05 Apr 1955
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1955
Page
1
HAL BOYLE explains that personal action and regular cancer screening are the best hopes to lower mortality. He cites ACS data on incidence, survival, and detection clinics, noting time of treatment saves lives. The piece urges proactive checkups and previews tomorrow’s cancer testing experience.
Independence Missouri May 8 groundbreaking ceremonies for the guwenga Library on Truman's 71st birthday will mark the opening of a facility to house his official papers. The project advances a local civic initiative tied to national history and the Truman legacy.
Washington reports Corregidor, the Philippines rock in Manila Bay, is reopening to the public as a national shrine. Ferries bring excursionists to the island famed for long siege and heavy bombardment in 1941 42, with topography, tunnels, and ruins preserved and tours resuming.
Mrs Anna F Oerteau aged 70 was attempting to pay a telephone bill when her right little finger became caught in a night repository slot. Police, firefighters, and the company service manager freed her after about 40 minutes. She escaped without injury.
A small ferry capsized on the Nakdong River resulting in the drowning of thirteen Koreans, including a family of five. Local authorities and rescuers searched the waters and coordinated with nearest ports to recover victims and assist survivors.
In Los Angeles Mr and Mrs Florencio Garcia welcomed a newborn boy at Lincoln Hospital. The couple already has eleven children whose first names all begin with the letter E including Eduardo Enrique Ernesto Elena Edmundo Everardo Esteban Esten Eugenio Elizabeth and Elias. Hospital officials report the challenge of choosing another E name to fit the family pattern.
NEW DELHI India a government spokesman said today that 34 crewmen of Japanese fishing vessels were arrested recently on charges of illegally violating Indian territorial waters. The men 32 Japanese and two Chinese were caught off India's Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. They would be released next month from a Calcutta jail where they are serving short sentences for illegal entry into India and fishing without licenses. Scientists can determine the age of skeletons by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon in the bones.
An old saying notes that American Indians buried the hatchet in peace and dug it up in war, explaining the origin of the phrase to bury the hatchet. The remark ties the custom to reconciliation and conflict signaling a lasting cultural metaphor.
The Garand rifle, officially named the U S rifle caliber .30 M1, is a semiautomatic firearm chosen as the official rifle of the United States Army.
A Indiana woman reports relief from nighttime stomach gas that rose to her throat, causing choking before using Sys-Tone. She describes chronic discomfort, fatigue, and sleep disruption but notes improvement after taking the remedy and propelling herself upright at night. Central Drug Stores promoted the product.
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