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...loop of the jejunum (uppermost part of the small intestine) and cut it off near the duodenum. Carefully he worked the long, free end upward to the diaphragm. For a time Dr. Swan had to turn his attention back to the dangling duodenum (see chart): he made a T-junction by stitching its attached bit of jejunum into the intestinal tract a couple of feet below the original cut (making a natural outlet for digestive juices...
Near one of the sand filters Shepherd got a surprise: his scintillator needle indicated high radioactivity. Shepherd scooped up some filter sand and shipped it off to the Atomic Energy Commission's office in Grand Junction, Colo. AEC reported that the sand contained up to 0.75% uranium, almost four times as rich as minimum commercial ore. The uranium, said AEC, was being deposited in the sand by water. But since sand is a poor concentrator, it was probably catching only about 20% of the uranium in the water...
...Most of the membership, consequently, continues to live in the college dormitories. Neither are the fraternities allowed to serve meals, so that the members eat either in Thayer hall, where all freshmen are required to take their meals, or in the various restaurants in Hanover and White River Junction...
Pick never got to Mexico. Instead, while passing through Grand Junction, Colo., he heard so much talk about the hunt for uranium that he caught the fever himself...
After filing his claim papers at Grand Junction, he put up his truck and trailers as collateral, to borrow enough from Grand Junction banks to buy a jeep and rent a bulldozer. Then he built a rough twelve-mile road into his property and started to mine uranium ore. He soon proved up 300,000 tons of uranium ore, one of the richest finds in the Colorado plateau...