Mental illness named America s No 1 health problem
Washington reports over one million Americans were treated in hospitals for mental illness in the year. Half of hospital beds were occupied by psychiatric patients, with many on waiting lists and overflow handled in jails. By 1956 the national mental health bill rises to 250 million dollars amid a push for better diagnosis and facilities.
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Young Londoner Anne Allen Named Justice of the Peace
Mrs. Anne Allen, 26, of London, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace, reportedly making her the youngest JP in Britain.
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Kansas City Livestock Prices Lead Early Market Slide
Kansas City cattle shipments reached 12 000 head with calves at 800 and hogs at 5 000. Fed steers showed moderate activity and steady to higher spots, with cows and bulls mostly firm to up. Short fed cattle ranged 18 to 26 dollars, hogs declined 25 to 50 cents as lambs failed to establish a market.
Chicago Livestock Market Summary on Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago livestock prices show hogs around steady with losses to 25 cents. most 180 to 220 pounds at 15.75 to 16.10 dollars and larger hogs 14.75 to 15.50. Cattle activity slow but mostly higher for steers and heifers, cows weak, bulls up to 25 cents. Sheep steady with 93 pound lambs at 23.75 and lighter weights 20 to 22.50, yearlings around 18.50.
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Drowning Victim Identified in Ship Channel Death
Houston authorities identify the drowned man pulled from the ship channel as 71 year old William A. Banks a retired railroad worker who was reported missing 16 days ago. Officials believe he became lost and fell into the water.
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Humphrey backs repeal of wartime excise taxes
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, a wartime tax convert, recalls the heavy bookwork at his late father's drugstore in Huron North Dakota and supports eliminating excise taxes on cosmetics and jewelry to reduce small business paperwork. The piece notes related Soviet propaganda and Ohio Democratic primary dynamics ahead of 1950 campaigns.
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Nationalists seek US advisers to save Formosa
The State Department said the Chinese Nationalists have filed a detailed plea for American military and other advisers to help save Formosa. Australia reports a flood of hot money seeking investment from South Africa amid nervous markets.
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Board of Control Gets New Member R Lanning Sworn In
R Lanning of Jacksboro a former state senator was sworn in today as a member of the state board of control. He succeeds Tom Deberry who served 26 years on the board and 12 years as a member. Deberry had been ill and his term expired December 31. Lanning took the oath from Judge Few Brewster in the governor's reception room.
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Somali Worker Strike Ends in Southern Rhodesia Return
Native school teachers were last to return to work when a strike of all Somali workers ended in Southern Rhodesia.
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Utilities strike expands across midwest states
Phones story notes strikes organized in Missouri Texas Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma and parts of Illinois with walkouts set for Saturday midnight. Governor Smith vows to use all state laws to curb the action and cites the King Thompson Act banning public utility strikes in Missouri. Southwestern Bell and the labor unit remain at odds over a package wage rise and job reclassifications while the company rejects changes to the seniority clause.
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Death over Orange Bowl tickets shocks Miami woman
A Miami woman, Lucille F. Brooks, 45, died by suicide after her husband Henry 8. Brooks telephoned to say he could swap their Orange Bowl tickets for better ones. He suggested she deliver the tickets to a man who would call, leading to a fatal misunderstanding about attending the game.
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Perjury indictment targets Maragon in four counts
Federal grand jury accuses Maragon of perjury over bank accounts in 1945 46 undisclosed government dealings from 1945 to 1949 employment with the State Department on a Greece mission and a $5000 loan from his mother in law. Ehrlich with Mara gon at Senate hearings said he does not know Maragon's current whereabouts. Each count carries two to 10 years, potential 40 year max if convicted on all.
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Senate Committee Sets Path for Party Principles
The Senate Republican Policy Committee agreed to collaborate with House members and the national committee to draft a statement of party principles. Taft of Ohio, policy committee chairman, said a final decision rests with a later Republican conference. The President joined opening day prayers as Congress prepares a State of the Union likely to push Truman agenda items.
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