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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1964
Page
2
A Johns Hopkins specialist develops a ten minute skin resistance test to detect some early lung cancers affecting sympathetic nerves. The device uses skin electrodes and maps electrical resistance to identify nerve involvement, with limited applicability and uncertain cure impact.
The United States seeks trusteeship to grant full autonomy to six UMWA districts identified as provisional since 1933 to 1941. The Justice Department filed in federal court under the Landrum Griffin Act citing union practices while the UMWA vows to fight. Districts named include Uniontown PA, Columbus OH, Hazelton PA, Madisonville KY, Pikeville KY, and Fairmont WV.
Ford Motor Co forecasts 1965 sales near 10 million vehicles and 8.7 million including imports, with truck sales above 1.4 million. Henry Ford II announced a 50 percent rise in capital spending to 700 million dollars, mostly in the U S, and anticipated tax cuts on autos to lower prices. He noted 1964 sales at a record 8.1 million cars and 1.4 million trucks. The company also predicted extending a 10 percent auto excise tax cut if enacted, while Arjay Miller avoided earnings forecasts.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy is discharged from New England Baptist Hospital and plans to travel to Palm Beach Florida for recovery over the holidays with wife Joan and children Kara and Edward Jr He walked outdoors for the first time in six months amid reports of back injuries from a June plane crash and described it as a remarkable recovery with a back brace still needed for a period.
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