Morg an county to conduct mass blood and X ray tests
About 25 000 Morgan county residents aged 13 to 50 will receive blood tests and chest X rays over the next two weeks. Dr L R Murphree explains the tests screen for diabetes syphilis heart disease tuberculosis and some cancers as a preventive measure schedule includes multiple churches schools and mobile units with unequal access for whites and blacks outlined.
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Limestone County to build new hospital and levy tax
J M Holt will head Limestone county hospital when his term ends in January. A new $600000 fifty bed hospital is slated for completion about that time. State Senator Patton has proposed a tax up to two mills to fund new industrial buildings with county approval. Miss Ollie Lee Cornelius becomes county home demonstration assistant. Limestone Farm Bureau barbecue set for July 27 at Belle Mina Experiment Farm with officer elections. Lions Club appoints officers for 1950 1951 year and announces attendance and committee assignments.
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Israelis Embrace Theaters With Noise And Ice Cream
In Tel Aviv cinema crowds fill the room with chatter and derisive shouts while a film runs. Earmuffs are advised as fans shout back and forth across aisles and sweating boys in khaki shorts run the aisles calling for ice cream.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
London traffic pattern shows peak accident days
London traffic data indicates Saturday as the worst day for vehicle accidents in Greater London while Friday sees the most pedestrian incidents and Monday the highest cyclist incidents. The report highlights weekday risk variation across transport modes.
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London
Greater London
Summer schools aid immigrant children in Tel Aviv
In Tel Aviv a summer program runs for children of newly arrived immigrants. Newspapers note the effort to help students in transit camps catch up on studies and appeal for teachers to volunteer their instruction services.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Cats kill cobra after two hour village battle
Four cats tussled with a cobra for two hours near Jammu Kashmir village. Two cats and the cobra died in the fight. The cats were chasing a rat when the snake intervened and swallowed it, then attacked the cats.
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Jammu, Kashmir
Here
Philippine Association formed to counter bad publicity
Influential American and Filipino businessmen unite to improve Philippine business conditions and counter negative abroad coverage. They will hire a top US public relations firm to tell the other side of the Philippine story and promote better conditions for investors.
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Manilla
Philippines
United States
Philippine Association
Death in a Danish Circus Shocks Copenhagen
A Danish circus loses all performers during a recent heat wave causing all shows to be canceled. Officials pursue fresh talent as replacements prove scarce. authorities note the unusual issue of training new acts amid the collapse.
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Copenhagen
Burmese Rainmaking by Tug of War in Mandalay
In Mandalay locals ignore modern rainmaking ideas and perform a traditional tug of war to summon rain. Burmese superstition attributes rainfall to the Nats, guiding their action rather than employing new technology.
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Rangoon
Mandalay
Police report cites 28,276 accidents in vast metro district
Sir Harold Scott reports last year in a 734 square mile metropolitan police district. Five hundred sixty five killed, 32,319 injured.Dogs blamed for 474 casualties.
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Harold Scott
Meropolitan
Dead hen with gold bearing mystery in Melbourne market
A very dead hen reportedly bearing gold was found in a Melbourne delicatessen. The odd event sparked speculation about origin while an auctioneer notes fowls sold from across Victoria.
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Questio
Victoria
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