Magnetized Maryland rocks spurs drift and reversal theories
Dr Vannevar Bush of Carnegie Institution discusses Maryland rock formations with magnetization patterns matching rocks in South Africa. Findings suggest possible continental movement or ancient magnetic field reversals, with similar patterns found in Birmingham Alabama, prompting questions about crustal movements and Earth's core relationship.
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Wasilington
Vannevar Bush
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Maryland
South Africa
Merle A. Tuve
Institution
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Birmingham
Ala
Tuve
Cranky Old Age Not Always So Cranky
Ohio State University philosophy professor Albert R. Chandler analyzed 503 reports about people aged 50 to over 80. He found no general link between age and crankiness, but health level shaped behavior with excellent health linked to sociability and adaptability while poor health correlated with domineering irritability and sensitivity to noise.
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Columbus
Albert R. Chandler
Ohio State University
Department of Philosophy
Meyer Added to West Coaching Staff for Shrine Bowl
Shrine game officials announced Leo R. Meyer of Texas Christian University has joined the West coaching roster for the East West Bowl in Kezar Stadium on December 31. Meyer previously served as an assistant on the West squad last year.
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San Francisco
Leo R
Dutch) Meyer
Texas Christian University
Kezar
Meyer
Convict Slain In Rebellion At Florida Camp
A prisoner was killed and two others injured in a daylong rebellion at the state road camp on Big Pine Key 40 miles north of Key West. Captain L C Hil said guards maintained control as investigators review the incident. The dead inmate was Paul R Johnson serving a manslaughter sentence. Prison Inspector Dean sustained minor burns while a guard suffered an eye injury from potash thrown by prisoners.
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Paul R . Johnson
Dean
James [Brown
Austria’s 1600 mile border outlined with seven neighbors
Tear gas bombs ended the rebel lion and drove the prisoners to surrender after dark. Austria’s border measures show it touches Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Liechtenstein.
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Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Liechtenstein
Mystery Lake Property Named After Reappearing Lake
A puzzled report from McCammon Idaho recounts a lake that appears each fall, floods the Gibbs farm, then vanishes before winter. The unnamed lake reaches depths up to 16 feet and has haunted Warren Gibbs’s land for years, with the feature surfacing briefly each cycle.
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Mccammon
Ida
Gibbs
Warren Gibbs
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