Cancer Drive Head Named in Lampasas
Mrs. Joe Cox, president of the Lampasas Woman's Auxiliary, is named chairman of the 1950 Cancer Crusade in Lampasas County. Gibb Gilchrist, chancellor of Texas A&M and state chairman, announced the April educational and membership drive of the American Cancer Society. Cox will appoint community chairmen with leaders including Mrs. Alice Cofer, Dr. Rush McMillin, Mrs. Dorothy Derwin, and Dennis Black.
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Lampasas County
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Texas A&m College
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American Cancer Society
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Dorothy Derwin
Dennis Black
Rainmaking effort eyed for New York watershed
New York City allocated 950,000 for a scientific rainmaking experiment directed by Dr. Howell and Harvard meteorologist Wallace Howell. Police amphibious planes will drop dry ice and silver iodide into clouds to nudge rain over the watershed, aiming to boost reservoir levels with possible results as soon as next week.
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Harvard
Wallace FE. Howell
New York City
Mother Nature
Marvard
Howell
Mindszenty seriously ill in Budapest jail infirmary
Rome reports say Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungarian church leader imprisoned for life, is gravely ill with Basedow disease. Authorities fear for his condition as rumors claim drugging by Hungarian police to coerce statements during treason trial.
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Rome
INS
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Budapest
Maglad
Basedow
Ari
Wine bath stripper claims dye sabotage in San Antonio
Miss Leona Duval performing as Thirza was rushed to a San Antonio hospital after a night spot incident in which her body was stained red by dye in her wine bath. A doctor removed the dye with cold cream and alcohol, then she was sent home after calming hysteria.
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San Antonio
March
Leona Duval
Kansan Tops Pitcher in First International Horseshoe Contest
The inaugural international horseshoe pitching contest took place in Bronson, Kansas, in 1909 with Frank Jackson of Blue Mound, Kansas, emerging as the winner.
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Bronson
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Frank Jackson
Blue Mound
D D D Prescription Ad Promises Fast Itch Relief
A 35 cent trial bottle of D D D Prescription claims to quickly relieve itching from eczema pimples scabies athlete's foot and factory itch without greasiness or staining. The ad notes first application often stops intense itching and offers a money back guarantee.
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Dennis
Polar bear attack injures two zoo keepers in Melbourne
In Melbourne Zoo a polar bear escaped an inner cage and attacked keepers. A third attendant killed the bear with a head shot after the bear knocked down another keeper and dragged a third into the gardens. Two keepers were injured.
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Melbourne
Australia
Two Falfurrias Families Report Flying Saucer
In Falfurrias area, 11 members from the Rabinvides and Ramirez families described seeing a disc about 12 feet wide and three feet thick with no wings or windows. The object circled seven times at roughly 1000 feet then moved southwest toward Mexico on Sunday evening, prompting cautious reporting.
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Falfurrias
R. P. Benavides
Macario Ramirez
Mexico
Youth Charged After Injured Teacher Dies
A Kansas City youth, initially charged with striking 65 year old Ernest B. Hyde, general science teacher at Manual High, faced a manslaughter charge after Hyde died. The suspect pleaded innocent at arraignment and is jailed on a $5,000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for March 30. A University of Missouri study notes cows peak milk production around 50 degrees.
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Kansas City
INS
Howard L. Kinard
Ernest B. Hyde
Manual High
University of Missouri
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