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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1950
Page
11
Marmet physician Dr. Jennette Henson reports a zipper closing neck opening for iron lungs. Two zippers form a pie shaped section to open gradually relieving suffocation and allowing normal head entry.
Dr Henson reports a test using negative pressure up to 22 pounds without air leaks. The results are detailed in the current West Virginia Medical Journal, with plans to promote the discovery to medical circles nationwide.
Robert J. Otten becomes promotion manager in charge of advertising and window display at Stone and Thomas. He hails from Wheeling where he directed drama at Oglebay Institute and led the Community Theater Assoc. Otten plans to settle in Kanawha City South Hills. He attended Yale University and studied military work at R F Otten Washington and Lea University. During World War II he served as entertainment director for the First Air Force. He has done freelance stage design in New York and worked with switch L. Bamberger and Coe display. He and his wife have two children, Gregory Keith and Georgette Barbara.
MOUNDSVILLE June 3 One year after 14 hardened criminals escaped from the state penitentiary a major manhunt and weeks of recapture followed. Warden Orel J Skeen says safety measures since then have stopped further escapes. New guards fourte en added to patrol at night three men in solitary confinement two signs of improvement blue denim uniforms no pockets and a tightened entrance gate reinforced ceilings and a photo identification system cut escape chances.
The attorney general’s office says state law requiring governor and road commissioner approval does not apply to toll bridges built by municipalities. Dunbar City Solicitor Philip R. Simms notes interest in a Kanawha River to South Charleston toll span. Meeting reminder: Anderson-Thomas Auxiliary 297 VFW to donate plants to Charleston hospitals.
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