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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1947
Page
5
Chicago specialist Dr. Robert S. Berghoff warned that heavy card playing, especially for cash, worsens heart health and can trigger coronary attacks. He praised moderate drinking as beneficial and noted poker excites the heart, while women’s bridge parties pose fewer risks. Smoking after a heart attack should be stopped.
A doctor argues that farmers in peaceful settings suffer similar heart attacks as city dwellers. He contends many cardiologists are overly pessimistic and that patients with coronary thrombosis can live a full lifespan with proper physical and emotional life regulation.
John E. Myers pleads guilty to failure to have his car under control after striking and fatally injuring Nicholas Kanellis a Cedar Rapids restaurant operator. Myers 25 is fined $10 plus costs. reckless driving dismissed. No witnesses to the crash and the charge rests on stopping distance.
London reports the government summoned Viscount Mountbatten from India for final talks on his plan to withdraw from India. Officials said they are in general agreement with his proposals but require a final discussion with the viceroy before any announcement.
Junior Katie Duster of Immaculate Conception studies dance for about twelve years since age four. She plans to major in speech and possibly combine dramatics with dancing. She will perform in the F.C. Rapades school show May 23 25 and 26, singing The Preacher and the Bear and performing a toe tapping stair dance.
C A Fred Fisher of the Wilson faculty oversees the Franklin school of the week program. Keen Teen selects Franklin as the featured school with Mary Anderson serving as chairman.
In Cincinnati, Negroes were granted full membership rights in the AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks. A resolution repealed the word white from the membership rule, with only about a thousand delegates voting against. Over 23,000 Negro members previously served in auxiliaries within the union's jurisdiction.
Excelsior Springs Missouri May 14 A new drugless method for rheumatism and arthritis is praised as highly successful by The Ball Clinic. The clinic offers a free book explaining why medicines give only temporary relief and how mineral waters and baths aid recovery. Free book and another titled Good Health are offered with no obligation if readers write for the materials today.
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