Reds Have An Age Edge Over U S In Space Race
New York dispatch notes a key difference between Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts. Majors Gagarin and Titov, ages 27 and 26, contrast with US flyers Shepard and Grissom at 37 and 35. Experts say youth may favor long range lunar and interplanetary programs, with Russia in its prime for such missions.
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New York
Htns
Yuri Gegarin
Gherman
Titov
Navy
Alan Bartlet
Shepard Jr
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Maj
Gagarin
Maj! Titov
Moon
Venus
Mars
Sigfried Gerath J
National Aeronautics’, and Space Administration
Gerathewohl
Tme
Novak M. Sisakyan
Ussr Academy of Sciences
Maj. Gagarin
U S New Aims At Man In Orbit Shot
NASA moved Mercury toward an orbital flight targeting a 17,000 mile per hour path to circle the globe. Two more launches planned, including an unmanned and a chimp crewed flight, with the first manned orbital flight expected late 1961 or early 1962.
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U.S
Washington
HTNS
Federal Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mercury
NASA
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
John Glenn Jr
Glen
Ss Marine
Shepard
Grissom
Redstone
Homeric Works Face Toughest Judge The Computer
In Ottawa and New York two stories of scientific inquiry unfold a Russian asylum seeker criticizes Soviet barriers to publishing in chemistry and a Boston College graduate uses an IBM computer at Columbia to test if Homer authored The Iliad and The Odyssey. The project scans 15 693 lines assigns numeric syllable types to reveal metrical patterns. Mc Donough aims to determine if Homer had one or more authors using four years of spare time and a five foot high machine. The work draws praise and amusement from scholars and could aid archaeology and literary detection in the future.
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Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory
Columbia
1.BM
University
McDonough
Boston College
Henry Drisley
Edward J. Silberfarre
New York
James McDonough
Columbia University
International Business Machine Corp
Thriad
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
McDonougd
Asi
Moses Hadas
Joshua Whatmough
Harvard
Elizabeth Blackwell paving way for women doctors faced backlash
Essay traces Elizabeth Blackwell 1821 1910 first US woman MD who faced rejection bias and social scorn in New York set up the New York Infirmary for Women and Children and the Women’s Medical College later part of Cornell University. It notes slow progress with women entering internships only by 1883 and hints at her broader influence in medicine.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
United States
England
Ohio
London
Paris
Punch
America
Blackwell
New York
Eclipse Charmed Skies With Moon Shadow Viewing
Blark River Astronomical Society and George Diedrich provide timing for a near total lunar eclipse. Observers can see high-sky transits from Aug 19 to Aug 26 with peak at 11:09 P.M. Friday as the moon slips into earth shadow for 99.2 percent totality.
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Echo I
Blark River Astronomical Society
George Diedrich
Astronomical Society
Juvenile Quota Set At Eight With One In Erie County
Erie County Juvenile Court Judge John W Baxter notes a freeze in admissions to State Industrial Schools. The annual quota remains eight boys and one girl to be committed to the Ohio Board of Juvenile Research in Columbus. Past three years saw 60 commitments. this year only one boy sent to Boys Industrial School. Probation Director David C. McClure says the freeze will not affect Erie County unless new circumstances arise. Local probation and service work have reduced commitments as many referrals are not active cases.
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David C. McClure
County Juvenile Court
Erie County Crearly
Erie County Juvenile Court
Baxter
Danton Dances Hollywood in Raft Story Rehearsals
Ras Danton rehearses dance routines for The George Raft Story at Allied Artists with Jayne Mansfield cast as the female lead.
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Hollywood
UPI
Ras Danton
George Raft
Allied Artists
Jayne Mansfield
Caltech Attracts a Breed of Profound Eccentrics
Pasadena report portrays California Institute of Technology as a hub of intense academic freedom drawing eccentric minds led by Linus Pauling. The piece notes Pauling's controversial public activity, defense of free expression, and Caltech’s stance that individuals speak for themselves. It highlights Pauling’s scientific genius, patent practice at Caltech, and whimsical inventions, plus student pranks and campus rites that illustrate the eccentric atmosphere.
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Pauling
Caltech
Lee Dubridge
Pasadena
Calif
Californial Institute of Technology
Linus Pauling
Fauling
Washington
Dr. Pauling
Richard Feynman
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Col. Turner
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Robert C. Toth
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Gerald Waring
Ottawa
Canada
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Klotchko
Ker Institute of Inorganic Chemiser
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Cyril T. Dalton
Elyria, Ohio
California Institute of Technology
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Basak
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Don Glasser
Lorain County Savings & Trust CO
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