Unflappable Evans County sharecroppers immune to heart disease
A 10-year Evans County Georgia study found white sharecroppers and all black males over 40 virtually immune to coronary heart disease. Researchers credit high physical activity and equanimity, while upward mobility linked to higher heart risk. The team hopes to guide national prevention efforts.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Evans County
John Cassel
Department of Epidemiology
University of North Carolina At
Charlotte
Curtis Hames
Georgia
University of North Carolina
Cassel
United States
Hames
Preservation awards honor Jones Kellam and Raleigh commission
The Raleigh Historic Sites Commission and two individuals received the Ruth Coltrane Cannon awards for historic preservation, research, and restoration. Dr. H. G. Jones and Mrs. Samuel C. Kellam along with the Raleigh commission were honored Thursday. Grants of 300 dollars each funded restoration projects in Perquimans and Bath counties, and Joyce E. Jordan received the North Carolina Museums Council Award for service and leadership in museums.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Historic Sites Commission
Ruth Coltrane
North Carolina Society For the Preservation of Antiquities
H. G. Jones
State Department of Archives and History
Samuel C. Kellam
Wilmington
Raleigh Commission
Perquimans County Restoration Association
Newbold- White
Hertford
Historic Bath Commission
van der Veer
North Carolina Museums Council
Joyce E. Jordan
Archives and History Department
Division of Historic Sites and Museums
No Cancer Proof Says Kornegay
Horace R. Kornegay president of the Tobacco Institute said that no research has furnished absolute proof that smoking causes lung cancer. He spoke after a institute presentation in Atlanta noting Japan’s cigarette smoking rose 48 percent while heart disease declined 27 percent in recent years.
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Atlanta, Ga
Horace R. Kornegay
The
Tobacco Institute
Kornegay
Atlanta
Four NC gubernatorial candidates praise community colleges
In Raleigh four Democratic candidates Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor Hargrove Bowles Hugh Morton and Dr Reginald Hawkins told trustees of NC community colleges and technical institutes that they back two year schools Bowles pledged career education as a top priority Hawkins urged tuition abolition and broader funding while Taylor Morton endorsed expanding state construction funds and overall system support
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Pat Taylor
Hargrove Bowles
Greensboro
Wilmington
Hugh Morton
Reginald Hawkins
Charlotte
Bowles
Hawkins
Taylor
Morton
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High Point Enterprise
Cannon Awards
Artemis Little Gems
Dupont
Gossard
Artemis
Taylor, Bowles, Morton, Hawkins
Hathimew
Sach
Diane
Judy Bond
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