Law Aims to Prevent Mental Retardation in Kansas
A 1965 Kansas law requires newborn phenylketonuria testing to detect and treat reduced mental development risk. Heel-prick blood samples will screen, with confirmatory tests free at the State Board of Health lab. private labs may charge under $5. Early detection and diet can normalize development. 43 cases found so far. many undiagnosed cases expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
Patricia Schloesser
Maternal and Child Health Division
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Kansas Board of Health
Schloesser
Buffalo Weekend Visitors Attend Lake Planting Event
Weekend visitors at Mrs. Sarah Rice include nieces and relatives from Corinth Mississippi Neosho Missouri Topeka and Gwenda. Sunny Stone home demonstration unit planted trees and iris and rose bushes at the lake during a noon picnic. Engagement announced for Lois Irene Wilson to DeWitt Satterwhite with wedding set for June 12.
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Buffalo
Sarah Rice
Clyde Bircham
Corinth
Roger Bircham
Neosho
Ed Rice
el Dorado
Bill Rice
Billy
Topeka
Jake Cutler
Gwenda
Marva
Earl Stevens
Diana
Kevin
Brenda
George Cox
Sunny Stone Home Demonstration Unit
Melvin Wilson
Okmulgee
Okla
Lois Irene
DeWitt
Satterwhite
Tulsa
Miss Wilson
Saterwhite
Oklahoma State Tech
Skateboard injuries rise as authorities crack down nationwide
Chattanooga traffic chief Lamar Boyd cites laws banning riding on roadways on skateboards and similar devices. Across the country officials confiscate boards and warn of arrests for impeding traffic. Dr. William Oettling notes 49 skateboard injuries since last May, with 20 major fractures.
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New York
Chattanooga
Lamar Boyd
Tennessee
Jacksonville
Fla
Duval County Patrol
D.O. Anderson
Bountiful
Utah
Wisconsin Highway Department
Dallas
Tex
Idaho State Land Board
Capitol Grounds
Boise
Bridgeport
William Oettling
New Rochelle
N.Y
Cigar-Smoking Tourney Planned At Tulane LSU
Tulane and LSU will stage a cigar smoking tournament with 10 fraternity teams from each school competing over two days in New Orleans and Baton Rouge under a strict point system. Cheerleaders jazz bands and coeds are planned to boost both sides. Events include longest ash most smoke rings fastest smoke and greatest pile of ashes.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Louisiana State
LSU
Tulane
Baton Rouge
Skateboard Accident Fatal to Little Girl
New York five year old Clarissa Carter died when she rode a skateboard into the path of a police car rushing to a bomb report. The bomb scare proved unfounded and witnesses say she darted from between parked cars near Central Park on West 65th Street. The incident followed a safety council warning to parents.
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NEW York (Ap
Clarissa Carter
West 65Th Street
Central Park
Greater
Beach Watcher Saves a Life in Alameda Lagoon
Angelo L. Galli, while scanning the San Francisco Bay shoreline, spotted 12 year old Sydney Houghton floundering in a lagoon. He alerted police, rushed to the scene, and pulled the girl from the water, giving artificial respiration until officers arrived. Police credited him with saving her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Calif
Angelo L. Galli
San Francisco Bay
Galli
Sydney Houghton
Man Tells Of Escape From Pier Abduction In Missouri River
James C. Leathers, 28, said two men bound his arms with tape and chained a concrete block to him before shoving him from a 30 foot pier into the Missouri River. He swam ashore after freeing himself and identified Kenneth Leroy Lawrence, 25, as one suspect. Lawrence denied involvement and was held for investigation by police. Delores Lawrence, 25, was with Leathers earlier, and the assailants robbed and beat him before the waterfront assault.
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Kansas City
James C. Leathers
Missouri River
Leathers
Delores Lawrence
Kenneth Leroy Lawrence
Lawrence
Glass Fiber Breaks Into Everyday Life in 1930s
The article notes glass fiber as a versatile manufacturing material largely unfamiliar to housewives and drapers until the early 1930s, marking its emergence into common usage and domestic awareness.
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