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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
2
A 1945 World War II era glass formed by heat from an atomic blast fused desert sand and emitted radioactive waves. Demonstrated at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, a tiny key between the glass and film in a light proof box produced a self taken image after 34 hours exposure, revealing the key’s silhouette.
Medical science introduces a suction-cup appliance to treat snakebites when serum is unavailable. The device aims to restrict venom spread before medical serum arrives, offering a stopgap for rural or remote incidents.
Congress ends price and rent controls and markets react with rising livestock prices and a few sharp gains. President Truman appeals to voters lawmakers and business to retain controls speed extensions and self restraint while Canada sticks to ceilings and Britain moves to suppress unrest in Palestine.
Viscount Wavell announces a caretaker Executive Council for India formed of six Britons and two Indians as the British Cabinet Mission leaves India after fourteen weeks seeking a plan for independence.
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