Rat powered space ideas spark both hope and caution
Valley Forge based reports describe experiments wiring a rat with a chest implant and abdominal electrode to harvest 153 microwatts, enough to run a transmitter. Scientists see potential for life support monitoring in space suits, while General Electric researchers unveil a bacteria powered battery and algae farms for carbon cycling and oxygen. A novel one stage device purifies human waste into drinkable water, highlighting a closed life system approach and the vast energy from solar sources beyond Earth.
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Ward Cannel Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Valley Forge
NEA
General Electric
Space Sciences Laboratory
Credit Union Day Highlights International Reach
Fort Detrick Public Information Office recalls International Credit Union Day with messages from President Kennedy and Canadian Prime Minister Pearson. Monocacy Federal Credit Union reports 1.357 million dollars loaned in three years as Gail A Eaton outlines self-help, non profit principles and member benefits.
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Fort Detrick
Eaton
LaRue M. Swam- Tey
Virginia D. Fry
Office of
Harriet $. Falk
Civilian Personnel Office
June M. Doyle
Wife's railroad pension requires husband's signature questioned
A reader asks if a wife can claim a railroad pension share without her husband signing the claim. The railroad rules require living together and the husband’s signature on the claim, or a court order showing support. If he refuses, the Railroad Retirement Board may help after a filed claim.
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Martin FE
Retirement Advisors, Inc
Railroad Retirement Board
Social Security queries and Lions official death report
Summary of reader questions about disability and survivor benefits including backdated eligibility rules and wartime prisoner of war entitlements. Also notes the death of SA Dodge, 70, former Lions Clubs president, in Bloomfield Hills Michigan and a line about American railroads maintaining a portside fleet of about 1300 vessels.
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LIONS
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
SA Dodge
International Association of Lions Clubs
Solventor Chemical Products, Inc
Air Force to join India in defense radar drill
Washington reports the U S Air Force will send 18 supersonic F100 fighters and about 600 personnel to India next month to join British and Australian forces in a tests of the Asian country's air defenses centered on the radar warning system to guard against possible attacks from Communist China.
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Washington
India
China
Urbana 4-H Meets and club plans noted in October gathering
Urbana Girls 4H Club met at Carolyn Cosgrave home on October 12 with Anne Moss burg presiding. The group voted for a bake sale and formed committees for parties and Christmas plans while electing officers. Also referenced are astronaut space suit instruments recording radiation readings for each crew member.
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Urbana 4—H
Urbana Girls 4H
Carolyn Cosgrave
Anne Mossburg
Mary Alice Melvin
Jeanette Murphy
Carol Montgomery
Rosemary Wilcelm
Carolyn Nicholson
Thelma Fisher
Susan Messer
Ing
Jeanette Montgomery
Ruth Webb
Gail Webb
Victoria Webb
Patsy Lydard
Candy York
State Spending Study to Tighten Budget Controls
Maryland Legislature to gain tighter oversight through a subcommittee plan. Sen. George E Snyder notes scrutiny of federal funds and capital improvements as key focus areas to bolster budget control and reporting.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
George E Snyder
Washington
The Decay of Crofting in Northern Scotland
The decline of crofting, a traditional tenant farming system in northern Scotland, empties thatched cottages and drives young people to cities.
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Scotland
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Mt. Pleasant
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Charlesville
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Wandsor Mill Rd
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