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...this name right-King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV and his wife, Queen Mata'aho, and hand-knitted by the Queen herself; let's have a round of applause for them both! From the Sedgemoor district council in Somerset - how about this? - a ton of peat! A nickel-silvered - oh, this is cute - a nickel-silvered mousetrap in a diamante-jeweled presentation case from West Country Councillor Vernon Gould! One complete bedroom set from Canada! Two additional beds! Three engineering apprenticeships donated by the Greater Manchester Council! Western boots for Charles, Western chaps for Diana, both from Texas...
...Soviets have some convincing evidence for their claim. Using special high-temperature ovens, they incinerated peat collected from the region. In the ashes they found many strange, irregularly shaped and extremely hard black grains, which laboratory examination revealed to be tiny diamonds. Institute Geochemist Emil Sobotovich explained that the little diamonds could only have been created under extraordinarily high pressures. Such conditions deep within the earth produce diamonds, which are brought to the surface in eruptions of molten magma through kimberlite, or volcanic, pipes. But extreme pressures also occur during high-velocity collisions between celestial objects; uralites, a class...
...added evidence that the diamonds arrived in a meteorite, Sobotovich cited their level of carbon 14, a radioactive isotope of carbon found in meteorites that have been subjected to prolonged bombardment by cosmic rays in space. University of Chicago Geochemist Edward Anders cautions that even a trace of unburnt peat could produce a high reading of carbon 14. But, based on these levels, the Soviets calculate that the meteorite must have weighed at least 4,000 tons...
...great learning process is going on," says Madison Draftsman Dan Greco, who describes himself as a "lay expert" in conservation. On Block Island, R.I., where the last sizable stands of trees were cut and sent up the chimney decades ago, some residents are experimenting with drying and burning peat. Mantle kerosene lamps are in fashion through the Northeast: not only is their light soft and pleasant, but the heat they radiate is equal to almost half that of a small electric space heater...
Laetrile in Limbo. While scientists have diligently searched for treatments for cancer, enterprising entrepreneurs have foisted off remedies ranging from peat moss to a paste made from glycerin and Limburger cheese. For the past three decades the most popular anticancer nostrum has been Laetrile, a derivative of the pits of apricots and other fruits, which is used by as many as 75,000 cancer patients. Since the Federal Government has never found Laetrile to be safe and effective, it is barred from interstate distribution. Two years ago, however, a U.S. court of appeals ruled that the ban does not apply...