Experiments Offer Life in Space Insight From Isolation Study
Dr. Woodburn Heron of McGill University reported at a Harvard symposium on 60 college men isolated in a soundproof cube with goggles and restricted touch. Results showed decline in intellectual function during isolation, vision and size-constancy issues, and lingering neurological effects for hours after.
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Boston
Woodburn Heron
Montreal
McGill University
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Heron
Wolfe Receives Herd Name Brook Hill for Holstein Herd
Haven M. Wolfe of Frederick County is granted exclusive use of the herd name Brook Hill for his registered Holstein Friesian cattle. The Holstein Friesian Association of America will record the prefix, as part of a 1957 program reserving over 1050 prefixes for breeders.
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Haven M. Wolfe
Frederick County
Fish farming in rice fields across Asia for centuries
Fish farming has been carried on for centuries in rice growing countries such as Indonesia, Japan, and Vietnam where up to 80 percent of rice fields are stocked with carp and other fish. The shallow water over paddies yields about 45 to 135 pounds of fish per acre in a 3 month period.
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Indonesia
Japan
Viet Nam
Garcia defines new chemise style as “a sack full of goodies”
In a National Press Club speech, President Carlos P. Garcia of the Philippines described the new chemise style in feminine fashion as a five word definition “a sack full of goodies.”
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Washington
Carlos P. Garcia
National Press Club
Hagerty Vacationed Free At Ponte Vedra Club
President Eisenhower press secretary James C. Hagerty and his wife vacationed five days at the Ponte Vedra Club near Jacksonville Beach in 1957 with free golf lessons lodgings and meals totaling 260.97. Club officials said guests do not receive bills and Hagerty later said he paid for the golf lessons but the club would not allow it.
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Tampa
Fayetteville Talkathon Wins Rewarding Marathon Record
Raymond White, 36, ended a 90 hour talking marathon in Fayetteville at 6 am. Edward Joyner, 38, halted after 85 hours 35 minutes. Carolyn Shearin, 16, began a new talkathon bid while Alice Wethington, 23, finished 72 hours and three minutes in Durham. Contestants may take five-minute breaks every two hours and may discuss any topic except sex religion communism or controversy.
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Fayetteville, NC
Raymond White
Fayetteville
Edward Joyner
Carolyn Shearin
Public Information Consultants Named By Rights Commission
Two consultants, including a Negro, were named to handle public information for the Civil Rights Commission. Thomas W. Young of Guide Publishing Co. in Norfolk and Malcolm E. Oliver, ex-International News Service reporter, were named by staff director Gordon M. Tiffany. Their exact titles and salaries will be set when the commission is organized in July, with per day pay for days worked initially.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Thomas W. Young
Guide Publishing Co
Norfolk
Malcolm E. Oliver
International News Service
Gordon M. Tiffany
State Income Tax Collections Lag Behind Virginia Budget
Virginia Comptroller Sidney Day said individual income tax receipts through May are below last year and are well behind the $63 million budgeted for the year ending June 30. If June receipts stay weak, the state may still reach the target, but June 1957 performance was notably stronger.
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Richmond
Sidney C. Day
Virginia
Homemaking teachers to attend state conference in Petersburg
Mrs. N. C. Gilmore, vocational homemaking instructor at Johnson Williams High School, will attend the State conference for homemaking teachers at Petersburg the week of June 23. She will conduct summer classes July 8 and 10 with student sessions 8 am to noon and adult sessions 1 to 4 pm. A homemaker clinic for students, out of school youth and adults will be August 2 and 4 at the school with help offered on homemaking problems.
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Berryville
N. C. Gilmore
Johnson-Williams High School
Petersburg
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