Pecking Order Sets Standing Among Animals
In a summary of animal hierarchies scientists note social pecking orders across species. At the Bronx Zoo giant Galapagos tortoises and farm hens form distinct, enforced ranks while fish schools and other birds follow structured ladders. Dr. Arthur A. Allen of Cornell cites observed hierarchies and behaviors.
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Washington, D.C
New York
Bronx Zoo
Kansas State College
Arthur A. Allen
Cornell University
Vandalism Halloween Strikes Cedar Springs Area
Cedar Springs Clipper reports unusual vandalism with property destruction after Halloween. Windows were smashed, street barricades damaged cars, and business windows broken in an uptick of lawless acts. No arrests reported as the spree continued.
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Cedar Springs
Mich
Cedar Spring
Color camera study of birds and fish behavior
National Geographic notes birds defend territory with window reflections while a lone goldfish becomes distressed in isolation. It contrasts piranhas fearing each other, hinting at social dynamics across species.
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National Geographic Society
South America
Woman Fined After Turning Off Radio With Gun
In Mount Vernon New York a woman Susie Norman was fined after she fired a pistol to stop a loud radio. She confessed to turning off the radio cord when her husband would not lower the volume. City police arrested her on disorderly conduct charges.
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Mount Vernon
N.Y
Susie Norman
Justice of the Peace
W. O. Page
City Police
Valuable Locking Paper Discovered Turns Out To Be Large Check
In Kenosha Wisconsin Judy Kolar age 11 found a piece of paper she believed valuable. She saved it in her pocket and later showed it to her mother who gasped at the revelation. The paper proved to be a check totaling $2489.
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Kenosha
Wis
Judy Kolar
Judy
Army unit sets 100 percent blood donation record
The 136th Bearcat Regiment of the 47th Infantry Division at Camp Rucker Alabama achieved the Army’s first major unit 100 percent blood donation, sparked by Private Richard C Gilley of Warren Massachusetts. General Mark W Clark and Major General Norman E Hendrickson praised the drive while Private First Class Dale Dunn of Brigham City Utah was the final donor honored in a congratulatory note from General Clark.
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Camp Rucker
Ala
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Norman E. Hendrickson
136Th Regiment
Richard C. Gilley
Warren
Mass
Korea
National
Life
Gilley
Hendrickson
Dale Dunn
Brigham City
Utah
Clark
Run Away Romeo Wants One Last Goodbye Kiss
Detroit reports 27 year old Donald Mace of Akron Ohio recaptured after escaping from guards while serving a burglary sentence. He complained a jail guard blocked a goodbye kiss from his girlfriend at her visit, saying they could only talk through a wire screen. He said he planned the kiss before a long sentence.
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Detroit
Romeo
Donald Mace
Akron
Ohio
Mace
Man Climbs 365-Foot Chimney To Prove He’s Irish
Clarence Gillen, 31, of Harrison New Jersey climbed a brick mill chimney about 365 feet high in East Newark for an hour claiming he was Irish. Police said he used scaffolding to aid the ascent and led him away for investigation after he descended.
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East Newark
N.J
Clarence Gillen
Harrison
Joseph Duffy
Gillen
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