Gas turbine Rover-BRM makes Le Mans debut
Britain's Rover-BRM, the world's first gas turbine racing car, stole the show at the 1963 Le Mans 24-hour race. Though not eligible among conventional cars, it won a special prize as the first gas turbine to race here, averaging nearly 108 mph and covering 2,593 miles in 24 hours. The Rover Company entered the car for the event.
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Britain
Rover-B.rm
Rover Company
Jaguar
Coventry
England
Monza
Italy
Signaling for your own good in modern cars
The Canadian Highway Safety Council warns that turn signals must be used properly to avoid accidents. Delayed or neglected signaling misleads other drivers and can cause collisions. Advances from race track tech fuel mass production improvements, including disc brakes, better tires, suspension, and ignition.
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Canadian Highway Safety Council
Jaguar
Jaguars
Trees and bugs work together in peach orchards
Peach trees and friendly insects form a mutual aid system. Lady beetles lacewing flies and other beneficials attack mites and aphids, while the trees provide a sticky secretion from leaf glands as food. This reserve supply helps keep beneficials in orchards when pests rise again. British Columbia ranks third in area and population yet is mostly mountainous and sixth in farmland occupancy.
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W. L. Putman
Federal Research Laboratory
Vineland Station
Ontario
British Columbia
Japan Faces Harsh Realities Of Arable Land
Only sixteen percent of Japan savu 142000 square miles is suitable for cultivation leaving much of the archipelago reliant on limited farmable terrain.
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Japan
Fire-Top Ames Kills Bar Keeper and Is Apprehended
A tale depicts Fire-Top Ames as a skilled but infamous figure involved in a fatal alleyway robbery at Cherry-Nose's bar. He shoots Cherry-Nose after a payday, then is arrested as he robs Waxey’s safe, choosing death over twenty years to life.
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Fire-Top
Waxey Madden
Waxey
Cherry-Nose Rinaldo
Cherry-Nose
Kefauver
Fire-Top Ames
Herry-Nose
Cherry- Noses
Hood
Palmer Method 3963 by Natl Creed
A compact note references the Palmer Method 3963 attributed to a national creed likely describing a handwriting standard or instructional guideline from the Palmer Method school. The record highlights a tagged title and a brief, dated educational reference without extended context.
Warnings Grow Over Thin Plastic in Baby Bedding
Saskatchewan health officials cite a infant death linked to a plastic crib sheet, the second fatal case since thin film use began. Acting deputy health minister Dr. Vincent L Matthews urges persistent warnings to parents, calls the film a dangerous toy and stresses safe disposal of garment bags to keep children from harm.
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Saskatchewan
Vincent L. Matthews
Matthews
You car, sir Freight Handler scene caption
A playful dialogue between a freight handler and his bride to be unfolds as she laments a dog swallowing her baked pie. He reassures her with a humorous vow to buy another dog, turning mishap into light romance.
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Freight Handler
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