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University Daily Kansan
Page 0538_1 from reel: L 2344 (1949-10-11 to 1950-05-11)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/149626

Title: Casual Beginning Ends With $5000 Hobby for Loop
Summary: James A. Loop, custodian of the University Museum of Art, has developed a $5000 chinchilla-raising hobby that began casually with two animals and now includes ten chinchillas in his home.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university collections; chinchilla breeding; hobbies
Named Entities: Loop, James A. [museum custodian]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Cropdusting Pilots Hunt Rainstorms
Summary: Two Colorado cropdusting pilots are experimenting with cloud seeding techniques to induce rainfall, having entered clouds at 12,500 feet and fired silver iodide particles.
Category: local news
Subjects: agriculture; weather modification; aviation
Named Entities: Wilkins, E. L. Jr. [pilot]; Stubblefield, Er- [pilot]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Alarm Clock Provides Silence
Summary: Frank Upton has invented an alarm clock designed to silence his beagle puppy, which previously disturbed neighbors with its howling.
Category: local news
Subjects: pet care; inventions; animal behavior
Named Entities: Upton, Frank [inventor]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Weavers; Elgin
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 1.0

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