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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 27, 1955

Page

4

Scientific Weight Shedding By Jim Martenhoff

In Miami AP report Larry Mack runs 91 slimming salons with long reach across the nation. A reporter tests a table exercise and a diet plan promising large inch reductions and a 12 million dollar payoff, while noting the stark figures and cautious ego bruising.

Jim Martenhoff Miami Larry Mack Mack Europe South America Elaine Clark Hill Ohio State University AP Newsfeatures Joe Cunningham

Wear White After Dark explains safer night wear

The Cedar Rapids Auto Club warns that dark clothes hide children at night and urges wearing white or light colors after dark. New reflectorized yarn clothing can light up in car headlights, offering greater visibility and protection for November school safety.

C. C. Birr Cedar Rapids Birr

Production Soars In West Germany

Paris AP reports the West German economy reached its highest production level in the first half of 1955. Industrial output rose 17 percent from the prior year as unemployment fell sharply over 18 months though about 3 percent of workers remained unemployed.

Paris Organization For European Economic Cooperation

Two Ruth Browns Have Babies at Same Time

In St Louis two Mrs Ruth M Browns delivered within the same minute at the same hospital. Each was having her second child and both fathers named Brown. One baby was a boy and the other a girl, so the hospital kept them in separate nurseries to avoid mixups.

ST. Louis Ruth M. Browns Brown R. Browns

Death Rate Down In Both Middle And Later Ages

New York report from Metropolitan Life Insurance shows lower mortality among insured workers aged 45 to 74 from 1935 to 1954. Death rates fell for white men and women, with major drops in infectious diseases, heart and kidney diseases, and cancer for women. Men saw less cancer relief but notable gains in pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis, and accidents.

New York Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Filipino youths invited for U S summer camp program

The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that a group from Indonesia and other countries will send outstanding Filipino youths to a U S summer camp. The program, funded by a New York foundation, aims to foster international friendship and mutual understanding through training and exchange.

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