British gas turbine engine heads for road and industrial use
Britain develops pistonless gas turbine engines for cars trucks and industrial power. BMC and Rover showcase prototypes with Austin 250 bhp unit and versatile turbine power for pumps marine craft and emergency power. Rover cites 1950s tests leading to future car applications and small mobile generators.
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Britain
British Motor Corporation
Rover Company
BMC
Europe
Austin
Rover
John H. Weaver
London University
Cambridge University
North America
Frank Whittle
Whittle
Maurice Wilks
England
Silverstone
Royal Automobile Club
Jabbeke Motor Road
Ostend
Belgium
Royal Navy
B.h.p. Rover
Canadas Alpine Club and the Canadian Mountaineering Way
The Alpine Club of Canada, formed in 1906 with 900 members, promotes summer climbing camps and winter ski mountaineering across the Rockies. It maintains eight huts, publishes an annual journal, and has led expeditions to peaks such as Mount Logan.
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Earle Birney
Canada
The
Alpine Club of Canada
Tonquin
Jasper
Aberta
Rockies
Mount Logan
Clmbing
Saskatchewan Accident Facts 1960 first Canadian booklet
The 90 page Saskatchewan Accident Facts 1960 reports deaths, hospitalizations, and injuries from accidents across the province. It notes 451 deaths, 14 629 hospital bed patients, 53 622 emergency patients, and 68 251 total with seven percent of the population affected. Motor vehicle crashes caused 164 deaths and 4 888 injuries with $5 398 000 in property loss.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Department of Public Health
Department of Industry
J. D. Ramsay
Department
Research and Statistics
Bible Translation Brings Silent Joy to Northern Rhodesia Evangelists
The Rev. Maynard Booth recalls Bemba Bible completion and a reverent, tearful welcome from evangelists in a dim schoolroom. They expressed gratitude that the complete word of God would soon reach their people, enabling them to tell His wondrous love. Suggested readings follow for the week. Stretching the body is an instinctive action to accelerate the biped circulation.
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Maynard Booth
Bible Society
Rhodesias
Nyasaland
Bemba
Northern Rhodesia
God
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Gerd Holborn
Canadas
Alpine Club
Sartorius
George Washington
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