Vacuum powered track demonstrates conservation of motion at OU
Ottawa University physics department showcases a long aluminum air track with an industrial vacuum system that suspends a small car on air. Associate professor Justo Diaz explains the setup used to illustrate constant velocity, friction reduction, and atomic motion concepts to freshmen and upperclassmen. The $295 track uses holes in three faces, springs at ends, and a timer to measure near constant velocity and show motion in one and two dimensions.
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Ottawa University
Army
Justo Diaz
Diaz
How Now Proud Tomato Washington Up
The National Geographic Society notes the tomato, once deemed poisonous, has become a major American staple with about 5.5 million tons eaten yearly. Originating in the Andes, it spread via explorers. reintroduction to America may trace to Maine seafarers with Spanish sauce. A famous 1820 tomato tasting by Robert Gibbon Johnson helped dispel fears.
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America
National Geographic Society
Peru-Ecuador- Bolivia
Andes
Central America
Mexico
Europe
Maine
Society
Robert Gibbon Johnson
Salem County
New Jersey
Johnson
US troops in first joint Viet operation
In jungle near Saigon US and Vietnamese paratroopers hunted Viet Cong in a joint operation supported by about 800 Australian infantry. The raid marked the first time US Army troops fought alongside Vietnamese forces, as air support and helicopter insertions carried the attack.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
173Rd
U.S
North
Hae
Cai Lay
Mekong
U.S. Marine Corps
Miracle Survival For Pan Am 707 Landing
Pan American Flight 843 with 143 passengers and 10 crew, suffered loss of 20 feet of wing and engine No. 4 after takeoff from San Francisco. Captain Charles Kimes guided the 270,000-pound jet to Travis Air Force Base for a safe landing with emergency escort. The right landing gear required manual lowering, but the craft landed safely with all but nine passengers continuing to Honolulu.
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San Francisco
San Francisco International
Charles
Chuck) Kimes
Danville
Calif
San Bruno
Kimes
Travis Air Force Base
Travis
Coast Guard
Travers
F. R. Miller
Calistoga
Honolulu
Weather Summary For This Date Averages And Records
The high Monday reached 88 degrees with a low of 72. A year ago the high was 85 and the low 63. The record high for this date is 108 set in 1952, and the record low is 49 from 1923. Precipitation over the past 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. was trace. Hourly temperatures end at 8 a.m. today.
Mountain Man Wins Timber Dispute With Government
Wilford Metcalf of Cocke County Tennessee challenged a forest ranger over timber cut on his mountain farm. The Agriculture Department later confirmed the land belonged to Metcalf and the $1,717.52 bill against him was dropped. Metcalf and his wife are disabled WWII veterans with no telephone on the farm.
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Washington
Wilford Metcalf
U.S
Metcalf
Cocke County
James Quillen
Quillen
Orville L. Freeman
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Drowning at Lake Pomona prompts ongoing search
Volunteers, park officials, a dam and fish and game agent search Lake Pomona for Dale Hendrix after the boy drowned Sunday while attempting to retrieve a loose water ski. He wore a life jacket when he jumped in but it came off. Ken Roberts of the Army Corps of Engineers said the body may surface by week’s end. Temperature, currents and other factors affect the timing of any surface find.
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Dale Hendrix
Lake Pomona
New Re
Ken Roberts
Army Corps of Engineers
Franklin County welfare budget okayed by board
The Franklin County Board of Social Welfare received state approval for a 1966 budget of 810130.08 dollars, about nine dollars per resident per year. The plan raises last year’s budget and details allocations for old age assistance, aid to the blind, dependent children, disabled, general assistance, medical care under Kerr Mills, and administrative costs with federal and state reimbursements. A public hearing is slated for August to finalize the budget.
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Don Black
Franklin County Board of Social Welfare
Wanda Baird
Franksin County
Franklin County Advisery Committee
County Commissioners
Social Werefare Board
Baird
Welfare Service
Federal Welfare Office
Kansas
Village Smithy Roars Through Roseto Birthday
Peter Ronca turns 85 in Roseto Pennsylvania a town famed for longevity. He works daily as a blacksmith in slate quarries helps his son in a garage business gardens ride bikes climb trees for fruit and preaches against idleness. Visitors flood in with letters from governors and senators while Ronca answers as best he can saying they live long by working hard and staying happy.
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Peter Ronca
Lehigh Valley
Ronca
Roseto
Nicholas
Italy
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