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Bright Core. There are other unusual features of 0237-23. The spectra of most quasars show the presence of only lighter elements, such as hydrogen, helium and silicon. The spectrum of 0237-23 shows that the expanding gas shells contain titanium and probably chromium, nickel, cobalt and iron-heavy elements never before detected in quasars...
...days ago, faced with a possible halt in production of the copper and cobalt that account for 50% of his country's revenues, Mobutu swallowed his slogans, signed an agreement for continued operation of the mines with Sociètè Gènèrale des Minèrals (called S.G.M.), a Union Minière affiliate. "This is not a betrayal," he avowed on TV last week. Nevertheless, Congolese students drummed up discontent, and one leading businessman wired Mobutu: "We have undressed Peter to dress Paul...
...Omaha. There was a total of 64 cases, with 30 deaths. The stricken Americans were not such heavy hoisters as the Canadians, but they did average a six-pack a day. Quebec's Dr. Morin Hew to Omaha. Sure enough, a check with a local brewery turned up cobalt. It was eliminated and so was the disease...
Unclear Process. In reporting en the two outbreaks before the New York Academy of Sciences last week, Dr. Morin and Dr. James Sullivan of Oma ha's Creighton University still hesitated to blame cobalt absolutely. The heart-muscle damage was indeed characteristic of the poisoning effects of cobalt buildup. But none of the victims had actually consumed enough cobalt to poison a normal person. The doctors theorized that the patients' alcoholic habits had in some way lessened their systems' ability to handle the added chemical...
...works. A "good beer drinker" himself, Dr. Sullivan pointed out that not a single case was reported among any brewery employees, although they are allowed to wet their whistles while they work. In recent months, Dr. Sullivan has been trying to induce the disease in rats by feeding them cobalt-laced beer. Unfortunately, he reports, "our beer-drinking rats are the fattest, happiest rats around...