Venereal Diseases Increasing Alarming National Trend
Three national health groups warn VD rates are rising in 43 states during late 1954 and urge the federal government to raise funding from three to five million dollars next year. They report local syphilis outbreaks in 18 states and seven cities, calling the situation a manifest grave danger to public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
American Social Hygiene Assn
American Venereal Disease Assn
Assn
California
West Virginia
South Carolina
Alabama
Rhode Island
Pazo Ointment Promises Fast Relief for Piles
A reader reports seven years of suffering ending after using Pazo Ointment with claims of reduced swelling and bleeding. Advertised as non surgical relief, with suppositories available and a new stainless form.
Kilgore Defends Harlan Inquiry Limits On View Probing
Sen Kilgore of West Virginia said the Senate should not probe Judge John Marshall Harlan's legal thinking as hearings open on his Supreme Court nomination. Kilgore leads the Judiciary Committee and expects public testimony tomorrow. McConnaughey faces questions on Ohio rate cases as Commerce panel holds its FCC hearing.
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Washington
Kilgore
W.va
Senate
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harlan
Presint Eisenhower
Senate Commerce Committee
George C. McConnaughey
Ohio
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
MacConnaughey
Commerce Committee
Trial Marked By Hassle Over Film
Two men were convicted on gambling charges in Cary Recorder's Court. The trial of 23 others was postponed to March 15 after a protest over a photographer taking pictures in the courthouse. Harry Johnson received 18 months suspended on roads plus 500 dollars fine and five years probation. John E Phillips was sentenced to eight months with five years probation and a 500 dollar bond on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary. N.C
Cary Recorder's Court
Wake County
Jones
L. E. Midgette
Mitchell
H. H. Waddell
Waddell
Harry Johnson
Raleigh
Johnson
J. E. Phillips
Phillips
Wake Rior
Robbery Indirectly Brings Death in Jacksonville
An armed robbery at a drive in theater in Jacksonville, North Carolina, led to the death of Marine MP Cpl. J. A. Wright after a car at a roadblock on U.S. 17 struck him. Police identified Theodore Durden as the driver, charged with involuntary manslaughter and related offenses. four witnesses were detained.
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Jacksonville
N.C
Cpl
J. A. Wright
Camp Lejeune
U.S. 17
Wright
Jack
D. R. Benson
J. E. Hassell
J. B. Pittard
Pittard
Lejeune Hospital
Ley
Theodore Durden
Lejeune
Durden
John Grass
Patricia Durden
Raymond Hurst
Mary Goodman
Lawmakers Split Over Tobacco and Food Taxes
Raleigh lawmakers on the Joint Finance Committee remain divided on whether to tax tobacco or food to balance a two year budget. Governor Hodges and the Advisory Budget Commission push a tobacco levy of about nine million annually, while bills proposal would shift the burden to food and building materials potentially raising up to twenty four million yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Ture
Hodges
Advisory Budget Commission
Sam Worthington
Pitt
Worthington
Sen. C. Settle Burn
Nash
Bunn
Buget Commission
Dennis
Cook
Caldwell County
Roy C. Coates
Johnston
Philip R. Whitley
Wake
Wills Hancock
Granville
J. A. Speight
Bertie
Finance Committee
Joe Fowler Jr
Surry
Fowler
Smith Brothers Black Cough Drops Promise Fast Relief
An old ad copy explains coughs start with a dry irritated throat and promotes Smith Brothers Black Cough Drops as fast relief. It touts demulcent and expe ctorant action using seven ingredients and urges seeing a doctor if relief is not felt.
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Smith Brothers Black
Smith Brothers
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Pazo
Mr. H. S
Chicago
Minos
Astoria
Long Island
East River
Gertrude Wippert
New York City
Robert H. Jackson
McConnaughey
Lambeth, Inc
Harold T. Jarrell
DR. Howard C. Jarrell
Church Street
Appoin
Aes
Chase & Sanborn
Oscar Mayer Western
Borden — Carnation
Cole Slaw
Columbia Food Market
S. Main ST
Southern Motors
Bob Mitchell
The
Ralid
Wiley Jones
Tobias
Tobias News
Lab
R. G. Powell
Rockingham
David Hall
Jackson
James G. Stikeleather Jr
Buncombe
B. I. Satterfield
James Poyner
Robert Morgan
Cleveland
Sam Whitehurst
Craven
Brantley Womble
High Point Merchants
Cieck
Lee W. Boswell
America
Central Appliance CO
North Main
Instant Maxwell House
Dixie Crystal
Flou
Ver
Harmel
Loin
North Side
North Main St
Winston-Salem
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