Air Pressure Changes Yield New Way to Detect Quakes
Air pressure shifts in the atmosphere may reveal earthquakes and other events at long distances. Researchers used microbarographs to detect minute infrasound signals from distant quakes like the 1959 Yellowstone event, showing ground motion can create measurable air pressure waves. Tornadoes in Texas Oklahoma and Kansas also sent pressure waves to Washington, though weaker than quake signals.
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San Francisco
Pirst
Yellowstone
Montana
Bureau of Standards
Washington
D.C
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wheat Program for 1961 to Stay Essentially Unchanged
Frederick County agricultural officials say the 1961 wheat program remains largely unchanged from recent years. Highlights include marketing quotas with penalties for excess, a minimum $1.78 per bushel price support, 55 million acre national acreage allotment, and loan and purchase options from harvest through January 1962. The 1960-61 U S wheat supply is estimated at a record 2.682 billion bushels.
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Robert K. Stickley
Frederick County
U. S
U. S. Department of Agriculture
ASC
Interstate Jobs Advertised For Bids
RICHMOND AP Projects on two interstate highways were among 11 construction and improvement bids solicited by the State Highway Department yesterday. Two jobs on Interstate 413 the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County involve 1.7 miles of grading and draining plus two bridge constructions. The other project on Interstate 81 in Smith County calls for seven bridges on the west Marion bypass. Lamar Tech College of Beaumont Texas has won six straight NAIA tennis titles and three NAIA golf crowns.
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State Highway Department
Capital Beltway
Fairfax County
Smith County
Marion
Lamar Tech College of
Beaumont
Tex
Thompson Falls minister marks 50 years in ministry
Rev Olah Moore, named Montana woman of the year in 1958, observes her half century in the ministry with anniversary dinners at Community Congregational Church in Trout Creek and Thompson Falls. She began preaching as a child and gave her first formal sermon at 19. Despite early discouragement, two minister brothers supported her career across multiple states and denominations.
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Montina
Olah Moore
Montana
Trout Creek
Moore
West Virginia
Council of Religious Education
Plains
St. Louis
Joplin
Arkansas
South Dakota
Kennedy Camp Applauds Javits Assist Ahead of Nixon Debate
U.S. Sen. Javits of New York conceded that world prestige has declined, a view Kennedy aides embrace as a campaign asset. Javits supported Kennedy’s point that U.S. influence has waned amid Soviet gains and crises including U2 flights and Congo developments.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Jacob K. Javits
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Javits
Republican Party
Kennedy
Nixon
Sen. Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
Congo
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Catholic population in United States grows to 40 871 302
New York report shows Catholics in the United States and families of military and diplomatic personnel overseas total 40 871 302, up 1 365 827 from last year and 13 million over ten years. Ordained priests number 53 796 with 10 473 brothers and 168 527 sisters.
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New York
United States
Num
Circulation Rise and Sports Notes From 1959
Catholic newspaper and magazine circulation in the United States reached 25,932,641 in 1959, up over 1 percent from 1958. Pirates coach Mickey Vernon was placed on the active list for September and retired as a player after the season. NIU’s Alan Eck caught five TD passes for 108 yards in the opener against North Central.
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New York
United States
Mickey Vernon
Pittsburgh Pirates
Alan Eck
Northern Ilinois University
NIU
North Central
Crossword clues from yesterday page
A compact puzzle item listing crossword hints including 39 Biblical 40 Capable 43 Male cat 45 Hospital abbr.
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Yeosterday
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