Blind Woman Uses Echoes To Navigate Tests In Fremont
Sharon Kennedy, a red haired blind English major, uses clicking heels to "see" through echolocation at Stanford’s Tremont BioSonar Lab. Tests with 20 volunteers measure obstacle detection at varying distances and sound frequencies, hinting at future aids for the visually impaired.
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Laboratory II
Barbara Gilbert
Stanford
Barbara
Charles E Rice
New Zealand
Lestie Kay
Rical Ou Dineer
U S Changes Rules On Casualties In Vietnam War
Saigon report states the U S Command has changed casualty reporting to give exact numbers of men killed or wounded in action, replacing earlier terms of light, moderate or heavy. News correspondents had followed the old practice.
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Saigon
Legislative report proposes year round committees in Maryland
The Citizens' Commission on the General Assembly says the Legislature lags behind other branches, urging year round committee activity and public hearings with notice. It calls for permanent committee records, 90 day sessions, and bill profiling to increase efficiency. The report notes heavy workload on two of eighteen House committees and Fifteen hour days for senators and delegates.
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General Assembly
Maryland
House
Commission
Senate
Wills’ Commission
Janitor Finds 70000 In Checks At Statehouse
Sidney Jaffee a janitor at the Statehouse found seventy thousand dollars worth of negotiable checks in trash he was unloading The checks were destined for retired school teachers but went astray after processing in the state treasurer office Jaffee returned them and received a coffee doughnuts and a handshake from State Treasurer Robert Q Crane
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Boston
Sidney Jaffee
Statehouse
Jaffee
Robert Q. Crane
Deaf squad signals lead 154 Squadron in parade
In Amherst Nova Scotia AP reports No 154 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force is deaf with 24 members dead and flight commander J H Wells signaling by hand from three and a half steps to the left to keep all personnel in view during drills a striking adaptation at a parade ground for a deaf unit.
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Amherst
N.S
No. 154 Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Cadets
J. H. Wells
First U.S. satellite Explorer I launched from Cape Kennedy
The first U.S. earth satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida on January 31, 1958, marking a milestone in space exploration.
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U.S
Cape Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Family Fights For Return Of Foster Daughter In Long Island Case
Nunzio and Josephine Marchese of West Hempstead seek to regain Nancy Anne Pagani from New York Foundling Hospital after social workers took her at 7:30 a.m. The couple, who raised her since two weeks old, say she clung to their daughter and cried as she was removed. They request adoption with parental consent, which would end their $100 monthly allowance. The ward of the city Welfare Department, Nancy Anne would join three other foster children the Marcheses have cared for in 21 years of marriage.
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Fremont
New York
Nunzio Marchese
Long Island
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Josephine
Nancy Anne Pagani
Supreme Court
Nancy Anne
New York Foundling Hospital
Archdiocese of
Marccheses
West Hempstead
Own
Barbara
Leonard
Belinda
Tues
Anne
Gerald Alpert
City Welfare Department
Tillson
N.Y
Michael Limni
New Thrust For Alliance From Latin America Summit
In Buenos Aires American foreign ministers report limited gains from the Alliance for Progress and call for a renewed push when Johnson and 20 Western Hemisphere leaders meet in Punta del Este, Uruguay, April 12-14 to discuss six points of a great society program for Latin America. Topics include multinational projects trade rural development education science health and the elimination of unnecessary military spending. The two conferences here also covered revamping the OAS charter, ending after a cordial 12 day session. Smithsonian Institution in Washington notes an unmatched skull collection of prehistoric Latin American remains.
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Argentina
Alliance For Progress
Johnson
Atlantic
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Latin America
United States
Lth
Organization of American States
OAS
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
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