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Interesting News Stories
From
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1954.
All Parts Of The World
Animals Tell Us ONLY ONE
More
About Ourselves
London.
Have you heard of the mice that got combat fatigue-just like soldiers exhausted from too much fighting? Or of the young chimpanzee whose mother was so strict that he never learned to get along in the world by himself? Or of the cats who learned to drown their sorrows with a few drinks of alcohol?
These animals exist-and they play an important part in psy
our habits, emotions, thinking processes, and chological research on
even such social behaviour as work and play.
Quadraplegic Becomes A
Pilot
Richmond, Va Semmle Gregorio, 26, rode a chain hoist into the corkpit of a single-engine plane, crooked his twisted right hand over a special lever and started the motor.
Although paralysed from waist down, unable to use his feet and having only feeble strength in his benumbed hands, the former Marine grinned happily as be took off alone. Gregorio,
of
ת
of defent, the beenitur very
mice
nervous,
not
be
Take the mice for example, to advance beyond that corner- Fotalists trainer them to even after the air current had that been turned off, and even when fight and then saw to
time they were very hungry. LVOTY they were beaten
But a week or so later, The they did fight. After two weeks
suddenly rats
mik were given mixed with Irritable
seemingly |come
alcohol, anci, More important, fortified by
the animal
the taught to marched through
MAZA
and panicky. they could
fight again, uven after they had without fear. This was the first
apparently
ralmness.
regained
Is almost
normal good clue that alcohol — in animals, and perhaps in bumang exactly
many have some selective effect
THE GIRAFFE
Now this
to roldiers who on the brain areas involved in what
happens to suffer from so-called "combat-memory.
Jisorder fatigue", an emotional caused by prolonged exposure to battlefield tensions and stresses. Often such soldiers lapse into a kind of nervous breakdown, that The continues Into civilian life.
iront, symptoms are difficult to and puzzling."
the mice, 5800
One team of heart specialists is studying
the giraffe. They want to find out how its heart can pump blood all the way up that long neck. They hope to guin knowledge that may prove useful in learning more about
SNAG
New York.
A Borton dentist turned up recently with a dovico that lets him work on some pallenta' teeth while the paífcita themselves stay Home.
The machine duplicates the exact chewing mechanism
of a patient's muth, permitung the den- tisis to make adjustments Dr of biting surfaces, Harry Karis sald. of course, it works only on the kind of teeth you call leave at the dentist's,---- United Press,
Where Do You
Read First?
subject,
The editors' conclusions
Boston.
Study Of Mars Continues
Expedition Going To Bloemfontein
Washington,
The age-old quest Into whether life exista on Mars -the red planet-will be carried on this year by a special expedition to Bloem- fontein, South Africa, the National Geographic Society announced.
The party will include a team uf astronomers from the society and the Lowell Dbservatory,
Flagstaff, Arizona. Its findings will later be co-ordinated with those of the International Mord Committee formed last year to tako observations from all the major continents.
In June,
000
milesars will be 40,000,-
the Earth, the from nearest in 13 years. It will be close to the horizon in North America but directly overhead
in Bloemfontein, alving the star there an extraordinary gazers
at
fine tolescopic contact.
How do people read the front pages of their newspapera? A group of editora and
apparently least one scientist
on that have opposite views
and scientist's the question on were disclosed in a report sub-
10 the mitted
120th meeting here of the American Associa- of tion for the Advancement Selence.
Director
a
} One goal
more exact of measurement the planet's diameter about half that of the Earth-and from this better understanding of Mars' internal makeup. Another is an inves ligation of the "Blue Envelope" that clouds the planet's surface when pictures are made by blue light,
SURFACE DETAILS Herman F. Brandt, of the Institute of Visual
Re- By red light the cloud is pene- search in Chicago, aBid hetrated and surface details
may be seen with a querried 100 editors,
powerful tele- 60 per cent replies.
polar scope. From
cups that vary in size with the Martian seasons, huge dark areas extend toward the planet's
cquator, These change over the years and niso with the seasons although general outlines
TC- thelatively fixed.
of which
And most of the editors, Brandt sald, thought their readers glanced first at the up- per right side of the front page and then spent the Arst 15 seconds scanning the news
page.
on
remuin
By close study p! wheel-chair scientists
The that discovered vicious high blood pressure and harden- McGuire animals were caught in Hospital here and circle of emotions whereby evening of the arteries in humans.
