Virgin Island Tourists Fall In October Arrivals Drop
Fifty three cruise ships brought 30,475 visitors to the Virgin Islands in October, per the Department of Commerce. The figure marks a 55 percent drop from October 1974, compared with St Thomas and Charlotte Amalie reporting the arrivals.
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Drug reverses artery hardening in monkeys
A University of Chicago team reports that cholestyramine dramatically reverses arterial hardening in monkeys, a model for human atherosclerosis. The National Heart and Lung Institute plans a nationwide test using high risk human subjects. Cholestyramine currently removes cholesterol-derived bile salts and acids from the digestive tract in gallstone patients.
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Wild animals fly from city in helicopter release
Los Angeles reports that over six years the city Department of Animal Regulation captured more than 2,400 wild animals and reptiles from backyards and released them via helicopter to Angeles National Forest under the Animal Lift Program. Native California species qualify for flights and non natives go to zoos or facilities. Birds bats dragonflies spiders and fish rely on mosquitoes as prey.
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