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...College decided several months ago to replace the ancient, cage-type lift which presently serves the six-story building. By agreement with the F.S. Payne Company, demolition will begin on Tuesday. Ralph B. Gates, Director of Buildings and Grounds and Operating Services said that he did not know if another company could have done the work at a more convenient time, since the College "did not take competive bids...
...short," says Outfielder Reichardt, a 23-year-old Wisconsin lad who signed a $200,000 contract with the Los Angeles Angels in 1964-thereby making him the most beautiful bonus baby of all time. Rick's first act as a pro was to step into the batting cage at Chavez Ravine and belt a ball straight over the 410-ft. sign in dead centerfield...
...determine the ideal breeding conditions. Ross is making 73 shrews reproduce under various controlled laboratory conditions -- different types of cages, different numbers of animals per cage, different lighting. The experiments, stared in March, will begin to bear fruit in mid May when the shrews' gestation period ends. But Ross believes it will take about a year to determine a solution to the mass-breeding question...
Gabo's sculptures are frequently made from translucent plastic, phosphor bronze or glass; the shape is usually a swooping arc, strung with taut wire or string, like a harp, that forms a delicate open-sided cage for space. Their construction has been likened to architecture, their humming strings to music, their balance to mathematics...
...gerbils need to be happy is an 8-in. by 21 -in. cage carpeted with shavings and provided with a few means of entertainment. They are also indefatigably curious, run to explore any new object that is presented them. Loving and monogamous, they are happiest when paired. Their gestation period is 24 days, and under ideal conditions they will produce an average litter of four once a month during their four-year life span...