Air Colonel May Be Space Guinea Pig
Air Colonel Ernest A. Pinson, a nuclear physics expert and Sandia Base official, volunteers for life risk tests on space safety tech and night vision. His career spans WWII air tests, oxygen mask development, tritium exposure studies, and later roles at Los Alamos and Cambridge. The piece also notes a historic Faro game and Hawaii dust rate findings.
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Albuquerque
Ins
Mai
New Mexico
Ernest A. Pinson
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Field Command
Sandia Base
Pinson
Col. Pinson
Air Force Civil Service
Aero Medical Research
Air Material Center
Wright Field
Dayton
Army Air Corps
University of California
Air Force Fields Office For Atomic Energy
Firtland Apb
Os Alamos Scientific Laboratories
Radiobiology Laboratory
Atomic Warfare Directorate
Air Force Research Center
Cambridge
Mays
Experiment With Lights On Plants Lappock Tex
Electric lighting may keep plants awake 24 hours a day enabling faster growth. Dr Edward W Kauckas at Texas Tech University found photo periodic response to long daylight hours in brook seedlings. Research also at Cornell and Rutgers.
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Lappock
Tex
Upl
Texas Tech University
Edward W. @ukauckas
Tech
Zu Jeauckes
Cornell University
Rutgers University
Old Fashioned Jury Wheel Still Used in Franklin County
Franklin County still relies on an old eight sided walnut jury wheel to select county court jurors. At the start of each court session the wheel is spun and the sheriff breaks wax seals to draw the required number of name cards before resealing for the next session.
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Champersburg
Franklin County
Post Sputnik Era Calm Urged In School Teaching
Boulder Colorado educator Hurl B R Douglass of Colorado University urges parents to investigate how young sisters are taught in local schools. He cautions against sensationalism and propaganda and recommends consulting with superintendents principals and boards of education before reacting.
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Boulder
Colo
UPIN
Hurl BR. Douglass
College of Education
Colorado University
Boards OF Education
Medicines Spend in U S Tops Billions Yearly
The article notes U S medicine use totals annual expenditures of about 2 billion dollars. It cites vitamin preparations valued at 227.8 million dollars yearly, 39 million aspirin tablets consumed daily, and 389 million prescriptions purchased for 956.7 million dollars per year.
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U.S
Canada Visitors Boost Ottawa Long-stay Permits Peak
Canada long-stay automobile entries into Ottawa reached an all-time high in 1957 with 2 555 074 motorists awarded vehicle permits to stay 48 hours or more. This marked a 30 081 rise over 1955 and a 70 360 gain from 1956.
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Canada
Ottawa
Troy Girl Kathleen Sheeran 9 Dies After Bicycle Crash
Kathleen Sheeran nine year old daughter of Vincent and Regina Sheeran of 51g Pawling Ave Troy died at St Marys Hospital from injuries in a bicycle accident near her home. Coroner Anthony Matera ruled accidental death. She was born August 29, 1948 and attended Sacred Heart Michael and Sacred Heart Church. Survivors include her parents two sisters Anne and Teresa two brothers Michael and Vincent and grandmothers Mrs Anna Sheeran and Mrs Rita Dooley. Funeral arrangements set for tomorrow at 9 am from Styles Sons Funeral Home and 3:30 pm at Sacred Heart Church with Solemn Requiem Mass. Interment in St Marys Cemetery.
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Kathleen Sheeran
Vincent D. Sheeran
Pawling Ave
St. Mary's Hospital
Anthony BE. Matera
Kathleen
Katie
Tita Dooley
Watervliet
T. J. Sheeran Printing. Co
Sacred Heart
Dumont
Record
Thomas J. Sheeran
Troy Record
Styles Sons Funeral
4Th St
Sacred Heart Church
Theater record sets nine performances in five cities
The Turkish State Theater staged nine performances in five cities on the same night. Five shows occurred in Ankara theaters, with additional presentations in Istanbul, Adana, Bursa, and another city. A separate note identifies diabetes as a leading cause of death for women, surpassing heart disease.
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Ankara
Istanbul
Jani
Adana
Bursa
Safety booklet promotes rocket hobby safety
A new booklet titled Safety for Rocket Hobbyists warns amateur rocketeers about dangers in rocketry. It advises seeking adult sponsorship, reporting plans to local fire officials, and following cautious practices. Atlantic Research Corp issued the 40 page 16 illustration manual after reviews by scientists engineers and safety officials.
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Washington
America
Armed Services
Gov- Ceamcnt
Atlantic Research Corp
Alexandria
Ruard
Atrensic Research
Soe Cal
National Bureau of Standards
Fybre Cafershaly
Army officer featured in amateur rocketry booklet offer
A United States Army officer active in amateur rocketry is mentioned alongside a public service offer. The text notes that Washington received 37,800,000 tons of iron ore during the year, an increase of 11 percent over the previous record set in 1956, marking the 11th consecutive year of new import records.
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Washington
United States
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University of Hawaii
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