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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1968
Page
7
Veterans describe the Hong Kong flu variant known as big HK with overpowering sleep urges and fever dreams that recur nightly. Symptoms include chills, sweats, fatigue, aches, and occasional pneumonia risk, with antibiotics failing against the virus and bed rest plus fluids as common advice.
The World Health Organization notes a theory that novel influenza strains may emerge in pigs in South China. Hong Kong and Asia are linked to the current outbreak. Pigs, horses, and birds host flu viruses, with pig strains closely related to human ones.
A man and his wife with a young daughter were removed from an Eastern Air Lines jet bound for Tampa after he asked the pilot if the flight was to Cuba. Captain Eckman recognized the man and ground crews halted boarding. the man denied it but was refunded and allowed to depart.
Ankara reports that Robert Komer, newly named U.S. ambassador to Turkey after leading pacification in Vietnam, will contend with anti American sentiment from Turkish press. Editors portray him as a symbol of U S policy while Turkey hosts 2 billion in aid and bases complicating NATO ties.
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