Health officials urge delay buying hamsters as disease spreads
Health officials in Pennsylvania advise delaying hamster purchases for a month due to a mild disease linked to humans. They report thousands of infected hamsters shipped nationwide, with cases in New Jersey and potential spread to offspring. CDC and state health experts warn the situation should ease, while urging testing and cage disinfection.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Ernest J. Witte
Public Health
Pennsylvania Department of Public Health
Birmingham
Ala
Ronald Altman
Public Health Department
George Hardy
Alabama
Hardy
Witte
Aquarium Supply Co
Harrison, N.J
Dr. Witte
America
Rainy Front Sweeps Eastern Nation That Day
Rain from the lower Great Lakes to the Deep South drenched the eastern third of the country with thunderstorms and showers. Cooler air lingered in the Midwest as readings fell into the 30s and 40s, while a mix of sun and clouds persisted elsewhere from the Mississippi Valley to the West.
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Great Lakes
Ohio
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Central Plains
Central Plateau
Rockies
Florida
Washington Coast
Mississippi
Southern Plains
Midwest
Sawyer Air Force Base
Mich
Needles
Daggett
Calif
Atlanta
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Butler Councilman Calls for Seizing Rrated Films Over Language
Butler Pennsylvania reports Township Councilman C Robert McCall dislikes the language in some R rated films and proposes confiscation under local disorderly conduct rules after viewing Serpico and The Last Detail with his wife Pauline He questions public tolerance for such words and notes legal hurdles for theaters while Penn Theaters manager Bea Neely defends customers.
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Butler
Robert McCall
Serpico
Pauline
McCall
Leo H. Stepanian
Bea Neely
Penn
Blood donor Nicholas Bressi sets area record in Shamokin Red Cross
Nicholas Bressi of Marion Heights, a Shamokin News Item employee, is the No. 1 blood donor in the Shamokin Mount Carmel Red Cross chapter. Over 25 years he has given 88 pints, totaling about 11 gallons, with first donations starting in 1948 and regular giving from 1951 except for 1963 due to illness. He stresses blood program coverage and community cooperation, and plans to continue donating while serving as local tax collector and borough secretary.
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Marion Heights
Nicholas Bressi
Shamokin
Bressi
Red Cross
Mount Carmel
Bréssi
Giant Zipper Zips Huge Army Tent
Waterbury AP notes Scovill's Apparel Fasteners made a 900 inch zipper for a spacecraft covering and a 675 inch unit for an M A S H type Army mobile pod tent. Zippers find use beyond apparel including rubber galoshes and even concrete pilings in zippered molds.
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Waterbury
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Reboee
Aretha
South Center Street
Corry, Pennsylvania
Your Tire, Service and Furniture Headquarters
Acea Vines
Millco Manufacturing, Inc
North East
Howard Miller
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First Avenue
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Valencia
A&p
Ann Page
West Smith Street
Corry Plaza
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