[meteorite-list] NPA 03-21-1979 Urey in Hospital, Jilin Meteorite gift

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Feb 24 20:54:03 2005
Message-ID: <BAY104-F1721992A7964D86EE455F0B3650_at_phx.gbl>

Paper: Syracuse Herald-American
City: Syracuse, New York
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 1979
Page: 5

     Dr. Harold C. Urey, who in 1934 won the Nobel Prize for chemistry and
later helped develop the atomic bomb, is reported in stable condition in the
coronary care unit at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif.
     A hospital spokeswoman said the 85-year-old scientist was admitted
after suffering a possible heart attack Sunday. Has was resting
comfortably.
     Urey, known for his investigations on the origin of the universe,
recently was invited to lecture in China after scientists there sent him a
fragment of the famous Kirin meteorite. Because of his age and health, Urey
declined the offer.

(end)

>From my article on Jilin postal items in Meteorites Times,

"Jilin City, is also known as Chi-lin City or Kirin City. This industrial
port city is located in northeastern China, in Jilin Province. Which also
shares the names Chi-lin Province and Kirin Province. Jilin Province borders
Russia in the north and North Korea in the east. Jilin means "along the
river". The river is the Songhua River which flows along its side. Emperor
Kang Xi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD) made a famed inspection tour down
this river in the mid-eighteenth-century. A verse composed by the Emperor,
"Boat Sailing on the Songhua River" referred to Jilin as a river city and it
struck."

Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
Wichita, Kansas
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The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old list
server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess this is
more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now.
Received on Thu 24 Feb 2005 08:53:08 PM PST