What Color Eyes Have Potatoes Experts Wonder
Washington officials recount odd queries received by the Agriculture Department information office. The staff handles over a million written questions annually along with thousands of calls and visitors. One humorous query asks what color eyes potatoes have, among other curious inquiries.
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Washington
North Pole
Agriculture Department
Office of Information
Fred I. Zimmerman
Eleanor Clay
Information Office
Hollywood
New Fields Opened By Sound Waves
Cleveland scientist Frank Massa of Massa Laboratories says inaudible sound waves herald a revolution in industry comparable to the steam engine. He cites whisky aging in three hours, washing without moving clothes, destroying bacteria in packaged foods, and medical molecule work, with vast untapped potential in chemistry and industry.
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Cleveland
Frank Massa
Massa Laboratories
Massa
Personal Milestones Inquiry Prompts Reflections
A reader asks about common life events such as visits divorces marriages purchases parties engagements and births to explore social patterns and experiences. The question invites anecdotal responses on life events and personal milestones.
Bulls and rattlesnakes all in day's work
George Roberson, a Kansas Power & Light Co. line walker, explains tactics for subduing a mad bull by yanking its nose ring and for handling rattlesnakes by letting them strike his boot and then cutting the snake in half.
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Hutchins
Kansas Power & Light Co
Roberson
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