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1. Uses gas turbines driving a conventional propeller.
2. Uses diesel oil for fuel.
3. Has four times the power of a jet engine.
4. Burns less fuel than a piston engine.
5. Is driven by liquid oxygen.
65. Citing research by Manhattan's Dr. Morton Biskind, Medical Columnist Albert Deutsch contends that certain cattle diseases, as well as Virus X among humans, may be traceable to:
1. Extreme humidity.
2. Grass pollens.
3. Hereditary traits.
4. Careless use of DDT.
5. Unsanitary milking machines.
66. A gadget that is playing an increasingly important role in our lives is the Geiger counter, which:
1. Counts red and white cells in the blood supply.
2. Detects cancer in its earliest stages.
3. Instantaneously solves mathematical problems.
4. "Scores" foods to determine their body-building potentials.
5. Detects the presence of radioactivity.
67. A preliminary report on a scientific survey indicated that one of the factors in lung cancer may be:
1. Exposure to rheumatic fever during childhood.
2. Swimming under water.
3. Bad posture.
4. Excessive smoking.
5. Talking too much.
68. A new technique which requires no laboratory animals, takes only half an hour at most, and, in a series of tests, proved 100% accurate, was announced by Northwestern's Dr. Garwood C. Richardson as a test for:
1. Cancer. 4. Tuberculosis.
2. Pregnancy. 5. Infantile paralysis.
3. Cardiac ailments.
69. Walled off from the world by the desert and the strictest military secrecy, Muroc Dry Lake is the:
1. U.S. Air Force's secret test base.
2. Location of latest atomic energy plant.
3. Army's biological warfare research center.
4. Prison for Communist spies.
5. Newly discovered uranium mine.
70. From patent rights on streptomycin donated by discoverer Dr. Selman Wakeman, a new $1,000,000 Institute of Microbiology will be built at:
1. The University of Chicago.
2. Stanford University.
3. Harvard University.
4. Rutgers University.
5 Princeton University.
71 . At Long Island's Creedmoor State Hospital, the staff was given cautiously optimistic reports on the use of histamine in treating:
1. Gallstones. 4. Seasickness.
2. Colds. 5. Insomnia.
3. Mental illness.
Arts and Entertainment
72. Broadway's smash hit musical, starring Opera Star Ezio Pinza as a middle-aged French planter is:
1. Where's Charley?
2. Lend an Ear.
3. Along Fifth Avenue.
4. South Pacific.
5. Miss Liberty.
73. "Charley Gray," prototype of the millions of decent, middle-class U.S. citizens who burn themselves out in the race to pass the Blakesleys and creep up on the Burtons, is the central figure in the new novel:
1. Point of No Return — John P. Marquand.
2. Gentleman's Progress — Dr. Alexander Hamilton.
3. On This Side Nothing — Alex Comfort.
4. From Day to Day — Odd Nansen.
5. The Price Is Right— Jerome Weidman.
74. Lucky Pup; Howdy Doody; Kukla, Fran and