Celestial Sharpshooting Aims at Encke's Comet
Astronomers from 33 nations endorse sending a space probe through Encke s comet head to image its core and sample frozen matter. The plan seeks to reveal comet composition and origin with a camera and instruments, while noting the head s 60 000 mile width and a core about a mile across.
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Encke
Earth
International Astronomical Union
Pol Swings
Liege
Belgium
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chicago
Gerard Kuiper
University of Arizona
Gerhardt Herzberg
Ottawa
Canada
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Harvard University
White workers sue over race based seniority in Richmond
In U S District Court in Richmond two white employees C W Beck and A W Smith sue Railway Express Agency of Virginia and related entities claiming discrimination in favor of Black workers on the seniority roster and seeking injunctions to stop the practice. The suit also alleges equal protection violations and names the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks as a defendant.
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Richmond
U.S. District Court
Railway Express Agency of
Virginia
C. W. Beck
A. W. Smith
The
Railway Express Agency of Virginia Inc
Railway Express Agency Inc. of
Delaware
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Express Agency
Castro Seeks Prison Terms for 74 Opposition Suspects
In Havana the Cuban government seeks 10 to 30 year sentences for 74 defendants including two Roman Catholic priests and several students. Prosecution in Santiago asks 20 years for priests Reinerio Lebroc Martinez and Jose Luis Rojo Seijas and 30 years for student leader Alberto Muller, alleging acts against Castro influenced by the Church and the CIA.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Santiago
Reinerio Lebroc Martinez
Jose Luis Rojo Seijas
Alberto Muller
Castro
Church
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Limit Urged In Size of X-Ray Beams
Dr. D. W. Moeller of Taft Center urged cutting X-ray beam size by about two thirds to maintain treatment quality. He described using a cone and an aluminum sheet filter to block weak rays that would otherwise be absorbed by patients at Caltech on Tuesday.
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Pasadena
Calif
D. W. Moeller
Taft Sanitary Engineering Center
Cincinnati
Caltech
Jefferson Medical College Enrolls First Women
Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia enrolls eight women among 175 freshmen, the first coed class in its 137 year history. The school, long all male, marks a historic shift as the last all male medical school to admit women at the undergraduate level.
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Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College
Jefferson
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