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...beagle hound is a friendly, flop-eared little dog with a tail that wags with the furious regularity of a revving propeller. As the "harrier," he was bred in England and Wales at least 600 years ago to hunt small game; today he is equally at home on heath or hearth, looks like a slightly bowlegged, apartment-size (13-15 in. high) foxhound. Last week, as a reward for his amiable ways, the beagle was acclaimed No.1 U.S. purebred dog by the American Kennel Club. With a population of 45,398 registered A.K.C., the beagle nosed the friendly, flop-eared...
...reactor, pilot model of a plant to power the world's first atomic submarine, solved a key problem. The problem: since less than 1% of the world's uranium is fissionable, it might soon be exhausted as a fuel. The Arco reactor not only generated electricity, but "bred" fissionable plutonium from U-235 at the same time, thus making it possible to utilize all of the uranium that can be extracted from the earth's surface for fuel. Said Westinghouse's President Gwilym Price: "The Idaho plant is the 'Kitty Hawk' of the atomic...
...They were selling for 16? a pound a year ago -only 77% of parity. There was some agitation for hog supports then. But Secretary Brannan at that time didn't think supports were feasible . . . What did farmers do when they knew there would be no price supports . . .? You bred 12% fewer sows for spring farrow this year-5% fewer sows for fall farrow. And hog prices bounced back quickly. Some of you sold hogs here in Chicago this week for $24 . . . Doesn't this make a pretty good argument that supply and demand will solve a particular farm...
...British residency, genial British Consul Jimmy Windrum and his Texas-bred wife Lois were busily making arrangements for a dinner dance: Jimmy himself anxiously supervised some electrical repairs made necessary by an ailing generator. Later on, when the royal reception was in full sway, someone unwisely plugged in an electric guitar and the whole works blew again, but nobody seemed to mind in the least...
...banquet-4,200 suckling pigs and 2,100 chickens-the Tongan Prime Minister, Queen Salote's elder son, college-bred Crown Prince Tongi, made a glowing speech of welcome. Then, in high good humor, Elizabeth of Britain and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh settled back to eat the rich fare with their fingers, while wildly gyrating laka laka dancers whirled to the music of nose flutes...