Tornado Forecast Center Seeks Better Warnings and Tools
The Storm Forecast Center in Kansas City operates radar, teletype data, and a 250 mile screening radar to predict tornadoes. Forecasters expect a computer to cut analysis time from hours to minutes though final judgment remains with experienced meteorologists. Early warnings and shelter guidance aim to reduce deaths as in Udall and Ruskin Heights cases.
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Kansas City
Great Plains
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Arkansas
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Udall
Kan
Ruskin Heights
Cor
Boy Convicted Of Forging 3 Checks In Norfolk
A 12 year old Norfolk boy, acting as a father figure at home, was convicted of forging three $100 checks and passing two. He said the money funded new outfits for himself and his five year old sister and a week with an aunt in New York. Judge Edwin A. Henry warned him that lawful use of his brain could yield success or jail if he continues crime. A probation officer described a troubled family, father in and out of veterans hospitals and mother on probation for neglect.
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Norfolk
State Department of Welfare and Institutions
New York
Edwin A. Henry
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Henry
Veterans Hospitals
Prince George Seeks Dismissal Of Integration Suit
The Prince George County school board asked a federal court to throw out a Justice Department suit seeking the admission of Negro children from Ft. Lee to white county schools. The government cites 117 Negro school-age children at Ft. Lee and lack of facilities, while the county argues no material facts remain in dispute. The case, the first integration suit by the Justice Department in Prince George, has participated in other cases as co plaintiff or friend of the court.
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Richmond
Prince George County
Ft. Lee
Richmond Federal District Court
Justice Department
Prince George
Military Post
Petersburg
Justice
Sterlization of Mooncraft May Be Ended
Robert J. Parks of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory states that intense ultraviolet radiation on the moon’s surface would kill any microorganisms carried from Earth, suggesting lunar sterilization may end.
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Robert J. Parks
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Space Agency
Moon
Earth
Gary Defends Post Office Budget Cut
Rep J Vaughan Gary chairing the House Appropriations subcommittee backs a 92 million dollar cut in postal funds starting July 1 He warned the House the Post Office Department can paint a bleak picture when funds are reduced and denied accusations of ruining foreign aid programs or wrecking efforts.
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Washington
J. Vaughan Gary
Pres
House
Post Office Department
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