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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...geography, Russian test explosions are in northern latitudes. Evidence was presented that fallout from Soviet polar shots is caught in the downward drafts of arctic air and delivered to earth quite rapidly (in about a year), while debris from equatorial explosions probably stays up longer. Largely as a result of Russian polar shots last year, twice as much strontium 90 fell on the U.S. as in any previous year...
...total amount of strontium 90 released to date, said Dunham, might result in 150 to 300 cases of bone cancer and leukemia in the U.S. each year from now until the year 2029-a figure he put in perspective against the 98,000 expectable fatalities caused in the same period by "other aspects of our defense efforts...
...school district of Aldine, Texas, on the outskirts of Houston, is a spectacular example of money over mind. Two years ago, the Aldine taxpayers' association got full control of the seven-man school board, and nothing but penny-pinching grief has resulted since. The Aldine district (pop. 45,000) has had three school superintendents in two years, turned over 9% of its students to Houston to save money. Last summer the board cut the proposed school tax from $1.58 per $100 property assessment to $1.35. Result: the town's twelve schools (9,000 students) temporarily lost accreditation: after...
...management, sometimes have to roar out lessons above the din of a bunkhouse card game. One teacher told Principal Robinson last year: "Many times this summer I've hated your guts." But the school has few resignations. Most teachers, says Robinson, "stick to it no matter what. The result is respect...
...April surge in employment (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) was the result of a powerful surge in the economy. Items...