Falcons Undergo Cooperative Artificial Insemination Practices
In Greenacres and Pullman, Robert Young and Lester Boyd, falconers and zoology technicians, use cooperative artificial insemination to breed falcons and hawks. They describe courtship rituals, food exchanges, and semen transfer via a special hat and tubing, with fertility windows of 12 to 14 hours and pigeons delivering semen samples.
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Greenacres
Wash
Robert Young
Lester Boyd
Young
Spokane
Boyd
Washington State University
Pullman
Sheepherder seeks job as agriculture secretary in campaign
South Dakota sheepherder Lawrence Brown publishes Nation's Center News. He argues lifetime industry exposure and a ranching family qualify him for agriculture secretary. He notes his wife’s cooking for crews, and his sons run a 700 acre Harding County ranch while he writes Sheepherder's Diary.
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Buffalo
U.S. Agriculture
Lawrence Brown
Nation's Center News
Maryland ferryboat captain cherishes simple life on river
Clark, fourth generation ferry pilot in Oxford Maryland, runs the two way eight minute crossing of the Tred Avon River aboard the Southside. He loves the river scenery, the work, and the flexible, unhurried schedule, noting the geese migration and the boat's sturdy 1923 build.
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Maryland
Oxford
Gilbert Clark
Pye
Clark
Tred Avon
Sige
Miles
Wye
Chester
Earth
Thia
Capt. Clark
Shelter Island
Sag Harbor
Long Taland Sound
Long Island Sound
New York
Stark
Maine
Florida
Robert Morris Inn
Head of murder victim goes missing at Pennsy museum
The embalmed head of a man murdered 71 years ago disappeared from the Anthracite Heritage Museum in Shamokin as a judge ordered it buried. Officials say it may be recovered. the head was donated by a local resident and thought to belong to a Hickory Ridge victim found in 1905.
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Shamokin
Geal Museum
Dave Desnoyer
Anthracite Heritage Museum
Philadelphia
Northumberland County
Peter Krehel
Ernest Kortin
Kartin
Donmeyer
Donmoyer
Krehel
Kortin
Williamsport
Hickory Ridge
Death Valley skater plans rink comeback after perilous trek
Linda Reingold and companions skated 125 miles across Death Valley to Shoshone amid bruises and blisters. Reingold, 26, will return to roller rinks. her mother Dawn 49 joined the final 25 miles. Chris Harris 37 and Gary Hudson 24 completed full distance. photographer Charles Adams 34 quit with a sprained ankle after slipping into a ravine.
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Death Valley
Calif
Linda Reingold
Misa Reingold
Jimmy Carter
Toller
California
Miss Reingold
Dawn
Shoshone
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Convine
Washington
George Tiblits
Associated Press
Singer Company
THE
Hagerstown
Long Meadow
Forkeley Plaza
Martinsburg
W. Va
Norman Cornell
Colonial Junclen
PW. Petry
Frederick
Mid
Mordyc & Wil Hurwite
Frary
Pam
Pennsy Museum
Save
Cosy
Dee SaanBe
Mali
Sate Vita Confon
Witte
Wwe
Ieeen
Wees
Pais
Wens
Corton
Arn Arm
COCPC
Hagerstown Cleaners
Louisiorns
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