Fact and Fancy about a Natural Born Hero
A review of Frank G. Slaughter's historical novel The Stonewall Brigade recounts Gen. Thomas J. Jackson through fictional doctor David Preston. It highlights Jackson's tactics at Manassas, his devout nature, and the inclusion of Cherokee relocation themes, and notes the book's fidelity to real figures like Lee and Stuart while courting romance with Araminta Murrell.
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Thomas Jonathan Jackson
David Preston
Stonewall
Confederacy
Jackson
Desiree
Dr. Preston
Araminta Murrell
John Ross
J.E.B. Stuart
Jubal Early
Lincoln
Dan Sickles
George B. McClellan
G.P.T. Beuregard
Robert Edward Lee
David
Araminta
Oklahoma
Maj. Jackson
VMI
Virginia Militia
Manassas
Bull Run
Will Rogers Reflects on Politics and Gasoline Insight
This fragment cites Will Rogers noting his focus on politics and world affairs, then shifts to a brief biographical note on Stonewall Jackson. It mentions Jackson's 1863 death after a sharpshooter error, his amputated arm, and pneumonia, and references historian Curt Andres on the Confederate leadership after Jackson.
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Jack
Curt Andres
Health Maintenance Organizations and prevention
The author argues for prepaid health plans and preventive care, noting no money in prevention under current US practice. Citing old China as a model, he suggests regular checkups and early intervention could reduce illness and costs, estimating yearly family exam expenses around $560 plus medicines.
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China
Infection risk from telephones declared negligible by study
Medical reports in the British Medical Journal and New York tests find the chance of infection transmission via telephones is negligible. Disinfection of phones is deemed unnecessary, with no authenticated cases linking phones to infectious disease.
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Port
British Medical Journal
Britain
New York
When automation goes too far in odd airport tale
A Long Beach man is arrested for trespassing after wandering toward a runway at Long Beach Airport. He tells a court he has been programmed to receive messages and believes President Ford will land there on April 15. He may be examined for sanity or kept under observation at hospitals and later tried as sane.
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Long Beach
Ford
Dept. 95
Los Angeles Superior Court
Norwalk
Atascadero
Metropolitan State Hospital
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National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
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National Cancer Institute
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