Study Links Water Supply to Lung Disease at KU
Research at the University of Kansas aims to determine if histoplasmosis is carried to humans through water supply. Funded by a 4100 grant from the U. S. Public Health Service, the project is led by Dwight F. Metzler with KU and State Board of Health collaborators examining how water treatment affects the fungus in sterilized tap water.
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University of Kansas
United States Public Health Service
Dwight F. Metzler
State Board of Health
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio River
Metzler
United States
Kansas
N. P. Sherwood
Michael L.furcelow
Medical
Kansas City
Russell L. Culp
State Board of Health Department
K. U
Cassandra Ritter
Division of Sanitation
Judge Leibowitz Targeted by Death Threat Note
Police disclosed a fatally anti Semitic note sent to Judge Samuel Leibowitz and his wife threatening bombings and calling for Jews to go the way Arnold Schuster went. The note, signed Saten, surfaced among threats in the Schuster case. Leibowitz had no direct link to Schuster or Sutton.
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New York
Arnold Schuster
Samuel Leibowitz
Schuster
Schuster Pinpselt
Leibowitz
Sutton
Reds Protest Against Alleged Germ Warfare
Moscow reports widespread indignation meetings planned across Russian cities to protest U S germ warfare in Korea. Communists claim epidemics in North Korea while Peiping Radio denies outbreaks, raising charges amid a nationwide mobilization.
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Reds
Moscow
Russia
U. S
Korea
Lague
U.S
Germabs
North Korea
Peiping
Soviet’ Committee For Defense and Peace
More Women Vote Here And Town Can Prove It
Westport Connecticut runs a single polling place with six voting machines split evenly by gender. Registrar Joseph McGill notes the women vote about ten percent more than men.
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Westport
Conn
Joseph McGill
Truman Leaves Key West for New York Speech
President Truman departed his Key West vacation retreat Friday to deliver a speech in New York Saturday. He will stop in Washington overnight to visit Mrs. Truman and her ailing 89 year old mother, Mrs. David W. Wallace.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
New York
Washington
David W. Wallace
Edith Head designs glamorous sarong for home wear
Designer Edith Head says Rhonda Fleming wore a tropical zone movie sarong that could be adapted for housewives. She campaigns to make home life more glamorous by encouraging stylish, eye appealing outfits like a sarong for daily wear.
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Edith Head
Rhonda Fleming
Ten Farmers From Kansas Make Trip to Washington
A group of 10 Kansas farmers met with the state's congressional delegation this week to discuss agricultural problems. The Kansas Farm Bureau Federation sponsored the tour, honoring outstanding farmers from each district. Participants included Broun, Fuhrman, Prentice, Ralph, Breuer, Stephenson, Sutor, Queen, Arnold, and Taylor.
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Washington
Kansas
Kansas Farm Bureau Federation
Broun
George Fuhrman
Atchison
Cecil Prentice
Paola
Melvin Ralph
Girard
Farmers demand federal budget cuts across all programs
Xoder, McPherson, and Clarence Rupp of Manhattan report that farmers urged congressmen to reduce the federal budget, noting willingness to take a share of the cut in agriculture while seeking reductions elsewhere. Rupp, director of public relations for the KFBF, quoted the farmers to a reporter.
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Xoder
McPherson
Clarence Rupp
Manhattan
Rupp
KFBF
Children to weigh food grams to study diet value
Dr Campbell explains a two month trial in which pupils weigh every gram of food the rats eat and chart the results to show the benefits of a balanced diet over sweets and bovine milk.
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Campbell
Dentists to Feed Rats in School Program
Vancouver Wash. reports Clark County Dental Society will resume feeding rats as part of a good teeth program. Experiments will be carried out in 10 elementary schools. Dr. Raymond Campbell, President, ox
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Vancouver
Wash
Clark County Dental Society
Raymond Campbell
Painter shortage blamed on emphasis on college education
In Yakima Washington painters criticize the push for college education as causing a shortage of apprentices for industrial painting. Joe B Wiesman voices the complaint at a recent gathering.
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Yakima, Wash
Joe B. Wiesman
Executive secretary cautions on student counseling emphasis
The executive secretary of the Seattle Sapien of the Washington Council of Painting and Decorating Contractors of America argued that current counseling overemphasizes advanced academic training. He said industrial apprenticeship skills are as vital to national welfare as college degrees.
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Seattle Sapien
Washington Council of Painting and Decorating Contractors of America
Norway preserves polar bear sanctuary in Svalbard archipelago
Norway maintains a polar bear sanctuary in the Spitsbergen Archipelago. The protected area supports the species with regulated access and conservation measures amid Arctic conditions.
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Norway
Spitsbergen Archipelago
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van 'S Prescription Shop
Norris Bros. Plumbing
Reusch-Guenther
Elgin Hamilton
Kennedy
Shaw Lumber CO
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A. Wateby
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