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The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 16

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1 DUKE GRADUATE STUDENT Researcher Is Back Among Penguins 16A THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday Jan 22 1961 A 4 I a I16A THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday Jan 22 1961 1 A wl H- 1---: '4 its a i 'Pr' ''4-74no 741ra ir 1- 44L44---- I 1 1 1 I I i i )I a AS -N -T ---4- 4 --1-- 7 7 A Jii 001 1000of 1 adult penguins during the breeding season! When they are incubating eggs penguins go through several weeks of fasting 1 long distances over the sea with out it The gland is in the birds' heads It concentrates salt out of the water the birds drink or absorb with food and ejects it through the nostrils not go near the water for a year The other Antarctic penguin the Emperor is more than three feet high at maturity Douglas will be returning to Durham in March at the end of the Antarctic summer research season Both last year and this year Douglas worked at Hallett station which is in the middle of a penguin breeding ground Hallett is manned jointly by men from New Zealand and the United States A Duke University graduate student is spending a second six months period among penguins of Antarctica lie is Donald Douglas engaged in a piece of basic research in physiology the science of how living bodies work Supporting Douglas is a grant of $10692 from the National Science Foundation the US government agency which supports basic research and directs America's broad Antarctic research program 2 How does the salt gland develop while the chick is maturing inide the egg? Douglas is doing his work on the Ade lie penguin smaller of the two Antarctic penguins which is about a foot high Its chicks hatched with a brown down do picture looks exactly like the robber The auto pictured above is the one used in the Jan 3 holdup of Park Road branch of First Union National Bank BANK ROBBER'S likeness is reproduced below to help police and FBI agents get information from the public in the search for the wanted man Bank employes say the poll the Now You Can Get the Famous Midas Muffler with I o1 11' uewf if You ut co Famous ha itt1 i Gd ae st 0 IifYo11- S4i'T11a111 In the turtle the salt gland sheds Its fluid from the back corner of the eye In an article in the Scientific American of January 1959 Schmidt-Nielsen described experiments of feeding birds with large I quantities of sea water to see bow they would handle it I A gull was given 134 cubic I centimeters of sea water equal to about one-tenth the bird's weight For a man the same amount would be about two gal- i Ions and he could stand only small part of it The gull got ridl of all the salt in three hours more than 90 per cent of it through the salt gland In his first year of Antarctic research 1959-60 graduate student Douglas learned that newly hatched penguins have a fully developed salt gland which works as soon as the penguin is hatched This year Dobglas is working on two major questions: 1 less)1 ph '1 cot itic- 1 cr': 0 1) 441pi 4 coo 0 tilt 4 fl -0 ir o'-'4 4 14Y lt 0 For the second year in a row the student is doing research on bow birds which drink salt water and consume food with a high salt content manage to get rid of the salt they don't need The salt water metabolism of sea birds is a longterm project of Dr Knut Schmidt-Nielsen professor of zoology at Duke Douglas a candidate for a doctorate in zoology is attacking a piece of the problem Schmidt Nielsen researches have disclosed a salt gland in a number of sea birds including some which could not migrate Saturday appealed for help of the Park Road branch of Dog Classes Will Start on Feb 6 City police and the FBI in solving the Jan 3 tank First Union National lank Police say the car used in the 11 am robbery was stolen from the Memorial Hospital parking lot It was found abandoned on Sterling Road shortly after the robbery Investigating officers know the car was stolen early the morning of Jan 3 Presumably it was stolen some hours before the rob ber used it in the 11 am holdup Where was it during that time? Did the robber stop at a service station for gasoline? Did he hide the car in his own garage? MUFFLER SHOP 2444 Wilkinson Blvd Dial EX 9-6311 MUFFLER SHOP Installed Free In 15 Minutes Also MIDAS Shock Absorbers Instatted Free 1 Are there any changes in the salt-and-water balance of 771 i i4' It 4'4' f' Iv 1 9'1i -t i "0' 4 Ir -'''V 1:: 7 1 '''Ng44''''' 7' 1 4 i 4 I 4 74'' ":4 4 4 '4 i E'' i i 1 I 1Sk 1 i 1 i A 4 I '4'''''''''' 5' 3 4 42' Is: k4 5- I mvsioninimMImmmEMMM1 IN We' 44" 0 0 00 0 6 Rock Hudson Loses In Popularity Poll JOGJAKARTA Indonesia (UPI) Rock Hudson lost out to Bambang Irawan Saturday in a poll for the most popular movie actor Elizabeth Taylor was defeated by Chitra Dewl Both winners are Indonesian stars and the poll was taken among Indonesian high school students Hawthorne Methodist Church Scout Hut will be the scene of a 12-week series of dog ()bed ience classes starting Feb 6 The hour long classes soon sored by the Charlotte Dog Training Club will be held each Monday Beginners will report at 7:30 pm intermedi ate dogs at 8:30 pm Because enrollment must be limited advance registra tions are being accepted by Mrs Marion Herndon Jr of 4825 Carmel Park Dr Officers