Lung disease tied to starling roost in Dexter town
In Dexter Missouri AP report Dr S B Beecher and Dr Fred Tosh found about 94 percent of 1 198 tested residents reacted to histoplasmosis as a result of a starling roost near local schools and Elder Manufacturing Co Officials plan to treat the roost area with a formaldehyde solution to kill the fungus and reduce the spread of the disease Nurses say antibiotics can cure the illness for those treated early in life
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Dexter
Beecher
Fred Tosh
U.S. Publi Health Service
Elder Manufacturing Co
Dr. Beecher
Tosh
Melvin Gainer
Weekend Weather Update Cools with Wind and Sun
Weekend forecast shows partly cloudy and windy conditions with a high in the 50s and a low in the 40s. Sunday will bring diminishing clouds and a slight warming trend as conditions improve.
Meetings Reinstated Charges Dropped in Selma Voting Rights Case
A three judge federal court ordered Sheriff James G. Clark of Dallas County to cease using the county posse to police racial matters and barred arrests or discrimination against anyone exercising the right to vote or seek registration. The injunction targets coercive actions against civil rights activity and organizing, with Justice Department backing. The panel also dissolved a prior state injunction and dismissed or remanded numerous charges against civil rights workers. data shows 1,828 whites and 1,148 Negroes applied to register, with 1,465 whites and 214 Negroes registered.
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Mobile
Ala
James G. Clark
Dallas
S’riday
Selma
Clark
U.S. Justice Department
U.S
Thomas
Dallas County Board of Registrars
Pop Art Posters Reflect Chinese Defense Stance in Beijing
From Peking AP dispatch, anti US propaganda displays at the Beijing Art Gallery cast President Johnson as the arch villain. Despite harsh imagery, officials say China seeks defense not escalation, ready to fight if provoked but avoiding provocation that leads to war. The nation’s vast military apparatus remains oriented to homeland defense.
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Peking
China
Johnson
Peking Art Gallery
Viet Cong
Viet Nam
Quake Strikes Norton Sound Anew On Good Friday
A sharp quake hit western Alaska Norton Sound at 1 24 p m Alaska time 6 24 p m EST Friday the Coast and Geodetic Survey said It was the second Good Friday in a row with Alaska earthquakes The quake measured between 5 and 6 on the Richter scale no casualties or damage reported from Friday s event there was a deadly 8 3 quake on March 27 in south central Alaska that killed 115 people.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Norton Sound
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Johnson Won't Trip Cuts Visits
President Johnson will forego international trips and cut foreign visits to the United States due to Congress workload and Viet Nam. Pakistan’s Ayub Khan and India’s Lal Bahadur Shastri have postponements to fall. Italy’s Aldo Moro and Korea’s Park Chung Hee still plan Washington arrivals.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
United States
Texas White House
Viet Nam
Rawalpindi
New Delhi
White House
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Lai Bahadur Shastri
India
Khan
Shastri
Aldo Moro
Italy
Washington
Chung Hee Park
Korea
Poverty in Pittsfield How To Climb an Oak Tree
Dorothy van den Honert of the Pittsfield Anti Poverty Commission argues public schooling determines poverty outcomes and urges bold new techniques. She cites Prince Edward County desegregation experiments and a Pittsfield Tucker School revival as evidence that ungraded classes and library programs raise reading, IQ, and enthusiasm, while local officials lag behind.
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Commonwealth of Virginia
Prince Edward County
Neil Sullivan
Ford Foundation
Virginia
Prince Edward
Tucker School
Pittsfield
Tucker
Pinsfield’s
Watch Set Lest Soviet Arm Base Watch Set Lest Soviet Arm Base
U S surveillance intensifies near Hanoi for Soviet antiaircraft missiles possibly en route by land from Canton along a single track rail line. Officials cite a six launch pad site under construction spotted by U2 reconnaissance with six pads. Moscow Beijing Hanoi push for leadership in Red Bloc aids. Chinese hold ups complicate deliveries.
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Washington
Hanoi
U.S
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
North Viet Nam
SANS
Moscow
Peking
North
Viet Nam
China
Canton
Soviet Union
Communist China
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W. Alaska
Dorothy van den Honert
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