Government Bubble Gum Advice Warns on Use
The Food and Drug Administration warns bubble gum itself is harmless but excessive chewing or sharing sticks can trigger illness. Tests on 17 brands showed gum becomes risky when chewed in large quantities, especially five or six sticks at once, leading to sore jaws and nausea.
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Washington
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and Drug Administration
Alabama
Issippi
Isiana
Texas
Food and Drug
Intion
Gulf St States
60 Dead in Ammunition Explosion Near Rome
Ansa reports 60 people killed when ammunition exploded while unloading from the Italian ship Panigaglia at Porto Santo Stefano northwest of Rome. The dead include crewmen and civilian workers from a transport bringing ordnance from an island south of Sicily.
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Rome
Porto Santo Stefano
Ansa
Panigaglia
Sicily
Senate approves interim funds for foreign information program
The Senate voted unanimously to appropriate 13.47 million dollars for the State Department's foreign information program for fiscal 1948, including Voice of America. The measure adds 470 thousand dollars to the 13 million previously earmarked, and now moves to a joint conference. Senator Ball explains the broadcast funds.
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Washington
INS
Senate
State Department
Voice of America
Lawmakers debate information program renewal after Mundt bill
A stop gap plan would fund a temporary information program while Senator Mundt pushes a bill to make the program permanent. Teich supports converting the program to a permanent feature, expanding federal information efforts.
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Marshall
Senate
Sen Mundt
Bill Teich
Workers Battle on 4-Story Scaffold in Baltimore
Two construction workers were injured after a scaffold clash four stories above ground as onlookers watched. Edward Jones 41 fell while chipping bricks, Warren Catherman 64 attempted a rescue, and Jesse Walker 38 helped restrain him until firefighters arrived.
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Edward Jones
Warren Catherman
Jones
Natchez
Miss
Jesse Walker
White collar workers need $4,861 annual income in SF
The University of California Heller research committee reports white collar workers in San Francisco require 4861 dollars per year to maintain the commonly accepted standard of living.
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Berkeley, Calif
San Francisco
University of California
Heller Research Committee
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