is studying Another group be the Arst their sensible attempts to escape whales-to learn how heartthe entire right side of quadraplegic to obtain a plots in order to avoid
re- Rghting
the ileense, had been making solo suited in panic. This, in turn,vements are affected by
large miernal de- flights since lost Tuesday.
cnused more escupe attempts, presence of large Unable to get a plane reser-and more fear--and so the eircici posity of fat, so characteristic of this animal. Another marine vation home for Thanksgiving weni. The researchers believe
creature, the lowly squid, Gregorio is spending most of that
similar "tylelous cycle the holiday weekend flying. may occur in combat-fatigued proved invaluable to neurologists
that-78 per cent of the readers giant lines which because its nervous system con- The heavy set, darkly hand-soldiers
cell, some man cannot
longsists of one giant even dress Psychologista hove unelf and has to be lifted in suspected that hunian youngsters providing an ideal laboratory for and out of ears to be driven to whose mothers shelter them too the study of nerve impulses and Parnell airport on the out- much from the hazards of life, their transmission.
Often there researches directly k.tx of Richmond
where ho grow up Incking in self-reliance benellt the animals themselves. has been taking dying lessons, and courage. Bul human be~
Investi- He is pushed in a wheel chair kaviour
and For example, Swedish is БО complex
di:euvered not long ago Hators plane and variable
hard to the single engine
Bat dogs can suffer backache friends place him 11 asing.raw a clear pietine, and so the
This work which is attached to the chain
scientists derided
Just ke led to a corrective spinn! opera- hoist with which friends lift him
Thon. into the pilot's seat.
Once he had made his hands
fust
ܐ : 11
that it was
chimanzees for comparison,
10
study
NOTHING CONCLUSIVE
to the special controls which give him full control of wirelona, They found that soine rudder. throttle and brake, Gregorio is as confident as any
ไปร่ aviator innking
lights.
"Whenever somebody told me couldn't do something I tried prove I could," he sakk. Flylig
is something I have wanted to do ever since. I SU kkl."-United Press.
10
Budapest Has
Water Shortage
.
nerve
›
to
hic
called This
The seasonal changes are be- But
reflect they're wrong. said llevedo
vegetation Brandt who recorded the read-which once was thought to be
habits of 100 persons ing
with giant lakes or 2009. In 1877, photo-electric eye camera. the Italian astronomer, Brandt said results showed
relli claimed he had d
the left-hand first looked at
then of side. And, he said, they divided their reading time the first 15 seconds as follows:
Left Släc
Top half Lower half
50.0 per cent 37.0 per cent
Right Sklo
40.4 per et Top half Lower halt 42.2 per cent Brandt commented: "Scientifle research showed thet the that in spite of the
pic- editors would place their tures and leading storles on the right-hand side, the reader still
Bul
the trangest perhaps findings were reported recently chim-by
the American Veterinary panzee nusthers left their babies Medical Association. Some dogs, their -urround- │jt seems, are allergie free to explore their ins by themselves, and to play owners tuce-powder. Some eats with other ape
develop skin rashes in response These grew into normal
youult to certain food. Horses can be showed a preference for the left chimpanzees. But other mothers allergie to saddle soap. And
supervising every worst of all, some poor, detall of their children's lives suffering cows are victims ot
Medical fever! S.1.S. and there chimpanzees grew up hay
uncertain Features. into strangely tiresiet, creatures who could not even And food for themselves.
Of Couran,
In sted
realise that
scientists QTC
chimpanzees
not humans and that the animai resulla prone nothing conclu- Budapest. sipe about 71. But the ex-
ре
The Hungarian Government periments were a valuable first admitted now that there is step towards the better planning trouble in the water supply of
of observations on human the capital for the time being.
families. An officiat
put communiqué the blame on the extraordinary
by
Then
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
long.
Telephone-
Happy Canadians
sicio Press,
of the page." United
or
"canals" "channels." gave rise to the Implication that they may have been dug by intelligent beings.
Dr E. C. Silpher, Lowell observatory Martian expert, will lead the work at Bloemfontein. He will use the 27-inch refract- #ng telescope of the Lamont- most Hussey observatory there, powerful in the southern hemi- sphere. In all 14 countries will be participating in the explora- tion.
