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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1959

Page

3

Eastern origins of American cowboys explored in New York

Carmel New York residents Susan and Charles Zurhorst search Lost Village for descendants of 18th century cowboys who moved west from the Hudson Valley or stayed behind. They uncovered logs, relics, and a list of frontier names while tracing ties to Dutchess County figures and Marietta Ohio founder Putnams. They urge descendants to dig into family letters and maps.

Carmel N.Y UPD New York City Marietta Ohio Zurhorst Texas Hudson Valley Zurhorsts Putnam and Dutchess Samuel Munro Daniel Joseph Craw Stephen Wilcocks Charles Peck John van Tassel Elijah John Tompkins David Paddock Peter Angevine Richard Curry William Hil James Dickenson James Philipse John Akin Henry Fermander

Medical Diplomacy Advises Civility Among Doctors

In Denver the Colorado Medical Society urged new members to refrain from criticizing colleagues. Retired Englewood psychiatrist Dr. C. S. Bluemel advised not to inspect a scar and ask who did the operation but to compliment the result and inquire who performed it.

Denver Colorado Medical Society C. S. Bluemel Englewood

Monterey Boy Scout Fund Drive Here This Week

Berkshire Council Boy Scouts of America launches their annual fund drive in Berkshire County to raise 343,000. Monterey volunteers led by Ted Falcon as chairman and Julius D. Miner plan kickoff events at the Great Barrington Youth Center at 7:30 PM with an Exploring film and social hour after a Tuesday church meeting.

Monterey Berkshire Council Boy Scouts of America Berkshire County Ted Falcon Julius D. Miner Dean Amidon John Brancaza Amy Enoe Aaron Fisher Eleanor Gilchrist William Mielke Marcel Pasché Wiliam Perry George Shaw H. T. Simons James Stevens Paul Thorn Richard Tryon Raymond Tryon Harry Vickerman Max Prenson Otis Great Barrington Youth Center

17 Million Americans Suffer Chronic Disability

Washington reports that 17 million Americans, about 10 percent of the population, have chronic disability limiting work and daily tasks. About 3 percent, or 4,855,000, have mobility trouble, with a million confined at home, per Public Health Service via Census Bureau survey. Economic factors link disability rates to income. 20 percent in households under 2000 dollars yearly versus 1 in 15 in higher income groups. Age also influences prevalence across groups.

Washington UPI United States Public Health Service Public Health Service Census Bureau Meural

Inaudible sound a health menace warned by scientist

Dr Adam Anthony of Pennsylvania State University and colleagues warn that inaudible high frequency noise from space rockets and jet aircraft could pose a new health hazard. The report discusses silent sound as a hidden component of loud engine noise beyond human hearing.

Paris Adam Anthony Pennsylvania State University

Anxious prisoner recaptured after escape attempt

Emmit Seatt, 25, inmate at a state work camp, escaped at a moment of anxiety while paroled papers were returned approved. He was recaptured over the weekend as parole was revoked. In related science note, Dr Anthony warned that while current jets and rockets pose few ground hazards, new developments may raise noise levels severalfold.

Dalton Emmit Seatt Seatt Thal Americsstitute of Biological Sciences Anthony

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