Tell Me Why Uranium Facts From The Atomic Age
A reader contest winner is Kelly Holstein of Woodford Va. The article explains uranium as a heavy radioactive metal with fissionable atoms and potential for nuclear power and weapons. It notes ore origins in Congo Canada East Germany Czechoslovakia and the western United States and describes energy production via reactors and steam turbines.
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Kelly Holstein
Woodford
Congo
Canada
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
United States
Wife and Barber Exchange Birthday Wish and Teen Strife
A wife asks for a homemade gift for her birthday and jokes about money as the gift. The barber calls the last customer, while a long haired teen hides from his father, claiming the barber is the last place he would be found.
Two Color Bike Paint Choices From Four Colors
A puzzle item notes Billy has four paint colors and wants to choose two for his bike. The article hints at a combinatorial answer to the two color combinations. Tomorrow’s paper promises the solution and credits a young reader from Ohio.
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Billy
Hong Kong Plans Asia's Tallest Skyscraper on Waterfront
Hong Kong will host Southeast Asia’s tallest building on the island waterfront. The 50 story tower will rise about 600 feet on 53,000 square feet of reclaimed land. Hong Kong Land and Investment Agency paid $43 million for the site, over $800 per square foot, with completion set in three years.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Southeast Asia
Donald Clarke
Government Lands and Survey Office
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Land and Investment Agency
U.S
Airlines Payrolls Triple in a Decade
Washington reports U.S. airlines paid out 3.3 billion dollars last year, more than triple the 1950 total and about ten times the 1940 figure. The average salary reached 10 652 dollars, up over sixty percent from a decade prior.
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Washington
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