Geographic President Dr Gilbert Grosvenor sail the 100- inch telescope at Mount Wilson at and the 200-inch "big eye" Palmer in California also will | be turned on Mars at intervals during the year.-United Press.
Amateur Uranium Hunters Give It Up
New York.
Discouraged amateur uranium hunters have decided to call it a day and are leaving the rush a physicist for atom-age rights to the experts, Montreal. The Bell Telephone Company who helped set off the big scramble reported.
Parlour-trained would-be geophysicists who rushed over hill and dale with Geiger counters, lunch pails and reams of glory have come home disillusioned, he said.
In another important experi- low level of the Danube. It ment, a team of French scientists promised quick and effective trained cats to obtain food ancasures" but requested economy running through a maze.
use of water.
they
the cats by sald frightened
Canarians are the most in the use
current ut People living on the Afth floor shooting a mild air
talkative people under the sun the minimum them as they turned the last when they are on a telephone. or higher have
An of water for several corner before reaching the food.
annual world telephone quantity
After that, the animals refused weeks-United Press.
based on a consus re survey
trained for corded Ju
They've decided it is more fun (most of them are January 1 showed that
still isn't 100 Ground the world, from frigid to go fishing after all-even if prospecting. It
expensive, even with a $100 Iceland to sunny Samoa, people the big ones get away.
Meyer H. Reiss, a
Geiger counter, physicist
because that's are talking more and more.
Canadians who talked them who quit government atomie jall a person needs to start, selves into a world record in energy work to go into the Then after a strike is made, 1951 maintained it last year by nuclear age equipment business, the geologists can come in with
their $20,000
and 388.7 telephone con- sold averaging
thousands
equipment of Getzer versations рег person. The counters during the urankim verify it,
What started out as an oddly company didn't say whether men rush of 1949. or women held the lead
and by He persuaded
became a popular novelly manufacturers
now it is waiting its place no u Sexes.
to turn out a $49.50 model, and would be prospectors bought serious prospecting tool." them at department store sport- ing goods counters. The uranium huntera tramped miles and miles over barren countrysides, hope- fully listening for a Geiger click that could mean millions of
with
The United States was second an average of 382.1 con- versations per person during the year and Iceland third with
380.1.
Americans have more Lele- phones than people in any other country. At the beginning of the year, the Bell said, the United States had more than 40,000,000 phones, or more than halt the entire world total of 84,000,000.
dollars.
Reiss admitted ho dabbled in uranium præpreting once, tim- self, I satisfled my own suppressed desire and went down to a spring in Virginia where the water is known to be slightly radio- active," ho said. "I actually SORE FEET & SILENCE was on a business trip but happened to have my Geiger But, Reiss reported, about all counter with me and stopped to they got
fect and check. slience, so they have given up. “I came across some hot areas, The British come next with They've pat their Gelger
but did not have time to stop. nearly 8,000,000 telephones, 30 counters in the attle or given I understand there was a very
cont of which OTO in them to per
junior to play atom- valuable strike in that area metropolitan London. This is a age-scientist with.
afterward. It makes me fcol high concentration since New
certain I was on the right trail." York has only seven per cent of
United Press. all the phones in the United States United Prest.
It Becomes A
Dangerous Game
Hartford, Conn.
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Relas in President of Radiac and two attilated companies, Atomic Centre for instrumenis and Equipment and Atomlab, Inc. The companies mako and intributo equipment for hos-
pital afomic research.
Relat
"The first ones who rushed to buy Geiger counters were look-
to be millionaires," Pallee warned parents thing youngsters who behave like said. "They were buying a loy $10,000 prize dangling from it
If they found, the holy grail.
offered The government
Nobin Hood
may stot in with
T
IMPATIENT AND FORGETFUL
London.
An impatient bridegroom was fined 10/- for leaving his car parked in a street for 18 days, trouble.
Complaints were reported of $10,000 to anyone who found a hurry to begin his honeymoon Alexander Ribéhle was in mich small boys ualna bows and
that he forgot to drive his car to arrows in parks and play uranium ground, Police, sald some of "The people who are looking the registry badee where he was now at least have done a the marriederkkolefféetold the reading - up on the subject,,bul)] court-United
don't you drop in, tonight? Csorge is just dying, e arrows are steakipped ant
for a game of Bridge!!"
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