Ireland Faces Wheat Disease Threat Across Cork and Waterford
Ireland fears wheat loss as a disease described as white midge targets fields in Ballyduff and surrounding areas. Farmers report withering ears and widespread damage though official tests cite frost absence and cycling pest behavior. Officials push research for a spray while noting losses often reach 10 to 40 percent when midges strike.
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Dublin
Eire
Cork
Waterford
Ballyduff
Castlelyons
County Cork
Cork Farmers’ Association
Ae Hoever
Albert Agricultural College
MR FIX on winter-proofing a summer cottage against rats
A NEA Service piece warns homeowners to seal their year round houses before winter. It highlights rats as persistent visitors entering through tiny foundation cracks, doorways, and pipe openings, urging concrete sealing for foundations and heavy mesh screens for openings. It notes fieldstone basements can invite rat access and stresses avoiding open entry points.
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Shbataen
Fix
NEA
Unexcavat
Scientists Develop Blood Transplant Method in Leukaemia Study
A San Francisco group at National Carter Institute UC medical school reports progress in transferring live blood components to support failing organs. The team aims to treat leukemia by sharing functions of kidneys and liver through a technique tested on seven volunteers aware of risks. potential broad research applications noted.
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San Francisco
National Carter Institute
University of California
School of In
Exterminator Advice for Rats Mice and Home Repairs
A reader asks about sealing foundation gaps to block rats and using heavy rustproof screening or interior concrete work. The reply stresses decisive rodent control with licensed extermination and follow up to prevent reentry, plus separate mice control with traps and poison bait, and cleaning stained metal venetian blinds by soaking and washing to avoid damage while rehanging properly.
Boy Prefers Death To Being Mute
Syracuse, N Y. A 15 year old boy facing a life without speech chose death over continuing. In court he withdrew 160 dollars from his bank to use as he wishes for six months to a year doctors expect he has left after a proposed operation. The boy said he would rather end his days than accept the loss of speech.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Korean War Vet Keeps Family of 10 In Trailer
Atterbury Indiana UP report: a Korean War veteran lives with his wife and eight children in a 30 foot trailer described as a little crowded. the eldest daughters sleep on the living room couch while four sons bivouac on the kitchen floor.
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Atterbury
Ind
New Orleans International House A Center of Inter-American Trade
The International House in New Orleans, a nonprofit hub with 2200 members, links U S and foreign business through trade, interviews, and diplomacy. It helped finance the $1.5 million Trade Mart and reported a 11 month trade of 1.13 billion, showcasing goodwill as a major export asset through democracy.
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New Orleans
Sanford Markey
Aesmotienes House
Mem P Pens
Ate Egan
Ae Heek
Pont
Orleans
Jewell
International House
United States
International Trade Mart
North
Southerica
Peru
Nebraska
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Department of Agriculture
Ireeand
MR. Fix
Kearns Tent & Awning CO
Delco
Frigidaire Appliances
DuPont Paints
Lewis Electric Co
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Zett
N. Main
Peon
Marietta
Redwine Hardware
Cliff Koontz
Mgr
Bonny
N. Wrenn ST
Atlas Concrete Products Company
W. M. Boylen
General Electric
High Point’s
Kleer
Rodden-Summers Furniture Stores
Norm Advertising
Ine
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