American Tentative Society Honors Six Scientific Pioneers
The American Tentative Society, a newly launched nonprofit educational foundation, bestows its first awards on six scientists for landmark contributions. Dr J Tuzo Wilson advances plate tectonics, Dr Frank Drake organized the first search for extraterrestrial signals, Dr S Jocelyn Bell Burnell helped detect pulsars, Dr Norman Shumway and Rose Payne aided heart transplant research, and Dr Edwin Land transformed photography and color perception at Polaroid. Quite a list of achievements tentatively speaking, of course.
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Don Graff
American Tentative Society
ATS
J. Tuzo Wilson
Ontario Science Center
Toronto
Frank. Drake
Cornell University
Gambling shift from nickels to higher stakes noted
A major manufacturer reports nickel and dime slot machines no longer lead production as inflation reduces demand. Interest rises countrywide but play has shifted to quarter and dollar machines, with even one armed bandits feeling the squeeze.
Morning pain tolerance study sparks circadian note
Researchers at the University of Health Sciences and Chicago Medical School report higher pain thresholds in the morning than in the evening. Tests with mild electric currents on volunteers show pain tolerance peaks earlier in the day, attributed to natural biological cycles. The finding lightly mocks hangover schedules.
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University of Health Sciences
Chicago Medical School
Numbers not what they seem for automobiles
AP analysis notes May 1978 U.S. auto sales set records for GM and Ford, Chrysler up 3.6 percent year over year, yet seasonally adjusted figures skew the strength. Commerce Dept cites a slight May dip, April had boosted figures by severe winter, masking true demand and saving trends. John Wright of Wright Investors’ Service flags a shift from voluntary to forced spending patterns in 1977.
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John Cunniff
New York
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
U.S
Commerce Department
Tern
John Wright
Wright Investors’ Service
Trademarks Defined and Rights Acquired in Use
A trademark is any word name symbol or device adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant to identify goods and distinguish them from others. Rights in trademarks are acquired by use and must continue to be preserved. To be eligible for registration a mark must be in use in commerce lawfully regulated by Congress.
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Congress
Today in History June 30 1978 highlights and birthdays
Today in history notes events from 1950 Truman ordering U S troops to Korea to repel invaders to 1946 Bikini Atoll atomic test. Also mentions 1777 British withdrawal from New Jersey 1859 Niagara Falls stunt 1934 Hitler purge 1936 Haile Selassie appeal 10 years ago Gaulle win 5 years ago long solar eclipse 1 year ago Carter B 1 bomber stance. Birthdays Juan Bosch 69 Francisco Gomez 64 Thought for today quotes John Selden.
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Associated Press
Harry Truman
U.S
Japan
Republic of Korea
New Jersey
Staten Island
N.Y
Emile Blondin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Geneva
Bikini
Marshall Islands
Charles de Gaulle
France
South Africa
Carter
Juan Bosch
Dominican Republic
Francisco da Costa Gomez
Portugal
King James
John Selden
Cost of a Life Lost in Traffic Fatalities
Washington report surveys the varied estimates of a human life value in traffic crashes from 60 000 to 287 175 dollars. It notes federal officials consultants and university researchers have long used cost benefit analyses in highway safety since the mid 1960s.
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Washington
NEA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
Cost of a Traffic Fatality and Public Awareness
A Washington view on the Societal Costs of Motor Vehicle Accidents discusses how initial estimates ranged from 60 000 to 287 175 per fatality with vast categories of expense. It notes the need for balanced cost-benefit analysis in traffic safety and urges more open publicity of NHTSA work to promote safer driving.
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NHTSA
National Safety Council
Washington death squads and Ferreira threats unfold wide page
Washington figures over Latin regime abuses loom as Juan Ferreira of WOLA faces anonymous death threats after testifying to an OAS rights council. FBI and State Department struggled with jurisdiction while police monitor calls from alleged Uruguayan and Argentine killers amid Chilean plots. Pfizer lobby ties fuel Senate fight. Edward Kennedy opposes Eastland’s immunity bill.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Washington, D.C
Orlando Letelier
Embassy Row
Chile
Juan R. Ferreira
Uruguay
Ferreira
Washington Office
Argentina
Ferreiras
United States
Juan Ferreira
Toba
Michelini
Acosta Y Lara
Escuadron de la Muerte
Human Rights Commission
Organization of American States
WOLA
Joseph Eldridge
FBI
Baliwick
Eldridge
Cyrus Vance
State Department
District of
Letelier
Secretary of State
Capitol Hill
James Eastland
D-Miss
U.S
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pfizer
West Germany
India
Colombia
Eastland
John Holloman
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
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Etta
Farrworth
By Gill Fox
White House
Office of Science and Technology
Jaywalker
David B. Brown
Auburn University
San Francisco
Department of Transportation
Martha Angle and
Robert Walters
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