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...week, a University of California researcher reported that he had discovered a new blood test for pregnancy. Dr. Ernest W. Page, an obstetrics professor, claimed that his new test had three important advantages: 1) it is faster; 2) it can determine the date of conception within a five-day margin of error, thus forecasting more accurately when the baby will be born; and 3) it provides a continuous check throughout pregnancy on whether the fetus is still alive...
Chase plans to use the same starters who trounced Holy Cross Monday by an encouraging 10 to 4 margin. With first liners Dave Farrell, Bob Feloney, and recently elected captain Johnny Crocker developing into a powerful attacking unit, and high-scorer Wally Sears leading the second-string trio, the Chasemen should give the boys on the Hudson plenty of trouble. HARVARD ARMY Crocker (Capt.) rw Snyder Farrell c O'Connell (Capt.) Feloney lw Colburn Preston rd West Briggs ld Austin Lavalle g Wojceihoski
...first half saw both teams unable to make their shots count. Free throws and field goal tries rolled off both rims time after time, and at the end of the second quarter the Jayvees led by a narrow 18 to 15 margin. In the last two periods, however, Kopp's men found the basket, and their barrage left the Hub college quintet far behind...
...M.I.T. battle was the Yardlings' closest, as they came from behind to take the free-style relay event by three feet, and thus the meet. A slightly better margin was obtained when they sunk the Bruins...
...market, the consensus of guesses on the financial future, went steadily up as 1) speculators bet on more inflation to come and 2)some of the inflationary cash went into the market because there were no goods for it to buy. The FRB steadily cut down trading on margin until a year ago, when Chairman Eccles decided that inflation had reached "dangerous proportions." To brake the market, he put trading on a cash basis. Now, Marriner Eccles was finally recognizing what the collapse of the big bull market had foretold. Prices were too high and were bound to come down...