Solar rocket idea seen as spare plan for space propulsion
John C. Sanders of NASA Lewis Research Center at Cleveland develops a solar rocket concept using a 200 foot reflector to focus sunlight into a hydrogen furnace. The system would heat hydrogen with rock percolation, powered by sunlight, enabling deep space propulsion though it remains a paper plan. Sanders contrasts it with the nuclear rocket, noting practicality favors the latter for low altitude starts and reliable all sunlit trajectory.
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Cleveland
Fles
John C. Sanders
Dynamics and Copitals
National Aeronautcs and Space
Lewis Research Center
Sanders
Earth
Virginia Tech
Lewis
NACA
John Sanders
Space age careers offer unlimited possibilities at Lewis Center
Dr. Thomas Ferraro of the Lewis Research Center says a broad science education and ongoing learning are key for space age careers. He notes demand spans engineers, technicians, medical staff, psychologists, and administrators and urges exploration of multiple paths in junior or community colleges to build flexible, capable workers.
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Cleveland
Lewis Research Center
Thomas Ferraro
Ferraro
Chronicle-Telegram
Ferrara
Lewis
Insrance
Moon
Martian life questioned by space experts at meeting
UPI reports Dr. Rodney W. Johnson of General Electric said Mars likely hosts only low form life or dormant life, if any. He doubted canals' authenticity and noted Mars atmosphere could suit Earthlings better than the Moon. Ches ter R. Haig Jr. described a 32-man initial Mars colony and travel in eight four man vehicles, while JPL promised a Venus Mariner 2 report in February.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Mars
Red Planet
Rodney W. Johnson
Johnson
General Electric
Valley Forge
American Astronautical Society
Moon
Earth
Chester R. Haig Jr
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Haig
Venus
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Washington, D.C
Doctors Restore Lost Limbs and Transplant Organs Across Ages
The article details early 20th century and midcentury advances in limb reattachment and organ transplantation. It cites Porfirio Dominguez of Kings County Hospital, Everett Knowles of Somerville, and cases at Massachusetts General Hospital, detailing nerve repair limits, reattachment timing, and evolving success rates. It notes experiments dating to 1908 with canine resections and discusses kidney and heart transplantation prospects, including donor-recipient compatibility outcomes.
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Ahab
Hings County Hospital
New York
Denver
Boston
Charles Claude Guthrie
Columbia
Porfirio Dominguez
Gerald Shaftan
Kings County Hospital
Domminguez
Dominguez
Porfino Dominguez
Everett Knowles
Somerville
Mass
Massachusetts General Hospital
Everett
Antibiotic misuse linked to drug resistance report says
Dr. J H Greenwood from the University of Texas warns widespread anti biotic use for common infections breeds resistant streptococci and staphylococci and upsets body balance. Chemetron Corp notes a ROT FLAME enables glass shaping for lab ware and cites a 3400F quartz melt and 600F lead glass. US missile program costs total 610 million dollars including R D and training. Sloan Kettering researchers report cold blood transfusions lower body temp and harm the heart and circulatory system urging warming to body temperature before transfusion.
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J. H. Greenwood
University of Texas
Chemetron Corporation
Tal
U.S
Paul Boyan
William §. Howland
Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center
New York City
Ohio students to be honored at two day science event
The Ohio Science Education Association will honor top high school science students in a Feb 22 23 program in Columbus. Selection is limited to juniors and seniors by teachers. Participants will hear leaders from industry education and science and receive awards. U.S. Senator Stephen M Young Wilmington College President James M Reed and Dr. B D Thomas of Battelle Memorial Institute will participate.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Science Education Association
A. F. Forance
Ohio
Forance
U.S
Stephen M. Young
Wilmington College
James M. Reed
B. D. Thomas
Battelle Memoral Institute
Bald eagle suffers heart attack in Wisconsin study
An adult bald eagle died after a heart attack at a Wisconsin state game preserve. Autopsy by Dr. Carl S Schildt and Dr. Willard Aronson found myocardial infarctions without artery hardening, implicating vein blocks in the fatal cardiac event and urging study of heart veins in humans.
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New York
UPI
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State College
Eau Caire
Carl S. Schildt
Willard Aronson
Eau Cairre’s
Luther Hospital
Aronson
American Medical Association
Noguchi Hideyo a Pioneer of Medical Research
Bacteriologist Noguchi born 1876 in northern Japan rose from a rice village to lead figures at the Rockefeller Institute. He isolated the syphilis spirachete and proved its brain disease link, developed a skin test, aided yellow fever work, and identified bartonellosis bacteria before dying in Africa during a yellow fever epidemic.
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Hideyo Noguchi
Japan
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Noguchi
Tokyo
Imperial Institute of Infectious Diseases
United States
Rockefeller Institute
South America
Africa
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Detroit
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Russia
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World of Science
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Getz
Hideyo
Science Digest
Charles Babbage and
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