08 Sep 1955
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1955
Page
1
HAL NEW YORK AP reports the toy industry expects a record 14 billion dollar year as 1958 ends. New dolls with realistic features, expensive fashion dolls, and high tech play vehicles join walkie talkies and DIY kits, while safety and education shape choices.
Malaya's newly elected government announced an amnesty offer to all Reds who quit guerrilla activity, as Kuala Lumpur seeks to end the seven-year fighting with Communist forces. The move signals a path toward peace and reconciliation, aiming to persuade insurgents to lay down arms.
The article explains sciatica as a pain along the sciatic nerve arising from various causes including neuritis, diabetes, infections, rheumatic conditions, or vitamin deficiencies. It notes herniated discs as a common modern cause, discusses methods from spinal traction to braces, mattress choice, injections, X rays, physical therapy, and surgery, and states many patients improve or recover with one or more treatments.
The Chinese-Indian-Malay Alliance government moves to disarm jungle hideouts. The policy fulfills a campaign promise by the new administration that took office last month after a landslide in the peninsula’s first parliamentary election.
Harrisburg reports 69 polio cases in the past week raising the annual total to 442. Dr. James D. Purvis notes this is down from 473 at the same point last year. He cites 18 vaccinated and 25 unvaccinated cases in ages six to eight, with about 10 of the vaccinated cases occurring within 30 days of inoculation.
Three new timber fires in north central California plus a 45,000 acre brush blaze threaten Santa Barbara. Firefighters halted a 65,000 acre front near Yreka after heavy losses, with over 100,000 acres burned across the Klamath region and more than 314 million dollars in damage. Ten houses burned as about 200 people fled San Marcos Trout Club area.
Ty Cobb, aged about 60, was sued for divorce by his wife Frances Cobb in Reno yesterday alleging extreme mental cruelty. The prior suit earlier this year was dismissed after a reconciliation. Chicago reports a statistic on meat consumption: about one pound in every twelve pounds eaten in the U.S. is sausage.
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