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Show THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1975 PAGC 4 Men are growing bigger these days Americans won't have to ask, "Hey, Stretch, hows the weather up there?" They'll all be up there with him, and can check for themOne of Testament. Thats the vew, perhaps stretched a bit, that scientists are taking after studying the height of people one generation after the next. Following the latest round GENETICS expert talks about a melting pot effect, he dates. average of this apparently goes to their heads. They may be taller, but their None height seems to have begun inching upward following the floods of immigrants in the measuring, it appears that more than ever it's a tall mans world and getting more so all the time, the National Geographic Society says. In the last two generations, Americans have grown one and one-hainches, and now at an average height of 5 feet 8.2 inches they continue to be the world's tallest people except for the Watusi and Dinkas in East Africa. tallest advantage to being tall. Some companies tend to hire tall men, apparently Impressed largely by their size, despite equal or better qualifications of small job candi- A says Americans The American, Robert Wadlow, was 8 feet 11.1 when he died at age 22. There may be at least one more protein and vitamins. With Americans, another factor may be that they are supposed to be the worlds most overfed. Health care generally is better than ever, say doctors. selves. of on how scholars read the Old cause most people are eat'ng better than ever, especially By National Geographic Classifications Older tree in Taiwan ARE THEY BETTER? average hat size is still 7Vt. Americans may be nearing their ceiling of growth, but some nutritionists think food technology could put six more inches on another generation. The sky is not the limit. If a Gulliver-lik- e giant grew close to 40 feet tall he would have to start taking life sitting down. Otherwise, calculating his weight and the strength of human bone material, he would break his leg every time he took a step. Methuselah, a bristlecone pine some 4,600 years of age, was long believed to be the oldest tree in the world. It now has a rival. Professor n of the College Chow of Chinese Culture has discovered a tree which is 6,000 years old, exceeding the age of the California bristlecone by at least 1,500 years. Chow says the sun tree (Chamae-cypari- s obtusa) he found in the central mountain range on Taiwan was at the 5,500 foot level. There are said to be at least 100 bristlecone pines more than 4,000 years old in the White Mountains of California. Although many look more dead than alive, 23. Pastures For Rent 24. Misc. For Rent Announcements 1. 2. 3 4 5. they still produce fertile cones and seeds. The more famous giant sequoias are only" about 3,500 years old. Card of Ttianki Lott and Found Announcements Peraonala Entertainment Marchandise Selected Offers . 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Japanese junior high school children are two to two and one-hainches taller than youngsters there were ten years ago. Bigger classroom desks now are a nationwide necessity. Around the world, men with tape measures have noticed the same thing: almost everybody is growing taller. Why, however, is not so obvious. Nutritionists say it is be lf TOWERING Americans are most noticeable on basketball courts. There are 20 college players over 7 feet, and five in the National Basketball cluding Association, inKareem Abdul-Jabba- r. Before David flattened him, Goliath stood 9 feet 6Vi inches or 6 feet 10, depending Power Company tests device angle of the sun changes, Dr. Russell explained. The gas or liquid inside the pipe is heated by the solar energy The testing of an experimental model of a solar energy device that offers a method potentially low-coof generating electricity was revealed today by Utah Power and Light Co., and two other electric utilities. 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