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...solar batteries will keep supplying power. One of them guesses unofficially that "our grandchildren may hear its signals." Eventually the windows in the skin of the sphere will be clouded by the sandblasting of micro-meteorites. No one knows how long this will take, or how much it will affect the action of the batteries...
...Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator and the chance to run against Republican Incumbent William A. Purtell. Already in the running: Bill Benton, 57, who lost to Purtell in 1952, has been campaigning for six months, refused to be budged by Bowles's announcement because the campaign "will not affect our personal friendship in any way." Also in the running: former U.S. Representative Thomas J. Dodd, who tried for the Senate in 1956, felt that the state machine failed to back him, this year has virtually sewed up his own powerful bailiwick of Hartford County (pop. 619,000) and much...
Comparison of the figures bears this out. The first class hike will raise local postage 33 per cent, and out-of-town postage 66 per cent. The second class increase (which will affect the major magazine concerns) will not be that high, and the "junk mail" increase will only amount to 14 per cent of its current insufficient rate. In addition, the Senate has rejected an amendment which would have raised rates for companies using over $1 million of postage annually. This would have more nearly compensated for the strain the big weekly magazines put on the post office...
Students entered in the Navy's contract ROTC program now may postpone their active naval duty in order to seek a Master's degree in a scientific or mathematical field. The new plan, announced yesterday by Captain Richard T. Spofford, professor of Naval Science, will first affect the Class...
Students may work more than one year for their M.A. or M.S., but they will not be allowed to seek a Ph.D. at the time. This period of graduate study will not affect the length of active service required, but will be considered in determining the officer's future duty assignments...