Kwashiorkor and Diets Across Regions
The article explains Kwashiorkor as a protein deficiency often tied to overall malnutrition. It notes Africa’s swelling, skin changes, liver issues, and high child mortality, Central America’s vitamin and general food shortages, and stresses multiple dietary gaps and disease burdens. Treatment with skim milk powder helps but is not always practical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin P
Jordan
NEA
American Journal of Nutrition
North America
Africa
Central America
North American
Quick Quiz Q and A from the era on geography and facts
A collection of trivia: horsepower ranges for diesel locomotives from 300 to 3000 HP with most freight and passenger units 1500 to 2000 HP. Georgia founded in 1733. Newfoundland dogs not webbed. Mona Lisa as La Gioconda. Sphinx as oldest extant sculpture. 84th Congress law about motto In God We Trust on currency. Ecuador straddles the equator. hemp as oldest fiber plant with 3000 years of Chinese cloth-making. Monrovia Liberia named for President James Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Newfoundland
U.S
United States
Ecuador
China
Monrovia
Liberia
James Monroe
Extra Year Education Urged By The President
President of the RVIN LARROWSMITS GR UP urges a longer education path, proposing five-year high school and college terms. He also mocks early retirement, warns of a “revolution of old men,” and notes he may seek a second term as he nears 65. The remarks came during a tour of Lowry Air Force Base amid talks on the Air Force Academy curriculum. He discussed extending four-year schooling to five years and criticized fixed retirement ages as medical advances extend lifespans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rvin
GR UP
Hisenhower
America
Air Force Academy
Lowry Air Force Base
Hubert R. Harmon
West Point
Columbia University
New Academy
Harmon
Indiana Residents Spend 10.50 Per Person on Medicine
Indiana residents spend about 10.50 each year in neighborhood drug stores for doctors prescriptions medicines and health aids. The figure comes from statisticians in the retail drug trade with U.S. totals at 1.7 billion dollars. Prescriptions now account for about a quarter of drug store receipts, up from 0.91 dollars per item in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
U.S
Lester B. Platt
Collapsible Tube Manufacturers Council
Dangers In Picking Apple Crops Warn Growers In Pennsylvania
State safety chief Carson F. Mertz cautioned apple pickers and growers in Pennsylvania about fall hazards, noting nine deaths from ladder falls over four years and urging inspection of ladders and firm placement on ground or tree limbs. He cited 33 rural Pennsylvania hive deaths since 1951, but only two ladder fatalities in the first eight months of 1954, as of September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Division of
Farm and Home Safety Education
State Departent of Public Instruction
Nettles Proposed as Possible TB Cure by Farmer
A German farmer’s pig with tuberculosis reportedly recovered after three to four months on a nettle diet. The claim, though unproven, reflects the long history of searching for cures and the shift toward scientific testing of traditional remedies. The note appears in a health column sponsored by the Indiana County Tuberculosis and Health Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Indiana County Tuberculosis and Health Society
Homer Area 61 At Fort Eustis
Army Pvt. Albert W. Stanek, son of Mrs. Mary Stanek Route 1 Homer City, joins 32d Transportation Light Truck Company at Fort Eustis Virginia. Stanek entered the Army in February and completed basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina. He attended Armagh High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Albert W. Stanek
Mary Stanek
32D Transportation Light Truck Company
Fort Eustis
Stanek
Fort Jackson
5. C
Armagh High School
Sinking airport strip prompts deer license plans
Tokyo International Airport faces a sinking landing strip after river-bed fill, while Pennsylvania deer hunters ready for a two day season December 12 14. An official noted 27 780 needed for repairs and a state license quota of 240 250 with applications at 66 of 67 counties. Non resident licenses start 30 days before season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Tokyo International Airport
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Revenue
Gerald A
Gleason
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Warren
McKean
Eli
Delaware
Montour
Back In Venice After Greek Island Tour
Elsa Maxwell sailed back to Venice with 103 friends after a 15 day tour of Greek islands. Film star Olivia de Havilland and others of the original 113 stopped en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Elsa Maxwell
Olivia de Havilland
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