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Every religion believes in some form of soul, or animating principle of life. But the fact that none of them ever defined it satisfactorily seemed to bother James Kidd, an eccentric Arizona copper miner whose lifetime interest was the explanation of the supernatural. Kidd mysteriously disappeared in 1949, and was declared legally dead in 1965. Arizona authorities found among his possessions a handwritten will in which the prospector directed that his estate, consisting of stocks and bonds worth $198,138.53, be used for "research or some scientific proof of a soul of the human body which leaves at death...
Although he boggled at the unusual bequest, Superior Court Probate Judge Robert L. Myers of Phoenix ruled that the will was legitimate, ordered a hearing to find out whether anyone could properly qualify to carry out Kidd's wish. Last week, as the trial got under way in Phoenix, it was apparent that there was no lack of soul-searchers eager to undertake the task. No fewer than 17 organizations and 78 individuals had already put up the $15 filing fee and were prepared to stake their claims. Among them...
...yard dash -- Andersen (H) 9.7 (ties meet record), Hauck (O) 9.9, Jewett (H) 10.1, A. Ronay (O) 10.2. Pole Vault -- Schoonover (H) 14-0, Buck (Y) 12-0, Kidd (O) 11-6, Murphy...
Triple jump -- Hill (Y) 56-1 1/2 (meet and Yale record), Smith (O) 47-6 1/4, Ohene-Frempong (O) 45-4, Kidd...
...Asparaginase. The story of L-asparaginase traces back to a 1953 observation by Cornell University's Dr. John G. Kidd that serum from normal, healthy guinea pigs killed some-but by no means all-types of cancer in mice, without harming the animals' other tissues. It took Cornell's Dr. John...