Public fear of cancer vs. actual illness burden
A Washington panel notes Americans fear cancer most, yet heart and circulatory diseases cause the greatest illness burden. The Institute of Medicine study compares mortality, costs, and care patterns in the United States and England, highlighting high violence and accidents figures in the U.S. and rising health expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
Congress
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
United States
Dorothy P. Rice
Jacob J. Feldman
Federal National Center For Health Statistics
Kerr L. White
Institute For Health Care Studies
United Hospital Fund of New York
America
England
Enterprise Assn
Santa visits Pentagon as military officials seek weapons for Christmas
In a satirical piece from the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Santa hears requests from a Navy admiral, an Air Force general, and a U.S. Army general for a cruise missile, Trident submarines, nuclear aircraft carriers, F-14s, a B-1 bomber, killer satellites, F-16s, missiles, a neutron bomb, and more, while Santa offers lollipops and questions their uses amid the 1979 budget context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
OMB
Santa Claus
Santa
Pentagon
U.S. Army
Navy
Air Force
Army
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Newspaper staff and old rate card fragment
A fragmented page lists newspaper staff roles with names and titles and displays subscription and mailing rates for various regions and periods. It mentions editors and publishers, address details, and advertising contacts, plus a note about Associated Press use and imprint terms.
Christmas Tree Lights Main Thoroughfare This Evening
Yesterdate December 20 1927 the community Christmas Tree is placed in its old position and will be lighted this evening adding brightness to the main thoroughfare. The item recalls local civic ritual and festive lighting in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Karns City
Butler County
M & M Garbage Disposal Co
Grant St
Maysville
Elders Ridge
Indiana Hospital
Kiski
Labor muscle fuels building trades drive against open shop
Victor Riesel reports the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department teams with the Teamsters to recapture non-union work worth billions. The plan, funded at about ten million dollars annually, hinges on a new organizing division led by Bobby Georgine with key union chiefs backing a coordinated strategy across 13 Western states and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
Washington
Teamsters Brotherhood
U.S
Teamsters
Brotherhood
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
George Meany
AFL Cio
BCTD
Bctd-Teamsters Coalition
Afl-Cio Construction Trades Department
Bobby Georgine
Angelo Pasco
Marty Ward
Carpenters
Bill Sidell
Charley Pillard
Iron Workers
Jack Lyons
Jay Turner
Frank Fitzsimmons
Afl-Cio
Building Trades
Los Angeles
M.E
Andy) Anderson
Sunbelt
Sider
Georgine
Anderson
BCTC
Bobby
Las Vegas
Mark Twain
New York
St. Louis
Florida
Hamilton County
U.S. Steel Corp
American Bridge Division
Field Newspaper Syndicate
American airline pioneers assign eight nurses in 1930
It's A Fact notes Boeing Air Transport, precursor to United, assigned eight registered nurses to 113 flights in 1930 marking the first stewardesses on airplanes and signaling a new era of onboard service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeing Air Transport
United Air Lines
Gambling debate and OK origin in brief commentary
Commentary notes that state lotteries and casino gambling spread widely, yet a federal study shows legal gambling can boost illegal activity. A majority of adults gamble to some extent, and most support legalization. The piece also debunks OK folklore, explaining it started as Boston editing shorthand for all correct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soler
Ada
Secret Police
Pastor Coronel
Stroessner
Coronel
United States
Don Graff
Atlantic City
Miami Beach
Commission On the Review
Oll Klear
Martin van Buren
Old Kinderhook
N.Y
O.K. Club
Boston
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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England and
Wales
Indiana Evening Gazette
Water St
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
A. H. Ray
Lucilla KR. Donnelly
Sally BR. Naylon
Power George
Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donne
William B. Hasti
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
AP News
AP News Dispatches. Carrier Boy
Lo Indiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Pearl
Lodina
Sunde Aled
Adaseanceeneeager
MARY
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Paraguay
Asuncion
Alfredo Stroessner
Adolf Hitler
Josef Mengele
Anne Frank
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Barrio Safonia
Carter
White House
Ada Rodriguez
Supreme Court
London
State Department
Larry Birns
Council On Hemispheric Affairs
Joe Spear
Perrier
Col. Perrier
Barrio Sajonia
Gen. Stroessner
Miguel Soler
Adelante
Bobby Georgiae
Andy
North America
Africa
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