believe someone and possibly dozens of persons saw the robber in the stolen car be tween the time it was taken and the time It was abandoned Police want anyone with information to call headquarters The robber is about six foot tall and thin with a sunken face Ile used an automotic to get $1450 from the branch manager The car is a 1957 Ford sedan The hood and trunk are ivory and the rest of the car is blue Faith Shoe Repair LOCATIONS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE Free Parking HUTCHISON AVE Shopping Center Hutchison Ave PARK ROAD marline Center Park Road MIDWOOD SHOE REPAIR Midwood Shopping Center 2319 Central Ave CHARLOTTETOWN MALL New president of the club is Richard Pope elected at a recent meeting Other officers elected were: Mrs Joseph Patton Jr vice president Mrs Albert Vander Veer secretary John MI Manns treasurer Miss Laura Breese of Gastonia Mrs ye nona Grey and Miss Mary litting directors Chic Stewardesses CARACAS Venezuela The airline Venezolana del Aire says Christian Dior will design the uniforms for its 2 Suits Filed Against Motor Speedway Here Terrific Monday SALE! rkl" et rti III NO 1 I II 111 VolO SALU fill 2000 lineal feet of 24-inch and eight-inch metal pipe Still owing for that work the suit alleged is $672656 The suit asked that the judgment be declared a lien on the property and that it be sold to satisfy the debt The other action was brought by Allen and Co Inc against the speedway and requested $147843 The amount was owed the suit indicated for telephone poles rain posts trenches and dynamiting done under a contract as of May 2 The plaintiff also asked that the judgment be declared a lien on the property and that it go up for sale to satisfy the debt 14N TROPICAL PLIII1TS Beautiful tropical house plants will add charm and beauty to any room in your large Re quires very little BELOW COST! HURRY LADIES While They Last Mit "111 10 P11 AMOMMOUR11181W101 1 I 1-- --r li Ell'' 0 0 tyt til A i 08 I I EIJJ 108V cl)( 9 A111 'III 10 P11 (LAN 44 462'4' t4 4 0: 4' P'' 44 t''-' 01 fi "'elt40 4 64 l'-'1' Iew th' '4'ts -44 A 'il 1 40 if 44 1 4 kJ 'N I I 77te 2'4 I 'l 1 4 i A I tt "N- ts- A 14 1 1 i 0 4 jer -10 ''4k I I 4 1) 1-- 11 I i 1 I (1 Ill fl' 1 lir i te I 4 '1 to! I 41 li 11 i 1 112 i 1 Ay A 00- i i i 1 4 4" 1 A 4 li-- -1 li 4 A i 0) 41141 plo 144 1 I ss 1 New Shipment! TROPICAL 11 I PLIII1TS Beautiful i a I house 4 1 I plants will add charm and so 11111 beauty to any room in your 1 large select Re- quires very little BELOW COST! HURRY LADIES aril While They Last I sh lxa6mczmismesa -Act 4Lxic141v pip spk olio! ilia spit o0 'p tautiila utli 1 EL I jrk4-CeriA111111E 0 al "1 rib: p- It ter-- ile goir 217 1 irkLit ib Observer News Service CONCORD Two civil actions Save been filed here against Charlotte Motor Speedway according to records in Cabarrus cJerk Pf courts office Neither action was as large as others that have been filed in recent months The first was brought by A White and Associates with the following defendants listed: The speedway Francis Parker trustee Henry Morgan James McIlvaine Mc Devitt and Street Co Armco Drainage Products Inc Allen and Co Inc" Oren Flowe and Sons American Ma rietta Co tradit gas Concrete Pipe Co Lentz and Cress Plumbing heating and contractors Ilorne Electric Co Industrial Construction Co Anchor Post Products Inc bavi Cha cOr( Nc der as recel Thi Whito Tin Park gan Devil Droll Aller Flow riett Pipe tag lion Con! Pro( tg to $27 "11 47: f''ik 41-" -'-'4'14: i 1 4 i ')1 Alf $2 71 4 V- and May I 1 11 1 an A Ix i 11 i' i and May little boys' girls' carcoots little boys' girls' The action specified that the above defendants are "proper parties to the action" by rea on of their Interest in the Teal estate on uhich the speed uay lies in that each has filed notice of lien against the speed Way sh pa so re tv son of their Interest in teal estate on uhich the speed way lies in that each has filed totice of lien against the speed say DOES ETTII1G Jp Gic MIGIITS MAKE YOU FEEL OLD Thousands are now discovering how much stronger and better they Can feel by combating ordinary Kidney or Bladder Irritations Thee trritationo often occur after 35 and rnay maks YOU tense and PerVOUS from too frequent burning or itching urination both day and night Secondarily you may lose and suffer from Headaches Backache and feel old ttred deprrned In such Irritation CYSTEX usually brings fast relaxing comfort by curbing irritating germs In strong acid urine and by giving analgesic pain relief Safe for young or old Get CYPTFX at druggists Feel better fast Thousands are now discovering how much stronger and better they Can feel by tbttini nil Vein: rjr 11 ctitnoonyi oo It't Blad der after 35 and rnay make you tennsec'egenutri wertvonugs Ir ednat and both Secondarily you may lo le se 'en and suf ler from Headaches Backache and feel old tired depressed In such Irritation c'STEX usually brings fast relaxing comfort by curbing irritating ga-ma in strong acid urine and by giving an'algesic ig UP 1 IN 10 fla SI I I I ilow 0 1 04 1 III" 0 ito The action Indicated that White Associates contracted on 6 to excavate lay and back fl)(C6-X" for only Here's a terrific jacket buy assorted styles and easy-care washable fabrics Smart solids and plaids in sizes 4 to 6x With hoods Hurry to Sears and save! 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