Famous Hand Showcases Bidding Chaos In World Match
In the 1963 Italy U S world championship match a North South bidding misfired under the Neapolitan Club system. North responded to South’s two diamonds with a series of cue bids that drove toward a grand slam, yielding 1510 points for the Italian pair. The American table erred similarly, misreading slam prospects and missing the chance to force a grand slam opportunity.
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Iowa engineer coats rubber to curb blood clotting
A University of Iowa chemical engineer and surgery professor report a coating method for silicone rubber that resists blood clotting, using an elastomer plus graphite or anion exchange resin to bond heparin directly to the surface. The approach aims to enable future artificial organs and addresses energy needs for implantable devices.
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Iowa City
University of Iown
Sennen Uy
Richar Lawton
U of I College of Medicine
Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital
Karl Kammermeyer
Department of
Chemical Engineering
National Institute of Health
Aand
V.A
U of I Medical Center
University of Iowa Veterans Administration
Lawton
U of I Veterans Administration Medical Center
U of I
Illinois keeps its corn title
Iowa farmers produced an estimated 922,768,000 bushels of corn in 1969, ranking Iowa behind Illinois as the corn growing state. Illinois produced 956,774,000 bushels this year, with Iowa’s 1969 total 912,? million in the prior year.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Iowa Farmers Set Records on Corn and Soybean Yields
Iowa reports a corn yield of 98 bushels per acre, five above the prior mark, with total corn production near record levels and soybean yield at 33 bushels per acre, a new high. The corn crop strained storage and drying facilities as railcar shortages forced ground piling. Harvest nearly finished statewide by early December after favorable mid July conditions and a late killing frost on October 14.
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Des Moines
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