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...Ottawa and Washington last week, lawmakers studied a proposed Canada-U.S. agreement for joint action against the lamprey. If the agreement is ratified, as expected, the two nations will invest nearly $3,000,000 (69% by the U.S., 31% by Canada) to erect lamprey-killing fences on all the spawning streams flowing to the Great Lakes. It couldn't happen to a nastier beastie...
Died. Hannes Schneider, 64, Austrian-born, internationally famed skimeister regarded as "the father of modern skiing" for his development of the "Arlberg Method" of crouching and swinging instead of standing erect on the downhill run; of a heart ailment; in North Conway, N.H. Schneider taught kings, princes and American millionaires at his ski school at St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria, came to North Conway to found a school in 1939 after a brief imprisonment by the Nazis...
...Britton chimps normally walked on all fours, standing upright only when excited or when they wanted to look around. But they could be made to stand upright for as much as eight hours by being put on a tilting table. The erect posture caused a greater flow of blood to the brain. Dr. Britton believes that when man's apelike, allfours ancestors started to walk on their hind legs, their brains grew bigger...
...greatest mind of the 14th century." Once he had the dubious honor of being named No. 1 in a U.S. "hall of fame" by Rabble-Rouser Gerald L. K. Smith. In Europe McCormick was almost as well known as Senator McCarthy. But midst the crossfire, the Colonel, erect (6 ft. 4 in., 200 lbs.) and proud, had a simple way of summarizing his rank and station: "I'm the publisher of the World's Greatest Newspaper...
...imposing (6 ft. 3½ in.) frame still erect at 84, Speculator Baruch sat down to testify as the last committee witness. It was plain, as he delivered a clear and witty explanation of how the market functions, that he should have been the first witness. "At the outset." said he, "let me emphasize that no one knows whether stocks are too high today." because the market's rise or fall depends on such unpredictables as economic conditions, politics, international affairs, emotions-even the weather. "Largely because of the crash of 1929, the impression has built up that...