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Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1957

Page

9

Mail quackery at all time high fester in the mails

City residents report rising medical frauds funneled through the mail. Postmaster W. L. Harp cites Post Office inspection data showing 46 medical fraud orders issued in the past year and 106 signatories choosing to discontinue dubious enterprises. Inspectors warn that gadgets and supposed cures for cancer arthritis and other ailments flood mail channels, with enforcement limited until frauds are uncovered.

Aoe W. L. Harp Clus Arthur E. Summerfield David H. Stephens Harp Postal Inspection Service Bith Summerfield Post Office Department

London smoke tests claim benzpyrene from air equals 100 cigarettes

British tobacco firms hired researchers to compare London's polluted air with smoking. They reported benzpyrene intake from the city air equaled about 100 cigarettes daily, while in a country town it equaled around 40 cigarettes. They concluded normal smoking would not injure beyond air pollution exposure.

London Hey

Mora Combines Needed In Oklahoma Harvest

Oklahoma City urgent calls for more combines as farmers rush wheat harvest. Wheat has begun in 22 counties with yields ranging from a trace to 45 per acre in cotton County. Damp fields slow work in several counties. many farmers stay at it around the clock fearing new rains.

Oklahoma City

Citizen urged to report mail fraud and help protect others

Summerfield urged residents to report suspected mail fraud and turn over mail matter to the postmaster for inspection. He said such reports are welcome and promptly investigated, emphasizing citizen involvement in safeguarding the mail system.

Surplus Key Find New Uses for Farm Crops

Washington report notes Rep August Andresen and Sen Curtis push legislation to create a five member agricultural research and industrial board. The board would allocate funds, contract with research institutions, and coordinate the program to develop industrial uses for surplus crops without conducting research itself.

Washington August Andresen R-Minn Andresen Sen. Curtis Rneb Agriculural Research and Industrial Board

Jordan King Hussein Divorce Rumor Quelled by Spokesman

A Cairo newspaper report alleging King Hussein divorced Queen Dina is denied by a Jordanian government spokesman. The royal couple had been the subject of rumors since Dina traveled to Cairo in September 1956 to visit her ailing father and did not return to Amman.

Amman Jordan Cairo Hussein Ding

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