Flagship Heads Home to Retire
The heavy cruiser US Salem, flagship of the 6th Fleet for almost eight years, sails home to Norfolk for retirement. Her relief, USS Des Moines, has taken over as fleet flagship. Commissioned 1949, the 21 000 ton Salem served from Gibraltar to Istanbul and evacuated Americans during the Suez Crisis.
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Salem
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
U.S.S. Des Moines
Norfolk
Francis T. Williamson
Tiverton
Gibraltar
Istanbul
Egypt
Suez
Massachusetts
Navy
VA Survey Predicts Glaucoma
One in every 19 men over 50 may face possible blindness from glaucoma a VA survey indicates. Dr Jacques Landesberg chief ophthalmologist at the VA hospital in Brooklyn explains glaucoma as a condition where pressure builds inside the eye leading to progressive blindness and optic nerve destruction.
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Science Service
Washington
Veterans Administration
Jacques Landesberg
Brooklyn
Red Cross Adjusts Office Hours in Winchester Chapter
The Winchester Frederick County Red Cross chapter reports revised hours due to volunteer staffing. The office will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from now until further notice, per Chairman Randolph Larrick.
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Red Cross
Randolph Larrick
Winchester - Frederick County
How Birds Sit on Power Wires Explained
A bird perched on a single wire does not complete a circuit, so no significant current flows through its body. Straddling two wires or touching ground would create a path for current and electrocute the bird.
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D. W
Daily Across and Down Clue Puzzle Answers
A crossword style list with clues and numbers across and down for a word fill. Includes definitions for killer whale dollars Eve’s garden and other entries like extinct bird rubber tree and Italian poet among others.
Crossword clues in a Saturday puzzle
The page shows a crossword with numbered clues across 5 to 43 including Father 6 Builde 7 Ice cream drink 8 Hebrew measure 9 Beach in material 10 Affix 13 Resentful begrudging 16 Manner of walking 19 Lofty mountain 20 Edible root stock NZ 22 A cool 23 Cordage tree PI 24 Station abbr 26 Pupil 27 By oneself 30 Remaining 33 Pillage 34 Shape 35 Celebes Ox 36 Sacred image 37 Conceal 38 Quarrel 39 King Sp 43 The Old Eng
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Quarrel
King (Sp
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