FISHERMAN SWALLOWS LINE
MANILA, Iff)—Some fishermen
will go to any lengths to make
sure of their catch.
Elieso Esteron, 25, was operated
on at Iloilo provincial hospital
Monday for removal of a fish
hook and line he had swallowed.
Insects have as many as 4,000
muscles compared to less than 500
in a human being.
NEW OPTICAL INSTRUMENT
MEASURES RADIOACTIVITY
BONN, Germany, UP)—West Ger
man scientists have produced a
simple optical instrument for
measuring radioactivity, the In
terior Ministry announced Tues
day. The instrument, expected to
be very inexpensive when mass
produced, is to be issued to Ger
man civil defense officials.
TURKEY ARRESTS PUBLISHER
FOR OPPOSING OFFICIAL
ISTANBUL, Turkey, (AT—The
government Tuesday arrested
Bedii Faik Akin, co-publisher of
the opposition Istanbul newspaper
Dunya. The paper has been very
critical of the government minis
ter supervising press affairs.
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