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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1955

Page

3

Cancer researchers renew Navaho near immunity study in Arizona

Arizona public health chief Dr. Clarence G. Salsbury leads renewed medical teams into the Navaho reservation spanning Arizona and New Mexico to solve why the 78000 Navajo show near immunity to cancer. The project, begun last summer, resumes after winter access delays.

Phoenix, Ariz Arizona New Mexico United States Clarence G. Salsbury Sage Memorial Hospital Ganada Mission Salsbury Gando

Navaho cancer rates spark discussion on diet and immunity

Dr. Salsbury notes remarkably low cancer cases among Navaho patients based on 1953 hospital data. He cites diet lacking refined foods as a possible factor, while warning the exact cause remains unclear. The article also covers Bluefield Chamber of Commerce elections and notes a vast national underground gas pipeline network.

Landmark of Mercy Navaho Salsbury Ganado U. S Indian Country Service

State Sells Batch Road Bonds

West Virginia sold two million dollars in road bonds to a Chicago Securities Co. at a net interest cost of 2.000 percent after a premium, with $80,000 due annually to total $4 million. This was the first sale since March 8, 1954, and the state’s bonded debt excluding the new issue stands at $144,724,000 including road and veterans bonus bonds.

Charleston West Virginia Cee Okie An Securities Co Chicago Aoy Diddle Ee Ee Eens

Show-Off Takes Smoke Break at Pair Du Lendit in Paris

In Paris at the Pair Du Lendit event a notable figure nicknamed “Martian” paused for a smoke, distracting observers. The moment passed without incident as attendees continued with the proceedings and spectators overlooked the lapse.

Paris France

Texas Outlaws Wade Irrigation Ditch in El Paso

City ordinance prohibits wading paddling swimming diving or ducking in any irrigation ditch within El Paso as a misdemeanor since the 1873 incorporation.

EL Paso Tex

Phone Officials Protest Valuation For Tax In West Virginia

Charleston June 8 The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co protested the tentative 1955 assessment of its West Virginia properties as too high amid declining earnings. C and P official C H Johnson urged the Public Works Board to keep final valuation near the prior 22 million while citing a 24 million tentative figure. Also testifying were Monongahela and Appalachian Electric figures with concerns over rate cases and delays in adding new generating facilities.

Charleston Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co West Virginia C. H. Johnson The of Public Works Tax Department C. and P Johnson Telecompany Appalachian Electric Power Co Monongahela Power Co Monongahela H. B. Darden Darden Atty Ernest K. James Appalachian

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