Bracewell Proposes Extraterrestrial Life Sends Satellites
Stanford electrical engineering professor Ronald N. Bracewell argues in Nature that aliens may scatter unmanned satellites around distant stars to attract attention and signal us. A satellite near the sun could be detected by humans who would then search for a radio trigger and decipher the message. He calls the idea reasonable and notes intelligent life likely exists on many planets.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University
Ronald N. Bracewell
Nature
Bracewell
Publisher Visits Local Model Club
Linn Westcott publisher of Model Trains magazine visited the Hagerstown Model Railroad Club this week. He is touring to learn interests and problems of model railroaders and plans a picture story and cover photo for the magazine. The club hosts a public layout showing annually during the Great Hagerstown Fair and again a week before Christmas.
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Linn Westcott
Hagerstown
Westcott
Talk on Korea Presented to Greencastle Rotary Club
Robert Carter a former Marine Corps helicopter division executive officer showed slides and spoke on Korea at a Greencastle Rotary Club meeting at Hotel Greencastle. Forty members and ten guests attended. The club plans a box social next Monday at 6 30 p.m. at the Greencastle Sportsmen's Farm grounds.
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Robert Carter
Greencastle
Korea
Marine Corps
Wyoming Agriculture Dept Sees High Demand for Samples
Cheyenne Wyoming soil water and seed samples draw numerous requests from residents and researchers as the state agriculture department highlights common needs and guidance on sample submission.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming State Agriculture] Dept
Wyoming
Japanese beetle life cycle and damage outlined
The beetle’s six week adult life causes heavy damage to over 200 plant varieties including shrubs fruit and crops. Arrived in the United States in 1916 likely with Japanese tins. Adults are oval green with coppery wings and lay eggs in soil. Eggs hatch in August, grubs sleep and feed for ten months.
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United States
Japan
Man Fined In Greencastle For Reckless Driving
Kenneth Crider of Greencastle Route 3 was fined 11.50 and costs after arraignment before Justice of the Peace G Fred Zeigler in Greencastle on a reckless driving charge. Police say Crider, speeding at Orchard Circle Development, lost control andskidded after residents detained him. license plate was noted and police called.
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Kenneth Crider
Greencastle
Justice of the Peace
Fred Zeigler
Crider
Orchard Circle
Montgomery County Considers Tax Installment Plan
Montgomery County officials weighed a plan to allow homeowners to pay property taxes in installments. A county council hearing Tuesday featured I M Lavovitz, chair of the county home federation's finance committee, who endorsed the plan. The report notes a separate unrelated item about Brasilia, Brazil, mentioned as the capital city.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
I. M.lavovitz
County
Lcme Federation
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