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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1952
Page
3
A survey shows dairy heifer calves suffer high mortality with 24 percent failing to reach maturity and only 17 percent remaining in milking at age ten. Brucellosis costs the dairy industry about 87 million annually, while mastitis adds roughly 100 million. Baby chick and poults mortality reach 10 and 15 percent respectively, with further losses from injuries and carelessness.
Medical experts and statisticians warn of a severe doctor shortage in the country. A Health Resources Advisory Committee report based on a six month study concludes the nation would need 22 thousand more physicians beyond current estimates for 1954. Prolonged training and high education costs are cited as possible causes.
In southern India many men wed trees to honor spirits housed by trees. The elder brothers marry the spirits to avoid delaying younger siblings from marrying flesh and blood brides, an ancient Brahman practice cited in this brief account.
American archaeologists in northeastern Iraq at Jarmo report the discovery of the earliest known human settlement, a village dating between 5000 and 6000 B.C. Nearby, new planned oil worker communities emerge for locals and Western workers as Near East oil production accounts for about one sixth of global supply.
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