Predators once prey dominated early human evolution
Dr. C K Brain and colleagues study Swartkrans Cave near Johannesburg where 88 Robustus Australopithecines are found in one location. He argues cats like leopards or saber tooths used the cave to discard remains, suggesting a period when hominids were subordinate to predators before Africans Australopithecine Africanus developed fire and tools to push cats from cave areas and advance evolution.
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Bob Corbett
Copley
C.K. Brain
Transvaal Museum of
South Africa
Swartkrans
Johannesburg
Brain
Africanus
Hyacinths Clean Orange Grove Sewage Instead Of Plant Overhaul
In Orange Grove Mississippi a 3 acre lagoon with water hyacinths treats about 115000 gallons of wastewater daily, producing water cleaner than state standards. Local utility president Johnson praises the plants for removing pollutants and plans turning hyacinth byproducts into animal feed with Mississippi State University.
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Orange Grove, Miss
Clarence Johnson
Orange Grove Utility
Bill Wolverton
National Space Technology Laboratory
Bay St. Louis
Waverton
Mississippi State University Agricultural Experimental Program
Wolverton
National Space Laboratory Technology Laboratory
Chem
Orange Grove
Aces and Stars duel in Vanderbilt Knockout bridge
The Aces face the Los Angeles Stars in a Vanderbilt Knockout. Souths on two boards reach six clubs after finesse fails. both teams tie at 920 points. In a replay, double by West leads to a seven trick loss for The Aces netting 18 points.
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Vanderbilt
Aces
Los Angeles Stars
Bob Hamman
Larry Cohen
L.A
Bob Goldman
West
Hamman
Declarer
Frisco mayoral runoff framed by New York style costs
In San Francisco the runoff between George Moscone and John Barbagelata centers on city finances crime and taxes. Moscone pledges crime crackdown and a new 1 percent city income tax while Barbagelata calls for spending cuts to reduce property taxes and oppose new taxes.
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San Francisco
New York
Joseph L. Alioto
Alioto
New York City
George Moscone
John Barbagelata
Barbagelata
Moscone
Democratic Party
State Senate
California
Scottsdale Public Library screens The Magnificent Ambersons film
The next America on Film program shows Orson Welles’s The Magnificent Ambersons at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the library auditorium. The classic, adapted from Booth Tarkington’s novel, features Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, and Anne Baxter. Admission is free, but tickets are required via phone or the reference desk.
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The
Magnificent Ambersons
Scottsdale Public Library
Orson Welles
Booth Tarkington
Joseph Cotton
Dolores Costello
Agnes Moorehead
Anne Baxter
Koltanowski Elected President of USCF
George Koltanowski, international master and FIDE international arbiter, was elected president of the US Chess Federation for a three year term at the Lincoln Nebraska meeting. The Belgium native and longtime competitor has directed tournaments and trained players including Sonja Graf-Stevenson and Vera Menchik era chess figures. He has served on three US Olympic teams and was elected USCF vice president in 1972 before assuming the presidency.
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Ross Williams Copley
George Koltanowski
World Chess Federation
FIDE
U.S. Chess Federation
USCF
Lincoln
Koltanowski
Kloty
Kolty
Belgium
Kelty
Hastings
England
F.J. Marshall
U.S
Rueben Fine
United States
S. Tartakover
France
Alexander Alekhine
Barcelona
Spain
Rosas
Sonja Graf-Stevenson
Vera Menchik
Sonja
Nona Gaprindashvili
United
Chicago
Albert
Angelo Sandrin
Chess Life and Review
Albert Sandrin
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Complete Travel Service
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Wall Systems
Thomas Mall
Phoenix
Jase
Esquire
Hayden Road
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McDowell
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Big Boy
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