California Tops Nation in Alcoholism Rates, Study Says
A California health study finds eight of every 100 adults over 20 are alcoholic, with the state leading the nation since 1910 in deaths linked to alcoholism. Men outnumber women nine to one, sailors and service workers show high mortality, and overall deaths from alcoholism are rising but not yet trending downward.
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Construction Boom Pushes New Records in U S Survey
Washington reports seven months into the year show construction valued near 18.5 billion dollars, with private building and public works rising. Expenditures for residential and commercial projects are peaking, while highway and armed services spending shape the total. July outlays reach 4.613 billion, a 3 percent rise from July 1957, though cement and concrete shortages last year tempered activity.
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Grant Tomb Bill Voted by Senate
The Senate gave final approval to a bill declaring Grant's Tomb in New York City a national monument. The measure, already passed by the House, now goes to President Eisenhower for signature. It would authorize the Interior Department to accept the memorial as a gift to the United States from the Grant Monument Association for federal administration.
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Paris to Moscow direct flights inaugurated by Airline
Paris to Moscow direct commercial service began with Air France on Sunday. Thirty six passengers flew the first leg including government officials and twelve French climbers who will spend fifteen days mountaineering in the Caucasus.
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Hinckley Rips Brown on Debate Refusal
L. Stewart Hinckley as Knowland campaign manager accuses Atty. Gen. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown of refusing to debate, calling it a sign of unfitness to govern California. Brown defends the stance, saying Knowland seeks audiences Brown cannot assemble and questions the wisdom of the challenge. Henry Lopez, Democratic candidate for California Secretary of State, will speak at a Long Beach Democratic Women’s Study Club picnic in Bixby Park.
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Pat) Brown
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