Cataract surgery restores sight and warns of risks
In a firsthand account from New York, a cataract sufferer describes going nearly blind, opting for lens removal in both eyes, and achieving near normal vision with modern methods and contacts. The piece contrasts improved outcomes with ongoing challenges such as glare and limited peripheral sight, urging care to preserve vision. It ends with a brief note on the origin of the word highway from English colonists and animal-trail usage.
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Opthamologists
Average Pennsylvania cow now a heavy milk producer
PA average cow yields 9,240 pounds yearly, up from 6,320 in 1950, per Dr. William T. Butz of Penn State. Jacksonville, Florida becomes largest city by area in the United States, replacing Oklahoma City, with 827 square miles and population rising from 221,000 to 550,000.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William T. Butz
Pennsylvania State University
Jacksonville
Fla
Duval County
United States
Oklahoma City
Florida
Congressmen seek advance wheat payments from Hardin
Five Republican lawmakers pressed Agriculture Secretary Hardin to authorize advance certificate payments to wheat farmers in the 1960s acreage-control program. They argue advances could help amid low income and large cash needs, though funding and authority remain uncertain.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Catherine May
John M. Zwach
Minnesota
Thomas S. Kleppe
North Dakota
Robert D. Price
Texas
Keith Sebelius
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Congress
Sion
National Association of Wheat Growers
Wheat Growers Association
Association
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