New Year brings medical advances across leprosy and vaccines
In 1969 reports from Tokyo to London detail progress against leprosy including pure Hansen bacillus culture, an experimental vaccine, and animal models. Other findings show a combined live-virus MMR vaccine producing strong antibodies in 28 children and low reactions. Northwestern engineers unveil a portable acoustical heartbeat analyzer. Israel reports an uritector to detect urinary blockage post catheters.
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Andelman Gress
Tokyo
London
South India
United States
Unusual squeeze leads South to duplicate finesse in spade endgame
West keeps spades after a king tied the first trick while South ruffs and leads to force a heart break. East cards a heart to break the squeeze, but South maintains control by a series of ruffs and trumps. South wins by finessing against East and Hast, finishing with dummy’s high hearts and diamonds.
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St. John Ingram
Kent
England
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South
East
Ingram
Dummy
Hast
India asks UN for ski industry expert in Kashmir
New Delhi asks the United Nations to supply a ski industry specialist under the UN Development Fund program. The expert, likely Austrian or Swiss, will work in India for one to two years to help develop Kashmir's budding ski sector.
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India
United Nations
Kashmir
Austria
Switzerland
U.N. Development Fund
Size of U.S. money reduced in 1929 redesign
The Bureau notes that currency in circulation is one third smaller than before July 10, 1929 when the smaller size began. The change aimed at easier handling and longer folding life due to more durable paper.
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U.S
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