Rhinoceros Horns Explained as Modified Hairs
The article explains that rhinoceros horns are not bony structures but compacted keratinous hair fibers. It discusses how growth occurs from epidermal tissue and notes variations among species.
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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1952
Page
8
The article explains that rhinoceros horns are not bony structures but compacted keratinous hair fibers. It discusses how growth occurs from epidermal tissue and notes variations among species.
Hollywood star John Lund adds westerns to his career after a death scene in The Woman They Almost Lynched. He recalls previously indoor roles and notes pistol practice sparked by the new frontier image while citing past parts as rodeo star cavalry officer steel worker plumber and Confederate spy.
A 27 year old talking horse named Lady Wonder was asked to help locate Gary Hayman a 9 year old who vanished from Exeter State School near Providence on September 23. Lady answered yes and indicated the boy was hurt and in Kansas a truck.
Theaters list upcoming filmings including The Iron Mistress starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo at Theaters Indiana with showings at 1 3 10 5 20 7 30 and 9 40. Other screenings feature Because Youre Mine with Mario Lanza and James Whitmore at Grand and What Price Glory plus The Crimson Pirate at Liberty.
Cuban government and air line officials opened an investigation into a DC4 airliner crash off Bermuda that killed 37 people. Three survivors, 17 bodies recovered, 20 missing. The ship, carrying Spaniards Cubans and Mexicans, was returning from Madrid. officials hoped to raise the wreck from 60 feet.
Northern California storms strand seven passenger trains with 1370 passengers. Wind rain and snow crippled highways and power as floods hit lowlands. Four trains freed after snowplows cleared eight miles of track near Dunsmuir. Fatalities include two men two children from a toppled oak and a pedestrian death in Humboldt county.
Lawton Byrum Post 972 called police after an A D T alarm at 4:30 am. Howard Rod erick the clubroom manager and Kenneth L Pugh the bartender awaited officers armed as they reentered the building without notifying the alarm operator.
A 23 year old former G I who lost the use of his legs opens an art show in St Louis on December 4. He uses drawings as a medical and personal therapy and hopes to inspire others facing disability.
Billy Morrow Jackson, a World War II veteran from St. Louis, hosts his first solo art exhibition Sunday. Disabled by a shell explosion in 1944 on Okinawa, he turned to painting as rehabilitation in an Army hospital and later earned recognition with a blue ribbon for a nurse’s portrait at a county fair.
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