Nationalist Chinese Revive Ancient Carpet Weaving Craft
In Formosa the Nationalist government resurrects Tientsin rug weaving as a major industry. About 90 percent of rugs go to the United States with 200000 square feet produced last year. Apprenticeship lasts two to three years with master weavers earning 50 to 75 dollars monthly.
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Taipei
UPI
Formosa
Tientsin
Asia Minor
Europe
America
Yellow Sea
China
Marco Polo
Chiang Kai-shek
Vocational Assistance Commission For
Chungli
United States
Australia
Canada
Taiwan
Fish Emerge For Research At Cornell University
Ithaca New York researchers at Cornell University are using fish instead of mice to study diseases. A Cornell spokesman notes fish offer a wide anatomical physiological and biochemical range. Dr Clyde I Boyer Jr says fish thrive in polluted water and air environments and a curriculum on fish diseases is being developed. Other researchers study nutritional diseases of horses using five month old tropical fish.
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Ithaca
N.Y
UPI
Cornell University
Cornell
Clyde I. Boyer Jr
Boyer
The
Veterinary College
Tall Girls and Mothers Worry at USC Symposium
Dr. Douglas Frasier of USC says tall girls face social and emotional issues mainly from maternal anxiety about height. He notes mothers fret their daughters won’t find partners or marry, but medical treatment to stop growth isn’t considered unless a girl is projected to reach six feet or taller.
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Long Beach
Calif
University of Southern California
Douglas Frasier
Associ
Ate
Frasier
California faces high unemployment through 1971
A forecast by the California Economic Forecasting Project at UC Berkeley predicts a high unemployment rate through 1971 despite a modest overall expansion of the state's economy.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
California
Institute of Business and Economic Research
University of California
Sweden's population grows via immigrants in 1970
Sweden's population rose to 8 093 000 in 1970 mainly due to immigration. Immigrants numbered 50 000, up from 44 143 in 1969, with most newcomers coming from Finland per the census bureau.
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Stockholm
UPI
Sweden
Swedish Census Bureau
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