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Despite all the babies born during the 1950s, the U.S. is actually less densely populated today than it was a decade ago. The average population density is 50.4 people per sq. mi. as against 50.7 in 1950. Reason for this paradox, reported last week by the Census Bureau: when sparsely populated Alaska became a state, the U.S. added 2½ sq. mi. of territory for every Alaskan...
...dirty scientific trick to play on schools of herring and menhaden off the Maine coast last week. At Boothbay Harbor, Me., the 139-ft. "pogy" (menhaden) boat Rappahannock is fitted with a 52-h.p. compressor that delivers 196 cu. ft. of air at the pressure of 80 lbs. per sq. in. The idea is to shoot the air through perforated tubes sunk in the water near schools of fish. Curtains of bubbles rising from the perforations look to the fish like an impassable barrier and shoo them toward the Rappahannock...
...launching site deep within the Soviet Union. This was 1,000 miles short of the distance record set by the U.S.'s Atlas last May. Alerted two weeks ago by a Radio Moscow broadcast warning the world's shipping to stay clear of the 50,000-sq.-mi. target zone, the U.S. Navy had had airplanes circling the area for days; Navy planes saw the impact, traced the rocket's progress by telemetry and radar...
...Hong Kong's New Government Building, the bidding session was tense and sweaty. For 2½ hours, interests from Hong Kong, England, Japan and from the U.S. (Pan American World Airways) maneuvered against each other in an effort to grasp the prize: 40,000 sq. ft. of the most valuable land in Hong Kong, smack in the middle of the city's bustling financial district. Suspense mounted until the noth bid was made. Then, while little groups huddled together to see if they should raise their bids, the gavel banged down decisively. The winners, with...
...first months after Red China's savage suppression of last year's Tibetan revolt, flight was the order of the day. More than 18,000 Tibetan refugees, including the Dalai Lama, poured into India alone. Last week, from the tiny (18,000 sq. mi.) buffer state of Bhutan on Tibet's southern border, came reports that the mood in Tibet has changed dramatically. Far fewer Tibetans now seek to escape. Instead, they stand and fight...