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Bicycle Lake, near Barstow on California's Mojave Desert, is no place for canoes or water skiing. It is a shallow depression normally filled with 5,000 sq. yds. of dry, cracked mud. Once in a great while rain covers its surface with an inch or so of water, which evaporates in days. The rest of the time the "lake" is as dry as a stove...
Most striking of the incorporation of new and old is at the Garden Street headquarters of the Observatory, centered around a recently revitalized 51 inch telescope, the focus of the Observatory facilities since 1843. Despite electrical panels installed a year ago, the telescope is obsolete for modern research. But is is useful for demonstrations at Observatory open houses and Astronomy I classes. Two other smaller telescopes of seven-and-half and nine inches complement the Garden Street equipment. A brick administration and office building stands in contrast to the weather-worn observatory dome...
...fashioned squinting method is still a back-bone of current research, however, and to assert this view, the Observatory has invested in a completely redesigned 61-inch reflector telescope, originally built at Harvard...
...Eight-inch shells weigh about 240 Ibs.; so the bomb itself will not weigh more than that, and it may weigh much less since the casing may be lighter than the steel parts of the shell. A fighter-bomber could carry 16 such bombs, each powerful enough to knock the heart out of a good-sized city. A B-47 could carry 50 or more of them on a long flight, and distribute them over a large industrial complex. Atomic shells for 8-in. guns are apparently an accomplished fact, although none has been tested in actual artillery. Next step...
...Youssef, theoretically, was in a strong position. Until he approved Faure's plan, Morocco's loyal nationalists would not give the French an inch. Yet Ben Youssef was miserable in exile: his Buick had been stolen, he had less than half his usual complement of 40 concubines with him, and he daily complained about drafts in the hotel. Three sessions with Catroux were enough to convince His Majesty where his best interests lay. Ben Youssef agreed to broadcast a message ordering his faithful subjects to avoid more violence...