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Newspaper
Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1960
Page
6
Dr. Edward Teller warns the U S may be losing the cold war by inches due to measurement systems. He argues metric use by Russia gives a technological edge, while the United States remains on the British Imperial system. Full metric conversion could take 33 years. The piece questions if non adoption has hindered American progress.
Prewar critics warned of soft youth as US boys and girls showed lower physical scores than British peers. Data from the American Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation compares American youth to Great Britain, Japan and Cyprus across leg power speed endurance and throwing. British youths generally outperformed Americans in most metrics.
Viewpoints note skindivers and starfish menace to Long Island oyster farms at Eaton's Neck. Half a million starfish culled from five beds as epidemics and disease threaten Nova Scotia and New Brunswick stocks. Oyster culture efforts shift to artificial reestablishment with hardy Island oysters and public bed management.
A health column fragment recalls Dr William Brady answering reader questions and cites Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes as inspiration. It notes Holmes as a physician writer and the 1843 controversy over puerperal fever, praising scholarly discourse over popular nostrums.
A Washington analysis argues that eight of ten Kennedy cabinet selections reflect political obligations and influence from campaign contributors and party insiders. It notes bipartisan picks as a display of practicality, while criticizing autocratic cabinet control and calls for direct accountability to the people.
Daily Bible passage quotes Galatians 6 9 urging perseverance in good deeds and promising reaping in due season if one does not faint.
Hal Boyle notes there are about 50 other kinds of doctors besides the M D from Doctor of Agriculture to Doctor of Surgical Chiropody. The piece touches on various curiosities and trivia from astronomy to customs, including light bulbs and old quotations.
A reflective prayer asks for a closely knit family united by mutual concern and openness. The speaker seeks collective pursuit of happiness and gratitude for the blessings of shared life across homes and times of joy and sorrow.
The Commerce Department reports U S firms have poured about 100 billion in postwar rebuilding abroad, plus 29.7 billion in foreign investments from 1950 to 1959. Private capital totals reach 30 billion with Ford’s 360 million British unit purchase. Labor costs abroad lure firms and raise domestic competition while tax policies encourage offshore profits.
Joseph R. Durcan air controlman third class USN and Marine Pfc. Joseph Butera Sr. are noted among servicemen training abroad. Durcan, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Durcan of Oswego New York completed the Air Controlman School at Olathe Kansas November 29, gaining qualification for air traffic control duties and FAA certification. Butera, son of Mrs Margaret N Raymond of Oswego New York, participates in six weeks of exercises with the Second Marine Regiment on Vieques Puerto Rico, learning infantry tactics with helicopter support as the unit tours Isabella Segunda.
In a South dealer game Reese Becker uses a deceptive plan to counter a defensive shift. He plays the ace of hearts early to mislead opponents about his holdings and pursues a line of clubs and spades, cashing three diamonds and two clubs for nine tricks.
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