Boy Invents Way to Become Unlost
A 17 year old youth scientist Bob Owendoff has devised a sun based shadow tip method to find east west when lost without a compass. Adopted by US Air Force and Army for survival manuals, the plan uses a stake and shadow tips to mark east and west with an average error of about 8 degrees and offers a reliable daytime direction aid.
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Washington
UPD
Air Force
U.S. Army
Bob Owendoff
Robert A. Owendoff
Gundry Drive
Falls Church
Bob
Army
Real estate transfers recorded December 5 1962
A list of deeds filed on December 5 1962 including transfers in Ukiah Covelo and Willits. Name pairs include Ida L Bower to Burnett A Bidwell Martha Powers to John Patterson Kay Mickerson to Powers and others. Several properties described by tracts and volumes with dates ranging November to December 1962.
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Deeds Ida L Bower
Burnett
Bidwel
Martha R Powers
John F Patterson
Kay H Mickerson
Christmas jail suspensions brighten Des Moines
In Des Moines a group of men arrested for intoxication on Christmas Eve had 30 day jail suspensions granted by Municipal Court Judge Ray Harrison. The Salvation Army gave each man a gift package including a pair of socks as they left the courtroom.
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
Ray Harrison
Salvation Army
Boxing Day Observed in Britain With Gift Giving
The day after Christmas in Great Britain is celebrated as Boxing Day when gifts are given to postmen, errand boys and similar workers, Britannica explains.
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United Press International
Great Britain
Britannica
Growth paradox theory linked to nutrition and longevity
A New York article reports DELOS smitTH proposing that a high nutritional plane from birth enhances growth in animals and possibly humans, but may shorten adult life if obesity occurs. He cites experiments suggesting under nutrition extends rat lifespans and notes mysteries in human nutrition and fat metabolism.
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Louis Cassels
Hessie H Keeley
Larry D Slaughter
Ukiah
Adele C Farrell
State of Calif
Lester R Stith
Mendo Co
Mendo Lake Saw
Shirley A Weaver
Craig C Weaver
Charles C Vogels
Leo A Moore
Covelo
Wm J Strain
Anthony A Riches
James B Hyde
Robt A Barclay
George D Reed
Borden
Monte Beli
Appy Holiday Shopping
Stan Mar
Swift
Swanson
Lucca
Turkey
Birdley
Strawberries
SSS Gas
Lees
DNC
Link Sausage
Allsweet Margarine
Dos Rios
Duncan Hines
Angel Food
Ntern
LEGO
del Monte
Philadelphia
Pillsbury
Ballard
Than Swift
Nalley
ATEN
pFee
NPR
Nestle’s
Peanuts Gardner Johnson
South State Street
California
By Delos Smitth
New York
McCuame
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