Leper Is No Longer An Outcast Victims Of Disease Take Place In Society
John Harmon, a 43 year old photographer in Carville Louisiana, lives openly with Hansen's disease leprosy after a long recovery. He works, socializes, and aims to rejoin his community, reflecting science progress and reduced stigma. Carville hosts a self contained town for patients with modern amenities and care.
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John Harmon
Vacherie
Harmon
Jack Gates
Carville
Jtby Harmen
U.S
Public Health Service
Dimes
Carvilla Leprosarium
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Sisters of Charity
New Carville
Hansen
Largest Piece Of Glass In The World At Corning
Visitors to the Corning Glass Center can view the world’s largest single piece of glass a 10 foot diameter 20 ton disk. It weighs over a foot thick and was cast for the Mt Palomar telescope mirror. The museum houses the world’s largest collection devoted to glass with a history section tracing objects from 1500 B C to today.
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Corning, N
Corning
Baytown soldiers begin training in various posts
Five Baytown area soldiers start eight weeks of basic training at Fort Bliss and Fort Hiss while another Baytown man completes a four week program at George Air Force Base. Others graduate from Camp Gordon and Kaiser earns a corporal promotion in Germany. Speer serves in Japan.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
Baytown
Ft. Hiss
Gark B. Kirk
C. D. Kirk
Box
Mt. Bemeu
Eward F. Klaus
BE. I. Klaus
Rt. 2
Box 230
William R. Rhodes
B. W. Rhodes
Freddie W. Stayton
Elva McKay
Joseph B. Cochran
J. M. Cochran
Mt. Belowieu
Roger O. Gary, Jr
Southern Methodist University
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
George Air Force Base
Calif
Fligs
Foger D. Gary
Jack
Army
Pfe
Tommy J. Kimmey
T. E. Kimmey
Rt. 1
25Th Infantry
Korea
Kimmey
Fort Hood
Camp Gordon
Southeastern Signal School
Gordon Balke
L. W. Balke
Jimmy E. Thomas
Wilburn Drive
Japan
Tokyo
Billy N. Speer
Phyllis
Camp
232Rd
African Game Still Attracts Hunters
In the Masai Steppe migration, zebra and wildebeest move westward across Kenya and Tanganyika as lions and cheetahs follow. Safari travel is now rapid by specially designed cars from Nairobi, with organized firms ensuring hunters rarely return empty handed.
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Jenya
Masai
Tanganyika
Kenya
Equator
Africa
Easta Irina
Nairobi
Kenya-Tanganyika
Uganda
Sudan
Belgian Congo
Cape of Good Hope
Confusion Avoided By Use Of Numbers
At Fort Sam Houston a mail clerk at the medical training center solved a duplicate name mail problem by using the last four digits of each private's serial number. Pvt John J McDermott 1262 from Genoa New York and Pvt John J McDermott 9377 from Kings Point New York now receive correct mail, while the unrelated McDermotty hope to be assigned to different stations to avoid numbering conflicts.
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Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Medical Training Center
John J. McDermott
Genoa
N. Y
Kings Point
N.Y
Dog rides bus to escape rain in Buffalo suburb
A boxer dog boarded a bus during a rainstorm and stayed aboard until it reached a Midtown intersection where driver Mathias M. Becker consulted with supervisor Daniel Shannon. They returned to the corner, the dog alighted, and the owners thanked the transit crew. The Erie County Society against Vivisection sent a $3 check to Becker and Shannon for their humane action.
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Mathias M. Becker
Daniel Shannon
Shannon
Becker
Erie County Society Against
Don’t Ever Stir Rite Stirrir Mashes Grains
A piece describes a device named Stirrer that mashes grains to produce rice gumm. The brief notes its use in food processing and its effect on texture, implying a traditional method of preparing grain-based staples.
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Remington-Rand
Matherne
Beall
Bulletin Board
Air Reserve
William Kenneth Dutin
LP. Dunn
Rte. J. Baytown
Gary Afb
San Marcos
Pvt
Dale Hightower
England
Dale M. Hightower
E. L. Hightower
APO
New York
Hightower
Robert E. Lee High School
Me Scorini
Dieter
DEE
Eriom
John Manning
King Pevterar Syndicate
Fort Bragg
N. C
Robert T. Stevens
James M. Gavin
International
Buffalo
and P. Fenelon
Gresham
Houston Lighting & Power Company
Freezer
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