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Thayer Middle chalked up its third straight victory yesterday to take undisputed possession of first place in the Yard intramural touch football's American League. At the same time, Lionel packed up its third in a row to tie Strauss for top spot in the National circuit...
...Yard touch football competition yesterday, Strauss whipped Hollis 18-17, Lionel murdered Thayer North 24-0, Weld South toppled Wigglesworth A--D 12-6, and Matthews downed Thayer South 12-0. This places Strauss and Lionel in a tie for National League leadership...
Another atomic hint came from Atomic Energy Commissioner Lewis L. Strauss, speaking at the University of New Hampshire. He mentioned "packaged" nuclear power. It might be possible, he said, to place material in a uranium pile and make it highly radioactive by bombarding it with neutrons. Then it could be taken out and used as a kind of atomic storage battery to run a power plant...
...rate of energy-release, said Commissioner Strauss, could not be controlled, but would decrease steadily according to the "half-life" of the radioactive material. But such a "storage battery" might have one big advantage. It would not give off, necessarily, the dangerous neutrons and penetrating gamma rays which leak from atomic piles. Some active isotopes emit only radiations that can be stopped by comparatively thin shielding. There might be no deadly byproducts, either, to endanger the neighborhood...
...time, Fritz Reiner's swimming got better and bolder. He was given a regular conductor's job in Budapest, then became director of the Dresden Opera, and an authority on Wagner, Richard Strauss, and his own favorite, Mozart. But in the U.S., where he has spent the past 26 years, he has been known primarily as a symphony conductor...