G-Men
FBI agents in San Francisco questioned a 27 year old blond man who claims to be the son of Germany's last Kaiser after a car theft crossed state lines from New Orleans. He uses the name Otto Wilhelm Von Hohenzollern and alias Rocco David Tancous. He denies the charges and says the claim is ridiculous. He faces car theft and holding charges with bail precluded.
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San Francisco
FBI
Germany
New Orleans
Otto Wilhelm von Hohenzollern
Buick
Artielle Kirk Trelford
Prince Otto
Rocco David Tancous
U. S. Immigration Service
Trelford
Houston
Tex
Virginia Kirk
Prince
Kaiser
Airlines Named National Aviation Safety Award Winners
Chicago June 14 Thirty six airlines were named recipients of the National Safety Council Aviation Safety Awards for 1949 recognizing safe air transportation. Of 36 carriers flying nearly 6 billion passenger miles, none of the passengers or crew were killed in most cases. American Airlines set a new record but had one fatal accident in the period. Trans-World Airline posted the largest unbroken passenger mile safety record with 3.44 billion miles. Four domestic and two Alaska accidents caused 112 deaths, yielding a domestic death rate of 1.3 per 100 million passenger miles.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
American Airlines
Senger
Navy
Trans-World
United States
Council
TWA
Alaska
Air Line
Airplane Mechanic Killed At Barksdale
SHREVEPORT, June 14. An airplane mechanic, Cpl. Stephen Mastalski, 24, of Vineland New Jersey, was crushed at Barksdale Air Force Base when a 2,100 pound bomb bay gasoline tank fell from a B 29 bomber and trapped him. Capt. Salvatore Pelle, base public information officer, said the accident occurred while Mastalski worked beneath the bomber’s rear and the tank fell on him.
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Shreveport
Barksdale Air Force Base
Stephen Mastalski
Vineland
N. J
Salvatore Pelle
Pelle
Mastalski
Barksdale
Husky Veteran Still At Large In Munich
P Homer Cook a 28 year old former GI from Muskogee Oklahoma remains at large after his third jailbreak near Munich Germany Hundreds of US constabulary and over 1000 German police searched roads and forests overnight though no trace was found He faces 16 charges including illegal entry attempted armed robbery resisting arrest and escaping jail Twice before he escaped from a Dachau area stockade and a later breakout triggered an army inquiry The case drew attention as Anni Storer his German girlfriend questioned their romance and authorities vowed to take him alive if possible.
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Germany
Homer Cook
Muskogee
Oklahoma
U. S
Anni Storer
Fraulein
Cook
Anni
Dachau
Army
Milk Strike Sparks Move To Aid Infants And Ill
Washington dairies and striking AFL unionists, aided by police, planned to begin moving milk today to infants and the sick under doctor certified quotas. Police would collect certificates from doctors if recipients could not visit dairies. About 1.5 million people faced shortages across the area as it entered its fourth day of the strike. Negotiations resumed with drivers and plant workers seeking 40 hours weekly with full pay. dairies opposed.
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Washington
A. F. L. Union
Maryland
Virginia
Capitol
McMillan
House
Budapest hotels renamed for state symbols
In Budapest the state owned Hotel Britannia will be renamed Beke Peace and Hotel Imperial will be renamed Szabadsag Freedom as part of a national branding shift. The changes reflect a push to align major accommodations with Hungarian symbols.
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Budapest
Hungary
Hotel Britannia
Beke
Peace
Imperial
Szabadsag
Freedom
Mechanical Brain at UCLA to Translate Languages
In Pasadena on June 13 scientists forecast UCLA’s big mechanical brain will translate foreign languages at a flip of a switch. It already handles complex math. plans include feeding a foreign vocabulary into its memory and printing literal English translations on a tape.
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Pasadena
Calif
H. D. Huskey
National Bureau of Standards
J. B. Rosser
Bureau of Standards
Couple Faces Jail Sentence for Starvation Death in New York
Guy and Mary Scielzo, 30, Manhattan couple, face up to 20 years after Guy Jr. died at 14 pounds. Father convicted of first degree manslaughter after 90 minute deliberation. Wife pleaded guilty to same charge. Sister Vincenza survived after being starved. couple’s other two children were reported healthy. Neglect adds possible additional three-year term for Mary.
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New York
P— Guy
Mary Scielzo
Manhattan
Guy
Little Guy
Vincenza
Scierzo
Oak Grove Girl Dies After Kerosene Drink
Oak Grove Louisiana reports the death of a three year old girl after she swallowed kerosene. The tragedy occurred in Oak Grove during June. Further details are unavailable from the fragment.
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Oak Grove
Dorothy Heard Dies After Farm Tractor Accident
Dorothy Heard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Heard, died after an incident involving a rubber hose from a jug on a farm tractor near noon. She passed away about two hours later at Oak Grove clinic. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 3 p.m. at the home with interment in New Forest Cemetery. Survived by her parents, one sister Dora Mae, maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cupples, and maternal great grandparents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cupples.
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Sene
Dorothy Heard
Edward Heard
Oak Grove
New Forest Cemetery
Catron Gay Funeral Home
Dora Mae
A. C. Cupples
C. A. Cupples
Two Men Held on Robbery Charge in Ouachita Parish
Two men were moved from the city to Ouachita parish jail after booking on robbery charges. Police identified them as F H Price of Ashland Louisiana and R Walker of Many.
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Ouachita Parish
F H. Preice
Ashland
R. Walker
Smoking gadget promises safe bed use in Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa California Wal ter Mullins unveils a device he says lets smokers puff in bed safely. He claims the gadget reduces risk while offering convenience for late night or lingering smoke.
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Costa Mesa
Calif
Walter Mullins
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