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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1949
Page
3
Thirteen people from nine states and Nova Scotia received bronze medals for courageous rescues. Awards go to a range of ages 16 to 70 with pensions totaling 1440 annual and 400 in impairment benefits. Notable acts include pulling a girl from a railroad path and saving a child from a car.
The list includes Carl A. Sporven of Bellevue Nebraska who saved two army flyers from a burning plane in St. Columbus. William F. Joy of Crescent City California rescued a drowning coworker. George E. Parmentier of East Stanwood Washington tried to save a woman from drowning. Lincoln Harrington of Port Huron Michigan saved two children from the ice on Black River. James F. Collins Jr. of Long Beach California pulled companions from a flaming car. John Ralph Kelly of Laurel Montana re entered a blazing building to rescue a two year old from her crib.
CHICAGO AP The new miracle drug aureomycin is praised as one of 1948’s great medical discoveries. Doctors see it as a potential breakthrough against viruses and diseases like the common cold mumps infantile paralysis measles influenza and pneumonia. It has cured various viral bacterial and rickettsial infections and is derived from a mold related to earlier antibiotics.
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