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ID WAS GOINS DO AHEAP THA- T- vr'TrT'SJH Gnoopv only needs on s PRESSURE? UKAT PRESSURE? Bv Bloiulic MOKE HOME RDM ! HE CAN TIE BASE RUTH'S RECORD BLONDIE, WHAT DID ) YOU PUT IN THIS BEFORE HANK AARON IF THE PKSSlUE DOESN'T GET TO HIM.. PI PE? RANGE FROM THAT NASTY OLD TOBACCO -- Vr SMELL? i r3.-- 1 . r. (hir oiin' ISNT IT A NICE 1 ) X 1 - Have a Question? Ask Andy r fc. Sahara Tops Mighty Mars Desert Heat Andv sends a ert are covered with parched complete set ot the Merit Stu- to Nate Encyclopedia Mason, II, Salt Loke C'v. for Jtis Question: dents I IIow hot and cold docs it ' g'ttnthe Sahara? f The deserts on Mars are but our larger and colder great Sahara gets a great deal hotter. When the midsummer sun beats down on its sandy dunes, the temperature may Soar to 130 degrees Fahren-heiDuring the summer night, be desert temperature often drops swiftly. In winter, frost comes to large areas in the Sahara and some of its mountain peaks are capped w ith snow. L The great Sahara is the biggest, the hottest, but not quite the coldest desert on the earth. It sprawls over three which million square miles Is almost as big as Canada. One would expect to find a variety of scenery in such an enormous area, with a variety ,of ,i temperatures. Some parts of the great des sandy dunes. Other geographical features include barren hills and plateaus, rocky mountain ranges and vast stretches of loose gravel. This whole region of North Africa Ls an arid desert because the prevailing trade winds that blow across it bring few clouds and little moisture. Hence, the big blue sky above it is usually dear and This the air ls allows the summer sun to beat down with blazing heat. Then the sandy surface gets much hotter than the air above it. TTie mid-datemperatures often reach 120 and sometimes 130 degrees Fahrenheit. The record is held by a place called Azizia m the Ljbian desert, which is one of the Saharas hot spots. One day, the official temperature there soared to 136.4 degrees in the shade. Some people claim that Californias Death Valley gets to be the hottest spot on earth. There the record for July 10. dner-than-dr- y 1913, was 134 degrees F. This was tops for North America, but more than two degrees cooler than the Saharas known record. However, Death Valleys normal temperatures often reach 123 degrees, which is hotter than many summer days in the After a seething day of for the sudden changes. Hie desert animals must be adjusted to the sharp contrasts of day and night temperature The wide Sahara straddles the Tropic of Cancer, where winters tend to be mild. But cold dry winds often bring frosty temperatures of 30 degrees to some of the low lying regions. Things are colder on the desert plateaus, 2,000 feet above sea level. The highest peaks are 6,000 to 10,000 feet and sometimes they are covered with winter snows for weeks at a time. Daily Quiz 1. The creature credited with a long memory would have . TALONS TUSKS ANTLERS FANGS 2 go HEADCHEESE GIBLETS W. 3 A freshman student West Point is called a PIZZA AT m LaJLff, " Vil f 827 East 2100 South, Sugar Houso at 4 Which type of anesthesia was the earliest to be used by physicians ETHER SPINAL CYCLOPROPANE CHLOROFORM ANSWERS E SWD t (queudoia) swsnj, ALWAYS SAD WHEN 'E PLAYS 'IS old armv Bugle . Makes Hit With Andy A few weeks ago Nate Mason read the The Salt Lake Tribunes Ask Andy question and answer feature and found that the person asking the question received a valuable set of books. "My questions arc as good as that," he thought and wrote some questions and mailed them His thoughts were correct. His question on "how hot and cold does it get In the Sahara?" was at least as good as the one he had read because his quiz is bringing him a set of the Ment Students Encyclopedia Featured Today Nates question and Andys answer are featured in the daily feature today. Authors of questions answered in the feature receive the valuable set of encyclopedia or other1 Nate ts the son of Dr and Mrs. J David Mason, East. He'll be a seventh grader in Our Lady of Lourdes School this fall where math and mythology will be his favonte subjects. Outside school he enjoys reading, things, drawing and building plane and car models. col-ktl- SHAVETAIL ROOKIE PLEBE GREENHORN uuojojoiqj aqaid 'E'S S.L. Youth I Try, Try Again His winning question was the third he's submitted to The Tribune's Ask Andy. from students Questions from throughout the nation are featured in the question and answer senes. Those asking the questions receive the book sets if their questions are answered in the column. Mail questions, along with ace and address, to Ask Andy, The Salt Lake Tribune, P. 0. Box 8G7, Salt Lake City, Utah, S4110 Bry. SiiiviIh an' the folks next Bv Vmlv C.aiip Nate Mason Wins on Third Try 6ft4-I3t- h BACON V u book sets. Which menu item did not Omk while on foot CHITTERLINGS ::U i.ronanl Marr 120 de- grees, temperatures in the Sahara often plummit down to 70 degrees or lower. People who live there must prepare green spots of thriving vegetation. Here the plants give off moisture and tend to lessen both the heat and the cold h. Bv Sahara. The same clear blue skies that bring down heat from the blazing sun also let the earths heat escape during the night. Only parts of the great desert are desolate wastelands. Even these are crossed by caravan routes and along the way there are towns where the travelers pause to rest and trade. And here and there throughout the great desert there are oases, where pockets of ground water nourish CESOtf IB On Mufn "T ARE EVEN SADDER |