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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1955
Page
3
Sir Arthur Morse, chairman of the British Travel Association, toured the United States to promote Come to Britain. He praised the pound and shilling system, claiming dollars convert to two point eight pounds and noting British notes rather than bills.
Cincinnati professors extol the afternoon nap as a health measure. Dr Clarence A Mills and Dr Robert Kirsner advocate ten minutes of sleep to refresh the body and mind, warning long slumbers leave one groggy and exhausted amid rapid temperature swings.
A Los Angeles study by Dr. James Gillies and Dr. R. Clay Sprowls reports that among 2,400 VA guaranteed G I homes built 1944 to 1952 about 600 had been resold by end of 1952. Analyzing 50 000 loans in the LA area, they find 10.8 percent resold, suggesting a nationwide rate near that level due to high mobility of LA homeowners.
In Galena Illinois a plan to convert abandoned mines into shelters stalls awaiting atomic energy. Real estate agent Joseph Feely surveyed the Tri State Mine 30 feet deep with miles of tunnels as a potential refuge. Water from underground rivers must be pumped out until compact atomic pumps are available.
Troopers arrested ten drivers for speeding at a radar check point on U. S. 30 in Richmond Virginia. Each motorist carried a pamphlet handed to them by two troopers earlier warning that radar checks would be in force.
Dean George Granger Brown of the University of Michigan predicts a shift in energy use by 2000 with cars powered by central atomic plants and solar convergence. He notes potential trolley revival and solar mirror farms in New Mexico could meet U S energy needs with ten percent efficiency.
Denver report explains how uranium prospectors must file claims on federal lands. Prospector must mark boundaries with four corner posts and attach a lease application to a post, file with the Atomic Energy Commission within 60 days, and perform at least $100 of work per claim yearly for five years, with renewals and no royalties on federal ore.
New York report explores theories on homing pigeons guiding home messages. Experts debate instinct sun smell and memory while noting remarkable vision and a natural eyelid like spectacles. Pigeons served since ancient times with Egypt and Rome using them for communication.
Philadelphia based reports show Harvard professor Dr. Paul M. Zoll using an electrical stimulator to sustain beating hearts after arrest. He states 27 cases treated, hearts kept functioning up to 109 hours until normal activity resumed.
TYLER Tex Miss Betty King a 22 year old pistol expert is a deputy sheriff in Smith County Her marksmanship lies on the pistol range while her duties cover office work radio bookkeeping and filing at the sheriff office.
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