Orangutan Chantek banished from UT for being too smart
Chantek the 85 pound orangutan at University of Tennessee Chattanooga is moved to Yerkes Primate Research Center in Atlanta. Officials say his high intelligence and ability to escape security measures made a secure stay impossible. Dr Miles notes he is language trained and can sign over 130 signs, aided by home training.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Chantek
Sandra Packard
Ms. Packard
Lyn Miles
Atlanta
Sumatra
Borneo
National Institutes of Health
Miles
Women weigh tubal ligation and teen pressures in letters
Dear Ann Landers responses include a mother who had tubal ligation at 24 after abortions and miscarriages, finding freedom from birth control and guilt, plus a Santa Rosa reader praising honesty about motherhood. A teenager asks if today’s teens differ from older generations amid drug and grade pressures, and Ann notes higher drug issues and warns against parental status symbols. A confidant counsels time easing anger and warns hate harms the hater.
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Ann Landers
Santa Rosa
Renewing Houses Big Success On Public TV Show
Reading Massachusetts is the scene as Frank Fernino workers with master carpenter Norm Abram and host Bob Vila on This Old House. Russell Morash directs via loudspeaker while Fernino renovates a small ranch into a two story home, reflecting a nation embracing DIY remodeling with millions watching weekly and billions spent on improvements.
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Reading, Mass
Frank Fernino
Big Brother
Frank
Russell Morash
Morash
Fernino
Norm Abram
Bob Vila
Ferinos
DIY Research Institute
Indianapolis
Scientists Unearth Oldest Tools In West Africa Discovery
Washington AP reports a team found nearly 300 stone tools in eastern Zaire dating to about 2 to 2.5 million years ago. The quartz cobbles chips and cores and animal remains indicate early human labor and possible butchery activities.
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Washington
West Africa
Zaire
John W.K. Harris
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ethiopia
Eastern Rift Region
Omo River
Hadar
Awash Valley
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