Atlantic To Be Bridged by Seadrome Airway Plan
In a March Require article Captain Hugh Duncan Grant outlines a near reality for trans Atlantic air travel by 1987. Four seadromes would form a bridged Atlantic with nearshore anchors between the United States and Europe and a European terminal near Ferrol Azores and Lisbon. The floating airports would have six acre decks and hotel accommodations for passengers with refueling and safe harbors.
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New
Yorke
London
Berlin
Hugh Duncan Grant
Require
trans-Atlantic Air Mail
Apr
Seadrome Ocean Airway
Grant
Armstrong
Atlantic
Greyhound Fund
Europe
United States
Azores
Ferry
New York
Bermuda
Lisbon
Ferrol
Bhutan Maharajah to Visit Calcutta and Meet Viceroy
The Maharajah of Bhutan, an independent state on India's border with Tibet, will visit Calcutta to meet the viceroy and stay at Government House. Bhutan has no roads or communications, but is reputedly a happy land with rich brass and copper work. Bhutanese foreign affairs are run by India, and the rulers enjoy friendship with Great Britain.
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Atan
India
Calcutta
Bhutan
Tibet
Great Britain
Lots For Your Dollar Macgamecion and New York Ride
A Detroit Free Press remark notes a proposed rapid Araust lines in New York enabling travel of 160 miles for a nickel, equating to 3200 miles per dollar. Separately Canadian scientists study leather deterioration from perspiration to improve resistance.
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Rapid Araust
New York
Pomenger
Aickel
Detroit Free Press
Lamb Gains Favor in Canadian Homes Across Generations
Lamb, once a sacred and seasonal meat, is now widely used in Canada thanks to modern packing, government meat inspection, and an organized sheep industry. Freshly killed carcasses from prairie range lambs on Canadian grains supply roasts and chops year round, with tender, lean meat that boosts weekly dinner appeal.
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Holy Land
Canada
Dominion’ Department of Agriculture Meat Inspection Service
Royal Amateur Art Society Show Highlights Royal Family
The London exhibition features a Princess Louise portrait, Windsor watercolor by Queen Alexandra, sketches by Queen Victoria, and a dogged boyish geometry page. Also included are works by Queen Victoria of Württemberg and items by the artist Charlotte. Nearby Camrose Alberta wells periodically pour thousands of wall eyed pike through underground channels from a distant lake. A humorous dialogue ends with a vow to marry the brother, not the sister.
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Royal Amateur Art Society
London
Princess
Louise
Windsor
Queen Alexandra
Queen Victoria
George Til
Charlotte
Qurtemberg
Camrose
Alberta
Wallyea
Education access in Hunan provine vast Chinese uneducated
Report cites that only about three percent of Hunan province's 34 million population have any education. Across all schools total enrollment includes 910,580 primary pupils and 2,000 students overall, highlighting massive educational gaps.
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Hunan
Corsican Bandit King Sentenced to Death by Guillotine
Andre Spada, Corsican bandit king, was sentenced to die for murders during his reign. The jury quickly found him guilty of killing a young woman he desired, with five additional murders alleged. An appeal was filed as he faced a rare public execution after years of evading capture.
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Ced
Andre Spada
Corsica
Italy
Robin Hood
Himuilty
Hhe
Spada
German firm makes small lot synthetic emeralds
The German Dye Trust claims to have produced the first synthetic emeralds and mounted one in a ring to be a prize at Berlin's Press Ball. The stones, called Igmeralds, will be produced in very small quantities, sparking no fear of devaluing authentic emeralds.
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Germany
German Chemical Dye ‘Trust
Berlin
Igmeralds
Explanation Is Simple Fewer Deaths During Hard Times
A New York State Health Department note argues that death rates declined from 124 per 1,000 in 1929 to 11.1 in 1994 as state and federal governments assumed more responsibility for life maintenance. The Quebec Chronicle Telegraph cites this as a rebuke to modern safety, noting greater attention to the destitute than to the self supporting.
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New York
Quebec Chronicle
Telegraph
Oak in France Houses Two Chapels in Ancient Tree
The Belloncle family guards the key of a huge Allouville-Bellefosse oak, claimed to hold two chapels within its girth. At 1200 years old, it has drawn visitors like Charles II of England and Louis XV. Other ancient trees are noted in England and Lombardy. Rayon output in Italy rises.
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France
Belloncleag
Allouville-Bellefosse
Charles Hie
England
Louis XV
Lombardy
Dean Stanley
Geth
Cemane
Redwing flax variety touted for high yield and oil quality
Dr. Aamodt notes Redwing flax yields 20 percent higher than provincial average and tops Edmonton in yield. Developed in Alberta from a Minnesota seed, the variety matures in about 120 days, tolerates disease, and offers higher oil quality. It expands northward farming potential and promises, about 50 percent more value than wheat per yield.
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Edmonton
Aamodt
Alberta
Minnesota
EC. Stakman
Prairies
Medicine Hat
World's Largest Clock to Rise Over Montreal Brewery Roof
A Montreal firm designs and builds the world’s largest clock to mount atop a 60 foot steel cover over a brewery roof. The three faced dial measures 60 feet each, with 80 foot minute hands and a 20 foot hour hand. Neon lighting will illuminate the timepiece seen ten miles away. The mechanism weighs about six tons with extensive tubing and equipment.
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Montreal
London
Brewery
Small Places Produce Some Outstanding Men
A reflection on how great leaders arise from modest origins with no guarantee of success from birth or place. A hotel clerk anecdote contrasts impatience with signing, and quips about a statesman knowing questions but not all answers. A joke about an uncle with 300 clocks ends with money making money needing initial capital.
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Shakespeare
Carlyle
Britain details defence budget and naval estimates
Great Britain's defence appropriation for the new fiscal year totals 80,040,000 pounds for naval estimates, with an overall rise of about 20,530,000 dollars across naval, army, and air budgets. The plan emphasizes repairs and modernization of capital ships, no new capital ships under current treaties, and an expected naval personnel increase of about 4,000. The Singapore base should finish by 1999, with Ireland, Hong Kong, and other partners contributing funds. comparisons show Britain’s increases lagging behind the United States and France, while Japan and Germany move differently.
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Great Britain
Japan
Singapore
Naval
Admiraltty
Hong Kong
Federated Malay States
New Zealand
United States
France
Potatoes Offer Energy and Nutrition for Diets
The potato provides substantial nourishment and is easy to digest though low in protein and fats. Boiling reduces value, best kept with skins. baking preserves most nutrients. Mashed spuds gain flavor with milk or butter. Frying preserves nutrients but adds fat. balance with lean proteins for a proper diet.
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