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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1959
Page
4
Medical scientists interviewed say there is no hard data for ideal weights and blood pressures. They argue individuals vary in bone structure and muscle development, and metabolic factors affect readings. Statistics aid limits but cannot define each person, though they support health principles urging fat loss and control of high blood pressure.
A jumble of property transfers involving multiple names and parcels across New York and Massachusetts towns, plus a Burlington obituary of medical standard weights and blood pressures. Names include Hall, Tref, Clalring, McLeod, Cauffman, Paul, Skopic, Garlin, Syodjevich, Becket, Patryn, Lif, Gargan, and others with numerous house and lot transactions on streets like Snectady Sunnyside Dalton Alta Somerset Barker Field Stockbridge North Road and Otis Reservoir. The medical section notes new actuarial standards published by the Society of Actuaries, relating weight height age and blood pressure to mortality rates and life expectancy.
In Great Barrington Rochester Navy youth was sentenced to a month in the House of Correction after being found guilty of contributing to a minor’s delinquency. He claimed innocence. Edward Garrison of Chester New York faced vagrancy charges after being found with a 14 year old girl hitchhiking on Route 7 Sheffield. Garrison said they planned to marry and flee. The girl’s juvenile charge was held 24 hours then to be dismissed if she returns home with her father in court.
A 14 year old boy admitted to daylight burglaries at about 50 homes in St. Louis west end. He said he took small amounts of money and raided ice boxes. Police questioned him and his mother said he had not been home for weeks. The juvenile offender remains under probation.
A Chicago nightclub named Dante's Inferno caught fire on Sunday. Firefighters had to remove a large wooden devil head above the entrance before they could tackle the flames. The dramatic scene ended with the head demolished as part of the rescue effort.
In Aachen Germany a court convicted tax official Erich Tacha aged 42 of insulting West German Socialist Leader Erich Ollenhauwer and making antisemitic statements. He received a four month prison term.
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