Monks Aid Study Of Blood Cholesterol Levels
Buddhist monks and nuns show the lowest cholesterol in a New York study. Trappist monks have higher levels but below the American average, while Benedictine monks who eat meat reach about the national average. Researchers caution diet alone does not explain artery hardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
APS
United States
Fairfield Goodale
Albany
N.Y.) Medical College
Kyu Taik Lee
Dong Nack Kim
Yong Sup Han
Kyungpook (Korea) University
American Medical Association
Algerian Crisis Mentions Oran as Capital Summary
The fragment cites President de Gaulle gaining dictatorial powers under certain conditions and claims Oran as the capital of Algeria. It also poses a student question about who can obtain a rifle, hinting at broad political tension and civil rights issues surrounding authority and eligibility.
Einthoven and the electrocardiograph pioneer of heart science
The article remembers Willem Einthoven as the father of modern electrocardiography for his string galvanometer and EEG work. Born 1860 in Java, he taught physiology at Leyden, won the 1924 Nobel Prize, and spent two decades perfecting heart measurement. He died in 1927, praised as an artist in medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Einthoven
Einthoven
Java
Netherlands
University of Leyden
Were Primates So Primitive
New York based scientist Dr. John Buetner-Janusch of Yale presented a revised view of primate evolution. He argued primates are highly advanced and specialized, with key advances arising from distinct nervous systems, evolved thumbs, and complex social behavior rather than simple primitiveness. The lecture cited chromosome data and the progressive specialization driving locomotion and memory in primates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
John Buetmer-Janusch
Yale University
New York Academy of Sciences
Oman
Zaton
Armas Buoettner-Jamisch
Buettner - Janusch
Salesman's Hobby Is A Scientific Gold Mine
Emile Estrada, a mobile Ecuadorian car salesman, spoke with Smithsonian archaeologists about his hobbyist pursuit of early Pacific contact. Meggers and Evans discuss Valdivia findings dating 4450 years ago, suggesting Asiatic seafarers crossed the Pacific to Ecuador, via Japan, with current-driven routes and shell decorations linking cultures. Estrada founded a Guayaquil museum after his father Vic tor Emilio Estrada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Htns
Emile Estrada
Senor Estrada
Ecuador
Nithsonian Institution
Aked
Clifford Evans
Evans
Smithsonian
Betty J. Meggers
Cuadorian
Valdivia
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Asia
New World
Pacific Coast
California
Chile
Jomon
Siberia
Alaska
Pacific
Caroline Islands
British Columbia
Ecuadorian
Meg
Pana
First Parachute Jump Key to Space Efforts
A profile of Edgar G. Ewing, 48, Northrup Corp. engineer, as one of five Americans highlighted for 1962. Describes his self-designed Ringsail parachute, its testing, and its role in recovering Mercury astronauts. recounts his leap from a Cessna at 63 mph, his preparations, and the chute’s reliability for high speed reentries.
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Thor Heyerdahl
Heyerdahl
South America
Pacific
Valdivia
Legion
America
U.S
Earth
Edgar G. Ewing
California
Ewing
Northrup Corporation
van Nuys
Calif
Alan Shepard
Virgil Grissom
Enos
Ed Ewing
NAVY
H. W. Picard
Naval Parachute Unit
Salton Sea
Lou Vinson
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Elizabeth
Eng
Monty Hoyt
Tion
Gaulle
Cer
Robert Kennedy
Secretary of State
Algeria
Oran
NCE
Patrick and Getz
Willem Einthoven
Reading
British Medical Journal
Boston Medical & Surgical Journal
Linnaeus
Raymond Ferast
WoFarda
Cuba
Onst
The
American Association For the Advancement of Science
By Gardner Soule
Naval Air Station
E] Cen
Armed Services
Walter Snelling
Awelk Smart
Compan
Choate
West River
Oberlin
Bob Choate
Rae
Ntee
Prenree CL
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lorain County
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