New Theory of Longevity and Artery Age
Dr Gordon Bates argues arteries reflect aging more than years and cites Dr Hardin Jones on middle aged vitality. He links longer life to disease prevention, notes cancer and infectious disease declines, and calls for universal public health campaigns to extend healthy, productive years.
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Saint John Telegraph-Journal
Hardin Jones
University of California
Jones
Finland
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
Carrell
Vanished Lighthouse of Cohasset Reef
The Book of Knowledge recounts the first lighthouse placed to face the Atlantic near Cohasset, off Boston. An iron tower on sunk reefs stood fifteen months and was last seen in a stormy April night in 1851 before the dawn revealed its ruin and the keepers were gone.
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Book of Knowledge
Atlantic
Cohasset
Boston
First Cuban Mothers Set New Productivity First
Census figures show Cuban mothers set a new productivity record with high birth counts. Among 523,714 Negro mothers, 280 have more than 20 children. white mothers begin family early with many having multiple children. Rural birth rates exceed urban in Cuba's near six million population.
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Tay
Ennsus
Cuba
Retirement Happiness Upbeat in Cornell Study
Scientific American reports an interdepartmental Cornell study finding three fourths of about 700 recently retired men are satisfied and healthy. The survey began in 1952 with 2000 men around 65 weighing retirement plans and adapting to new routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell University
Scientific American Magazine
Gordon F. Streibh
Wayne E. Thompson
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
First Christians Rise in Antioch and Paul Barnabas Journey
The article recalls how Christians were first called in Antioch Syria and describes the city’s paradox of grandeur and moral decay. It notes the missionary beginnings of Paul and Barnabas, sent from Jerusalem, launching their journey through Asia Minor.
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Jesus
Antioch
Syria
Rome
Tiber
The
Orontes
Jerusalem
Paul
Barnabas
Tarsus
Saul
Asia Minor
Do It Yourself Boat Pattern and Dress Pattern Sales
The article advertises a pattern for a sturdy boat shell using marine plywood panels and oak frame work with a strongback frame, priced pattern No. 220 at 35 cents and a Sportsman’s Packet at $1.50 postpaid. It also promotes a Jiffy-wrap halter sewing pattern 7057 with sizes small to large and states to send 35 cents in coins to Vancouver pattern sales.
Pattern 4820 for Misses Wardrobe Mix and Match
Busy woman friendly pattern 4820 offers a blouse with yokes slim shorts and an 8 gore side button skirt Each piece is easy to sew and designed for versatile travel wear The pattern includes complete illustrated instructions and sizing 12 through 20 To obtain send 25 cents to Household Arts Department 60 Front Street W Toronto
Free pattern book offer from Anne Adams 1956
Anne Adams Pattern Dept advertises two free patterns printed in the new Alice Brooks Needlecraft book for 1956. Readers are invited to send 25 cents to receive a copy featuring dozens of designs for home and personal use. The offer includes pattern numbers and a request for name and address.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Aged hiker spurns rides on annual trek to Greenwood Lake
William Hanson, a 70 year old Clifton New Jersey hiker, ignores motorists offering lifts as he completes his yearly 30 mile walk to Greenwood Lake. He also treks 10 to 12 miles each weekend, tracing a hiking zeal dating to a 1909 five and a half mile road race. He visits relatives on Christmas Day in Clifton Paterson Totowa Borough and West Paterson.
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William Hanson
Clifton New Jersey
Hanson
Greenwood Lake
Clifton
Paterson
Totowa Borough
West Paterson
Early Signs of Cancer Warn Detected Disease
The article stresses cancer as a feared disease that can be cured if found early. It warns neglect leads to late stages where cure is unlikely and urges immediate medical attention when symptoms appear.
Invisible Tokoloshe lures Moroka children to wreck church
African mothers in Moroka townstory claim their children followed a furred Tokoloshe a sprite visible only to kids. The frightened mothers chased the figures with stones causing extensive interior damage to the new church while the pastor laments unpaid repair costs.
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Moroka
Tokoloshe
Tokotoshe
Focal
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Manne Ming
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