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...another regatta on Saturday, the Crimson placed second in the M.I.T. Quadrangulars. M.I.T. won the contest for the Geiger Trophy, while Boston University and Coast Guard placed third and fourth respectively...
...four Crimson sailors, racing together for the first time this season, will defend the Geiger Trophy tomorrow in the annual M.I.T. Quadrangulars. Boston University, Brown, and M.I.T. are each expected to provide a strong challenge...
...around after off-years in 1958 to give the Sox strength at these positions, and the addition of Vic Wertz at first will complete a dangerous infield lineup. In the remaining outfield position between Williams and Jensen, manager Mike Higgins will have the pleasant task of choosing between Gary Geiger, whose spring record was outstanding, Gene Stephens, who needs only a regular job to prove himself one of the most capable outfielders in the league, and another promising younger player, Marty Keough...
Most important were two Geiger tubes, one of them unshielded, the other wrapped in sheet lead about ⅛ in. thick. Devised by Professor James Van Allen of State University of Iowa, they watched the double belt of radiation that bears Van Allen's name. The naked tube reported all radiation that hit it, while the shielded tube reported only radiation strong enough to penetrate its shield. By comparing the tubes' reports with each other, Van Allen hopes to learn more about the character and origin of the radiation belts...
...Gander, Nfld., to check the Boeing 707 jetliner that went into an unscheduled dive-and almost plunged its passengers into the Atlantic (TIME, Feb. 16). They did their job and returned to New York. When the mechanics passed through a gate at Idlewild International Airport, one of the unseen Geiger counters that monitor international travelers chattered an alarm; some of the work clothes they were wearing were radioactive. At the Pan American dispensary, they were decontaminated and pronounced in no danger, but reports of the affair brought Radiation Expert James D. Terrill of the U.S. Public Health Service up from...