Vespucci handwriting found in ancient geography text
Researchers report marginal notes in a Strabo geography volume possibly penned by Amerigo Vespucci around 1490s while he studied in Florence. The parchment, housed at Claremont Colleges, shows script matching Vespucci documents, with corroborating lines by his uncle Giorgio Vespucci.
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Amerigo Vespucci
Watlan
America
Neles
Ted
Verica
Vespucci
Giorgio Antonia Vespucci
Ave
Giorgio Vespucci
San Marco
Florence
Amprigo
North
South America
Seville
Cadiz
Spain
Portugal
Strabo
Earth
Sprague Memorial
Claremont Colleges
Corti
Espucci
Amerigo
Center For
Kuhner
Check on your knowledge of U S Presidents
A fragmented quiz by Joe Wing for AP News. It asks ten questions about U S presidents, including who wore shoe size 13, each president’s succession by election or unanimous vote, and which school produced the most presidents. It also cites answers for several items and notes about inaugurations, terms, and notable figures.
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Joe Wing
Wilson
Franklin
Roosevelt
Today in History Highlight for May 29 1976
May 29 1976 marks key events such as the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and Rhode Island joining the U S in 1790. Other notes include Wisconsin’s statehood in 1848 and a NATO-era address by President Ford a year prior. The column also lists birthdays and a Bicentennial footnote referencing French West Indies trade.
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Constantinople
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
John Kennedy
Brookline
Mass
Attu Inne Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Israel
Syria
Golan Heights
Hue
Massachusetts
Nantucket
U.S. Coast Guard
Ford
NATO
Brussels
Belgium
America
Atlantic Alliance
Daeneer
Peart Lang
Comedienne
Beatrice Lilles
la Bruyere
Charlestor
D.C
French West Indies
Indians Offer to Buy Back Manhattan Island
The White Earth Reservation tribal council of Minnesota unanimously approved a resolution to enter regulations with New York officials to buy back Manhattan Island on behalf of American Indians. The offer would be 74 683.40 dollars paid in ornamental beads.
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Aninneapolis
Tne
White Earth
Minsesota
New York
Manhattan Island
Scientists to Seek Loch Ness Monster in Scotland Voyage
A five member team from the Academy of Applied Science plans a Loch Ness expedition using high speed photography and sonar. Led by MIT emeritus professor Harold Edgerton, the group will deploy shore powered cameras and 90 foot depth gear to capture underwater life rumors. Sonar work by EG&G and Klein Associates aims to locate skeletal remains and confirm a monster presence in the Scottish lake.
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Boston
Pew
Scotland
Loch Ness
Academy of Applied Science
Harold E. Edgerton
Edgerton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New England Aquarium
MIT
George C. Newton Jr
Harrow
Lake Lake
Sharia Wyckell
Applied Photo Scieoce, Inc
Needham
Jake
Wyckall
Eg&g, Inc
Wellesley
Klein Associates
Salem, N.H
Brookings study warns against streamlining federal bureaucracy
Brookings Institution finds that efforts to shrink government could cause harm as the federal bureaucracy expanded under Nixon and grew further in 1973. Despite pledges by Ford Reagan and Carter era candidates to streamline, researchers note many agencies persist once created, often protected by politics and clientele.
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Washington
Brookings Institute
Richard Nixon
Kaufman
Nixon
Brookings Institution
Rautman
Color schemes reveal apartment dwellers personalities
Des Moines AP reports psychologists link color choices in apartment decor to personality types. Blue indicates calm or upheaval, red signals excitement, white suggests cold sterility or aloof superiority, green shows stubborn tenacity, yellow reflects optimism, purple hints at fantasy, and brown denotes comfort and sociability.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Tony Lime
Dave Jordan
Apartment Life Magazine
Sue
Allen
Jordan
Norway to Strengthen Pollution Defenses Along Coast
Oslo reports Norway will boost a 20 million dollar program to combat North Sea oil pollution. It plans six new depots and enlargement of six existing ones, with four stations north of the 2nd parallel. Offshore exploration north of that line is banned until summer 1978. Companies drilling on the Continental Shelf must set up and operate two oceangoing vessels for pollution control.
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Oslo
Norway
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