Word: norfolk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...DOOLEY Norfolk...
...eastern seaboard. During the periods of January to April 1953 and December 1953 to April 1954, Dr. Spar and his assistants at New York University selected 37 "meteorological situations." Ten hours ahead of the time that they thought the clouds would be ripe for seeding, they telephoned Norfolk, Va. When zero hour came, three planes flew parallel tracks, dropping trails of Dry Ice. Simultaneously, 17 ground generators, from Tampa, Fla. to New York City, filled the air with silver iodide particles. Guided by chance, the Norfolk seeders reserved 19 of the 37 situations as "controls," which were left unseeded...
...London dailies, British racing fans were taking their tips from the columns of London's Communist daily (circ. 83,376). The paper was so in demand that on the black market it fetched 1 shilling (six times the regular price). Even Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England and a steward of the Jockey Club, bought a copy. (He held it as if it were a week-old fish.) Workers' Weakness. Strike or no, the race-track elite could have done worse. Alf Rubin, 38, the Worker's wide-eyed little cockney...
...Eden a baronet in 1672. The family, though seldom conspicuous, won acceptance in the gilded circle of the aristocracy through its large landholdings and its far-flung marriage alliances. Through his mother, Sybil Frances Grey, Sir Anthony is connected with the Earls of Westmoreland, and the Mowbrays, Dukes of Norfolk. His young second wife, Clarissa, is the niece of Sir Winston Churchill...
Both debaters and David P. Brydea debate team manager were taken on a tour of the prison as guests of Jersons J. Coughlin Community Service Director of Norfolk. They also attended a "coffee and cookies" reception where they were able to speak freely with the ingrates...