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...Died. Felix Vening Meinesz, 79, Dutch geophysicist who spent years in submarines measuring variations in the earth's gravitational pull, then developed a widely accepted theory of the origin of continents based on currents in the molten material below the crust of the earth, winning many honors, among them a Doctor of Science degree from Columbia University, which cited him as "a Jules Verne come to life"; of complications following a fall; in Amersfoort, The Netherlands...
...Institute, which has no formal ties to nearby Princeton University, lives mainly off the income from a $19 million endowment given to it by New Jersey Department Store Owner Louis Bamberger and his sister, Mrs. Felix Fuld. They did so at the suggestion of Medical Education Reformer Abraham Flexner, the Institute's first director, who convinced them of "the usefulness of useless knowledge." It now has 23 permanent "professors," each of whom was selected by the vote of the other professors and who get about $24,000 for a seven-month academic year. In addition there are 100 "members...
There was still news to be made at home. In January, Felix Frankfurter, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law, was appointed to the Supreme Court. When the dining hall workers threatened to strike, Harvard granted a closed shop and higher wages...
...limited. It cannot be said of juvenile-court proceedings in the state of New York that they are operating "farther and farther outside the Constitution." Formal proceedings protecting the child are not inconsistent with the philosophy of rehabilitation and correction that is a juvenile-court objective. HAROLD A. FELIX Judge...
Admiral on Board. On paper, the airline, which was founded in China in 1946, belongs to the Pacific Corp., a Delaware holding company, whose board chairman is retired Admiral Felix Stump, former U.S. commander in chief in the Pacific. Air America's home office is in a Washington, D.C., building which is suspected of housing companies that operate with CIA backing...