Physicians Disagree With Hershey Report
Chicago June 13 doctors at the American Medical Association convention rejected Draft Director Lewis B Hershey's claim that the nations youth health has declined. They argued high rejection rates reflect illiteracy and service standards rather than real health drops, noting Mississippi and South Carolina lead in rejections while Montana Utah Minnesota and Iowa are lowest.
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Chicago
American’ Medical Association
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Rowland B. Kennedy
Mississippi Medical Association
Mississippi
South Carolina
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Alabama
Montana
Utah
Minnesota
Iowa
City Studies Insurance Prices On Employee Plans
City studies insurance bids from several providers United Bankers Blue Cross Northwestern Life and others. Bids cover employee only employee and dependents and vary by plan with hospital and surgical benefits and a $1000 life insurance and double indemnity clause. Middleton notes bids will be studied to find the most benefits for the money.
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United Bankers
Blue Cross
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Middleton
Fife
Composer May Be Returned To Jail in Milwaukee
Frank Grandstaff, a 10-year ex convict known for the Big Spring Cantata, faced possible return to prison after being ordered tried on burglary charges. He acted as his own lawyer in a preliminary hearing, must post a $5,608 bond, and stand trial in municipal court. He had gained fame while in Tennessee prison and was later pardoned and married Mildred McConkey.
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Milwaukee
Frank Grandstaff
Grandstaff
Tennessee
Mildred McConkey
Fort Wayne
Ind
Gerard Paradowski
Harvey L. Neelen
HM Summer Band Program To Begin
Horace Mann summer band program opens Monday with over 175 expected participants. Director Fred Parker notes about 85 elementary graduates join the roughly 100 eighth and ninth graders. Beginning reeds meet 2:20 p.m. Monday Wednesday and Britay at the school band room. brass at 9 a.m. Tue Thu Fri. all eighth and ninth graders meet 10 a.m. weekdays. Horses have the largest eyes of all land animals.
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Fred Parker
Britay
City Cites Funds Roadblock in Ditch Cleanup Push
Mid Ray town residents from Leavins addition and near Horace Mann junior high pressed council for pipe installation and ditch closures after two delegations. Mayor Ward cited tight finances and reallocation to state water system and sewer projects, while county flood control cooperation was sought to clear Martin and Matching streets ditches.
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Ray Town
Leavins Addition
Horace Mann ‘Junior High
Harding Street
J. A. Ward
Haris County
Rufus Bergeron
George Scott
Harris County
Ward
H. N. Love
Leavins
Martin Ditch
Worth Main
Pruett
Love
C. M. Dennison
J. C. Holsomback
Martin Siteh
Matching Street
Alma” McNulty
Wally
Horace Mann
La Porte Movie Operator Norman Olstead Dies
Norman Wiley Olstead a 35 year old La Porte movie projection operator and World War II Navy veteran died at 2 30 am in his home. Funeral services will be at La Porte Community Church with Rev John Hichorn officiating. Masonic burial will be in Forest Park cemetery Houston. He was a Madison South Dakota native, lived in La Porte 23 years and belonged to La Porte Masonic Lodge AF and AM 857 and Local 279 Movie Operators Union. Survivors include his widow Florence a daughter Sandra June two sons Donald and Russell five sisters and one brother.
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Norman Wiley Olstead
le Porte
la Porte Community Church
John Hichorn
Forest Park Cemetery
Houston
Olstead
la Porte
Madison
S.D
la ‘Porte
Telephone Rate Meet Postponed Again to July 15
City council approves a July 15 hearing time for the telephone rate controversy and votes to pay members 25 dollars each for lost time. Strickland criticizes repeated delays costing the telephone company thousands monthly while Mayor Ward stresses needing full facts before any hearing. Middleton plans to be in town to attend. Owsley’s availability blocks progress as city attorneys seek missing data. The delay has raised concerns over costs to citizens estimated at 116 thousand dollars.
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Juy 15
Middleton
Strickland
Lewis
Dallas
Leis
George Chandler
Owsley
Ward
Navy Pilot Relates 51 Hour Survival Ordeal
A Navy pilot describes bailing out at 1 38 a m from 7000 feet and surviving 51 hours at sea aided by a life raft, whistle and mirror. Despite two ships passing and two planes overhead not spotting him, he was finally spotted by the tanker HC Sinclair around 4 a m Wednesday after signaling with a whistle.
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Lewis
Sinclair’ HC
Polio Patient Robert Edmondson Fevers at Houston Hospital
A 10 year old La Porte boy, Robert Edmondson, is not paralyzed but runs a high fever as polio attendants report from Jefferson Davis hospital in Houston. He was admitted to the polio ward Wednesday and is the son of Mr and Mrs Gene Edmondson and grandson of La Porte Mayor Fred P turf.
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Robert Edmondson
la Porte
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Houston
Edmondson
Gene Edmondson
At Porte
Fred P. Turf
Livestock Prices In Fort Worth Market Report
Livestock market notes from Fort Worth dated June 13 show cattle in steady demand with ranges for different classes: commercial and good slaughter yearlings and heifers 25 to 32.50, cutter and utility 18 to 24, beef cows 19 to 22, canners and cutters 13 to 19, bulls 18 to 26. Calves 50 with steady good and choice slaughter calves 30 to 34, utility and commercial 21 to 28.50, culls 17 to 20. Stockers scarce. Hog 100 steady with Thursday's close, choicest 180 to 240 lbs butcher 20 to 25, lighter and heavier 18 to 20, sows 15 to 17, feeder pigs. Also notes Argentina farm size nine times U.S. average and a stray sentence about tuning fork inventor in Wine.
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Fort. Worth
Banty the bantam rooster meets a fisherman’s lure
In New Hampshire memory note Banty the bantam rooster was killed after nipping farmer Fred Forcier’s hand. Yet a neighbor uses his vivid feathers as fishing lures, keeping Banty’s legend alive in local memory.
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Jaffrey
N. H
Banty
Fred Forcier
Forcier
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