Fudge Eaters Help Detect Diabetes in Federal Screen
Federal workers in nine cities sample fudge bars as a sugar challenge for diabetes screening. About 25 000 employees consumed 50 000 bars since July 1960, using an Auto Analyzer to process blood samples quickly. Final results showed 210 diabetes cases among 15 535 screened in Washington and Dallas, indicating a sensitive and efficient method.
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Uncle Sam
Public Health Service
Dallas
Denver
Boston
New York
Kansas City
Greenbelt
Alexandria
Bella Mead
N. J
Public Health Reports
Health Service Journal
Federal
Employe Health Program
Diabetes and Arthritis Branch
U. S. Public Health Service
Smashing Centennial Boosts IRS Tax Take
In Washington the IRS marks its 100th birthday with a record total of 105.9 billion dollars in the fiscal year ending June 30. Individual income and employment taxes hit a new high of 67.9 billion dollars, up 6.5 billion from fiscal 1962. Rep Howard W Smith suffers a belleyache but recovers, while Edwin P Neilan of the U S Chamber of Commerce condemns the federal spoils system as more sophisticated and sinister, calling lawmakers bagmen in a Senate clash with Mike Mansfield.
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Internal Revenue Service
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Edwin P. Neilan
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Delaware
National Press Club
Neilan
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Judge Edward Conger Dies at 81 Seen as FDR Ally
Poughkeepsie New York AP judge Edward A. Conger, 81, an early friend and backer of Franklin D. Roosevelt, died Wednesday. Roosevelt named him to the Southern District bench in Manhattan.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Edward A. Conger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Manhattan
Businessmen slow to act amid heat and doubt
AP analysis notes executives delaying decisions as they await fall upturn, with caution tempered optimism. Trade tensions with Europe, nuclear ban reach, postwar construction pace, auto model launches, and tax changes all cloud planning. Labor, automation, unemployment, and consumer spending add to the uncertainty. Weather and vacations further dampen decision making.
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Congress
Buddhists Begin 48Hour Hunger Strike in Hue Vietnam
In Hue a group of 108 Buddhists started a 48 hour hunger strike to protest President Ngo Dinh Diem government policies. Shops in Hue closed in support and strikers demand punishment for police and troops accused of killing a Buddhist and injuring others in July clashes.
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Viet Nam
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Ugo Dinh Thuc
Saigon
Make Firms Pay Interest From Date of Injury
Nathan Baker of Hoboken urged insurers to owe interest from the injury date on personal injury awards to speed settlements and clear court dockets. He cited a New York Appeals Court death at sea case and said insurers earn interest on funds held in contingency accounts until settlement.
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Nathan Baker
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N.J
Baker
National Association of Claimants Counsel of America
New York
Appeals Court
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Five Day Forecast Shows Mild Temps With Sparse Storms
Temperatures through Monday stay near normal with a slight northwest rise and highs of 76 to 80 in the northeast and 80 to 86 in the west and south. Lows run 52 to 58 in the north and 57 to 62 in the south. A cooler turn Friday follows, with minimal precipitation and only a few scattered thunderstorms expected across most sections.
Cooper Arrives for Needed Rest on Vacation
Astro naut Leroy Gordon Cooper landed in Seattle for his first break in four years. The Air Force major, who circled the globe for 34 hours last May, plans a quiet stay at his father in law E. J. Olson’s home near Kent. Cooper married Trudy Olson while students at the University of Hawaii. He says he has been in constant public relations since his space flight and seeks rest.
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Seatlte
Wash
Leroy Gordon Cooper
Air Force
Globe
E. J. Olson
Kent
Cooper
Trudy Olson
University of Hawaii
Gang Robs Mail Train in England
A gang of 20 to 30 masked men stopped the Glasgow London mail train near Cheddington at 3 am and looted about 120 registered mail bags worth potentially over a million pounds. They attacked engineer Jack Mills and his assistant, tied mail sorters, and dumped bags to waiting cars before fleeing.
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Cheddington
England
APA
London
Post Office
Jack Mills
Historic Kentucky wedding reenacts first 1776 ceremony
In Winchester, Kentucky, on Aug. 7, 195? a faithful reenactment of the first Kentucky wedding was staged. Thomas Hall and Judy Holton wed in Clark County as authentic costumed reproductions with a minister from a tree stump, echoing Samuel Henderson and Elizabeth Calloway’s 1776 vows at Boonesborough.
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Winchester
Kentucky
Samuel Henderson
Elizabeth Calloway
Boonesborough
Clark County
Thomas Hall
Judy Holton
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