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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1955
Page
9
A report notes that 129 nations are represented among foreign students studying in the United States highlighting diverse international participation in U.S. higher education.
G W Roberts son of Mrs Maggie Roberts Danville has been chosen as a helper at Fort Campbell golf course. Selection stems from a strong record and battery commander recommendation. He served with Able Battery 284th Field Artillery Battalion prior to this posting and has served since September 1954. He previously worked as a Twister for Industrial Ray on Manufacturers. Also notes Pvt John W King 20 Elkmont 2 son of Mr and Mrs Hubert L King recently graduated from the 25th Div Hawaii.
Mrs. Sarah Sillivan chosen by Hart selle City Council to replace Hilda Thornhill as city clerk Thornhill resigns to accompany husband to Franklin County post Sillivan selected from about 20 applicants. brings many years as bookkeeper Thornhill served long in electric department and last March returned after S F Orr retirement after 17 years in that job
Dr. Alexander Hollaender of the U S Atomic Energy Commission described a three step radiation treatment at the atoms for peace conference. The plan calls for a thiuronium pill on warning, a bone marrow injection after exposure, and a streptomycin shot to prevent infection. In tests on mice the method saved 50 percent of subjects exposed to three times the normal radiation level.
Athens College appoints Frank C. Winston as head librarian, recruiting from Douglas Georgia where he led South Georgia College library. He previously served at Hampden Sydney and Virginia Tech libraries, earned a bachelor in library science at George Peabody, and did graduate work at William and Mary. Winston belongs to Theta Chi, Sons of the American Revolution, and the American Library Association.
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