Government warns gum chewers about wad size and swapping gum
The Food and Drug Administration urged bubble gum users to avoid large chews and swapping gum with others. After testing 17 brands, researchers found ill effects linked to five to six stick wads chewed forcefully, while bubble chewing itself is harmless.
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Washington
Foo and Drug Administration
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Food and Drug
Gulf Coast States
Ammunition Explosion Kills 60 in Italy Port City
Ansa reported 60 people feared dead after ammunition exploded while being unloaded from the Italian ship Panigaglia at Porto Santo Stefano, northwest of Rome. The cargo originated from an island south of Sicily. victims included crewmen and civilian workers.
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Rome
Ansa
Porto Santo Stefano
Panigaglia
Sicily
Interim Broadcast Funds Approved For VOA In 1948
Washington Senatorial action approves a 13.47 million interim appropriation to support the State Department foreign information program and Voice of America broadcasts for the 1948 fiscal year. The measure, passed unanimously, returns part of the 31 million request and advances to a senate-house conference with an additional 470 thousand added for foreign broadcasts alongside 13 million previously allotted for information and cultural relations.
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Washington
INS
Senate
State Department
Voice of America
Broadcasting funds tied to Mundt bill action
Marshall noted the appropriation would allow the state department to maintain direct supervision of broadcasts to Russia the Balkans and the Orient. The stop gap funding keeps the program running while awaiting Senate action on the Mundt bill to make the information program permanent.
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Marshall
State Department
Russia
Balkans
Orient
Senate
Mundt
Workers Battle on 4-Story Scaffold in Baltimore
Two construction workers were injured after a four story scaffold struggle in downtown Baltimore. Edward Jones, 41, fell and was helped by Warren Catherman, 64, who climbed via a boatswain chair to assist. Jones received facial contusion treatment, while Catherman broke a knuckle during the skirmish. firefighter ladders brought them down.
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Baltimore
Edward Jones
Warren Catherman
Catherman
Jones
Natchez, Miss
Jesse Walker
Cather- Ten
Tough on white collars report out of Berkeley
In Berkeley the Heller research committee of the University of California finds the average San Francisco white collar worker must earn 4661 dollars yearly to sustain the commonly accepted standard of living.
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Berkeley
Calif
San Francisco
University of California
Heller Research Committee
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