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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...appointment "is a further step in the School of Public Health's program to provide students with greater understanding of the administrative principles on which sound public health practice is built," Snyder said...
Oliva Dionne, father of Canada's famed quintuplets, called an unwonted press conference last week in the $60,000 house that his daughters' income built at Corbeil, Ont. "The quints did not come home for Christmas," Papa Dionne announced sadly. "We didn't even receive a card from them. They didn't write; they didn't phone. We have realized for some months that they have been drifting away ... we decided it would be better if we didn't try to camouflage things any longer...
With an eye to the fluid conditions of atomic warfare, the Army last week bought twelve experimental models of the Aerocycle, a one-man flying machine designed to give the infantryman more mobility than he has ever had before. Built by De Lackner Helicopters, Inc., the 200-Ib. Aerocycle is equipped with helicopter blades and powered by a 44-h.p. outboard motor mounted above pontoons which enable the pilot to set his craft down on land or water. The Aerocycle can carry 300 Ibs., has a maximum speed of 65 m.p.h. and a 150-mile range. The infantryman standing...
U.C.L.A.'s WILLIE NAULLS (6 ft. 5 in.) was another impressive surprise. Built like a fullback, he bounced up and down court with inexhaustible energy. His wide variety of shots floated to the baskets with a sure, scoring touch. In the tournament final, while he and his teammates were taking a whipping from the Dons, 70-53, Willie showed enough class to outscore Bill Russell...
...Responsibilities. In 1955 the Government loosened its tight hold on the development of nuclear energy. Encouraged to go it alone, power companies poured $150 million into half a dozen nuclear power plants with up to 250,000 kw. capacity. On the Colorado Plateau alone, the new demand for uranium built the fledgling industry into a $100 million mining complex. Yet for all the expansion and new-found reserves, the uranium deposits uncovered so far, estimated the Atomic Energy Commission, will last the U.S. only until...