What is a solar cycle
A solar cycle is a periodic rise and fall of the sun’s radiation, among millions of variable stars in the Milky Way. Fluctuations are small, usually under 2 percent. A major cycle of about 273 months has been found by the Smithsonian Institution's Astrophysical Observatory, containing more than 60 subordinate cycles tied to Earth conditions and weather patterns.
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Milky Way
Smithsonian Institution
Astrophysical Observatory
Miss Murnan Dies At Sacred Heart Burial
Miss Mary Alice Murnan 69 lifelong city resident died yesterday at Pifer Nursing Home after a long illness born October 14 1886 to John and Alice Murnan she survived by a brother J T Murnan New York City a sister Nannie Murnan and three great nephews Funeral at 11 am Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church officiated by Father Robert O Hickman and Father Julius Cilinski pallbearers listed interment Sacred Heart Cemetery Rosary at Jones Funeral Home tonight at 8.
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Mary
Mamie) Alice Murnan
Pifer Nursing Home
John and
Alice Spence Murnan
Miss Murnan
John Kerr High School
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Ladies’ Sodality
J. T. Murnan
New York City
Nannie Murnan
City
Bernard Groves
Thomas Groves
United States Navy
California
Charles Fentner, Jr
Chapel Hill
N. C
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Transformer Burns In Berryville
Berryville fire crews responded to a transformer fire on a railroad pole near the Moore and Dorsey packing house. A burned power line lay across the packing shed roof but the line was on the ground when crews arrived. No damage beyond the wire and transformer, both owned by Northern Virginia Power, and the cause was not known.
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Berryville
John Enders Fire Company
Norfolk and Western
Moore and Dorsey Packing House
Berryville Lumber Company
Northern Virginia Power Company
Police Court Judgments From Winchester and Nearby Areas
William Everhart of Winchester was fined $15.75 plus six months and costs of $1.25 for vagrancy while intoxicated. Phillip Ross Armel of Berryville faced reckless driving with a $14.25 fine. Paul S. Barman on National Ave was fined $15.25 for drunkenness. Carolin Westford Brumback of Marlboro Rt was cited for unnecessary noise.
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William Everhart
Winchester
Phillip Ross Armel
Berryville
Rt. 1
Paul S. Barman
National Ave
Carolin Westford Brumback
Marlboro Rt
Truant boys held in fatal shooting of widow at Marietta dump
Ernest Eros and David Hollard aged 10 and 11, both Marietta youths, are held in the fatal shooting of 72 year old Sophia Geren near the Marietta dump. Prosecutor Metcalf says they took a rifle from Louis Eros, looted cabins, and fled after the crime. The gun was recovered. boy Louis collapsed later and was hospitalized. They will be sent to the Juvenile Diagnostic Center in Columbus for examination.
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Marietta, O
Marietta
Randall Metcalf
Washington
Ernest Eros
David Leroy Hollard
Sophia Geren
Metcalf
Eros
Louis
Geren
Louis Eros
Dean Elis
Ellis
Columbus
Local Notices Record Evading Police Speeders and Drunken Offense
The notice lists Onza Eugene Hyatt at 327 WN Braddock St. fined $14.25 for speeding. George Clifford Kerns of Rt. 1 fined $14.25 for speeding. Jesse Simmons at a labor camp fined $9.75 for drunkenness.
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Onza Eugene Hyatt
Braddock St
George Clifford Kerns
Rt. 1
Jesse Simmons
Five Industrial Buildings Burn in Cumberland Rhode Island
Five large industrial buildings along the Blackstone River were destroyed by a blaze that raged all night. Officials estimate losses around five million dollars with about 600 workers evacuated unharmed and one firefighter hospitalized. Occupants included Royal Electric Co, Owens Corning Fibreglass Corp storage, Atlantic Wool Combing, and Allen Wool Waste. The fire drew crews from northern Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Authorities consider spontaneous combustion in flood debris as a possible cause.
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Royal Electric Co
Owens Corning Fibreglass Corp
Atlantic Wool Combing Co
Allen Wool Waste Co
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Note to reach four physicians in an emergency
A brief directive instructs calling 3670 to reach four physicians in an emergency, indicating a designated emergency contact line or on-call rota for rapid medical consultation. The fragment implies a policy or procedure for urgent medical response.
Negro Farmhand Escapes After Wounding Officer
Police nationwide sought a husky Negro farmhand and a two toned blue car after he wounded Nottoway County deputy sheriff Frank D. Sheppard during a warrant attempt on Otto Bradshaw two miles east of Crewe. The deputy, 40, was shot four times in the chest and side.
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Crewe
Virginia
Nottoway County
Frank D. Sheppard
Otto Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Farmville deputy shoots at fleeing suspect during car chase
Shepard was operated on and listed in satisfactory condition after a deputy fired his .38 service revolver in a pursuit of Bradshaw who fled in a car with an automatic rifle. The deputy staggered to a dirt road as Bradshaw disappeared and the revolver was found in a corn field. Sheriff Ellett noted Bradshaw’s prior misdemeanor arrests. Radio stations in Farmville...
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Shepard
Southside Community Hospital
Farmville
Bradshaw
Shepa'd
Blood donor appeal aids wounded deputy
Crewe and Blackstone broadcast appeals yesterday for blood donations for the wounded deputy. Several hundred persons offered their blood and by late last night four pints had been given.
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Crewe
Blackstone
Sev
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Mary Lane
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Transformer
Cain
Corderella
Ribbonine
Leggett
W. Boscawen St
Episcopal Church
Cumberland, R. I
Blackstone River
Nottoway
E. C. Ellett Jr
Old Bethel Methodist Church
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Old—Strong Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
BUICK
Sey
Riviera
Srinule Fe Pet Genest
H. W. Ebert
NIL Winchester’s Shopping
Loudoun ST
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