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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1956
Page
6
A new dry storage method allows corneas to be kept in test tubes under vacuum for months, enabling transport to distant patients. Ten previously blind people have regained sight using dehydrate stored corneas, offering hope beyond fragile refrigerated banks.
A three man state Industrial Department appeals board will decide if 14 200 idle TCI workers at Tennessee Coal and Iron should get unemployment benefits after U S Steel operations halted by a strike. The company seeks to limit payments to manufacturing and rail departments while miners keep their benefits.
Dr John H King Jr associate professor of ophthalmology Georgetown University Medical Center described a dehydration method for corneas developed at the Army Ocular Research Unit Walter Reed Hospital. He noted nine month preservation possible with freeze drying but cold packaging required. Ten patients received the dried-eye windows in three years with all remaining clear.
The Am arillo Globe-Times surveyed 70 downtown streets to measure West ers attire. Eighteen wore wide-brimmed Western hats but only one appeared in high heeled boots.
Hollywood guests at Mrs Edward G Robinsons party say goodbye to the art collection as the couple split after 29 years of marriage. Edward G Robinson stars on Broadway in Middle of the Night and Gladys Lloyd Robinson plans a month Orient tour before final division of assets. Greer Garson Van Johnson and Susan Hayward attended the 150 guest event.
Guests paid little heed to paintings on display as divorce proceedings opened. Works such as Corot's L Italiaenne and Van Gogh's Le Pere Panguy drew attention with estimed values around 250000 dollars each. A separate note reports spacemen books fading while westerns reclaim top position in city library selections per chief librarian A F Jamieson.
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