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...protein, is the toughest problem; no protein has yet been synthesized, even in the laboratory. Rosin admits that for a while the chemistic society may have to make a deal with a low kind of plant, the algae, which can turn out acceptable protein in enormous quantity: 44,000 Ibs. an acre, at a cost for raw materials of less than 1? a Ib. Soybeans produce only 336 Ibs. of protein an acre...
...Chile, Helen Keller, 72, on a two-month Latin American lecture tour, was marooned for three days in the resort city of Chillan by a storm which took ten lives. A Chilean air-force plane, ordered to the scene by President Carlos Ibáñez, came to the rescue...
...radar and other electronic equipment, poly did not even reach the civilian market until war's end. Until recently, all poly produced in the U.S. was allocated by the Government, and it has been selling on the grey market at twice the regular price of 44-49? a Ib...
...conduct was sportsmanlike enough last week, but the illegal holds were plentiful as the competitors tried to remember not to trip, tackle and grip with their legs. The high spot of the meet: the 147-Ib. match between former Intercollegiate Champ Walter Romanowski, now an assistant coach at Purdue, and Safi Taha, of Atlanta, who competed for his native Lebanon in the 1952 Olympics. Taha quickly ran through five elimination matches, scoring falls in all. But Romanowski, who had picked up a few Greco-Roman pointers, countered Taha's every move expertly, finally pinned his man in seven minutes...
...Champion. Later, the Korean war drove natural rubber sky-high (peak: 75? a Ib.), and forced most of the Government plants back into production. Research was also stepped up, financed by the Government and carried out by the private operators of the plants (tiremakers, oil and chemical companies). As a result, more than half the shoes made last year were soled with synthetic rubber. Even the once-scorned "general purpose" synthetic (GR-S), which in tires once lasted for barely 5,000 miles, is now made mostly by the low-temperature process that turns out hard-wearing "cold rubber" (TIME...