Four newspaper editors cite bias in campaign coverage
A loosely grouped panel of four editors contends major papers skew presidential coverage against Stevenson, favoring Eisenhower. They base claims on a week of sampling across seven states, criticizing slanted stories, photo use, headline framing, and coverage imbalance while urging equal prominence for both campaigns.
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Adlai E Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisen
Stevenson
Ohio
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ill
Griffin
Boston Post
Associated Press
Stein
Ike
Don Weaver
The
Columbus Citizen
Scripps-Howard
Destructive Forest Fires Ravage Five States Friday
The Anacisted Pests report harsh forest blazes across five states on Friday, straining hundreds of professional and volunteer firefighters. Nearly 200 fires scorched timberlands in Mississippi and Louisiana, destroying houses and businesses near Jackson and threatening surrounding suburbs, with about 8,000 acres of ash, oak, and other hardwoods burned. West Virginia warned conditions could worsen before flames are controlled.
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Jackson
Mississippi River
Dog Bite After El Dorado Incident Involving Cat
A dog owned by Robert Lasater caused an incident at El Dorado that involved a cat. The cat chased a cat between posts, and in freeing the vic Lasater was bitten on the hand by the cat, which fled and has not been seen since. Dog Catcher Ed Smith is seeking the cat to determine rabies risk.
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EL. Dorado
Robert Lasater
Victh
Cite Drug Costs Cut by Prescribing Cheaper Alternatives
A Baltimore City Medical Care Program study presented to the American Public Health Association details how medical bills could drop if doctors favor cheaper non trademarked drugs with identical properties. The 1950 51 prescribing data show 53 percent of prescriptions were proprietary drugs, 37 percent were not officially sanctioned, and tax funds could have saved about 9000 dollars.
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Auton Blakeslee
Science
Cleveland 4
American Public Health Association
Frank F. Furstenberg
Matthew Taback
Harry Goldberg
J. Wilfred Davis
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Modern medicine faces high drug costs and access problems
A study notes drug costs remain a major problem in medicine, affecting welfare programs and self paying patients. It asserts issues existed even before antibiotics, with prices rising as proprietary cough mixtures replace older remedies.
El Dorado Plans Water Conservation Program
City Manager H E McMullen says El Dorado will launch a water conservation plan next month if drought remains, including powerful pumps to draw water from a normally inaccessible intake at Lake El Dorado as part of extending the supply through early spring.
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EL Dorado
H. E. McMullen
Lake el Dorado
McMillen
Defense Dept releases Korea War casualties list
The Defense Department identified 269 Korean War casualties in a new report. It tallies 71 killed, 181 wounded, nine missing in action and eight injured, with details released Friday.
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Washington
Defense Department
Actress Susan Peters Dies After Courageous Fight
Visalia California actress Susan Peters, 31, who endured paralysis after a hunting accident seven years earlier, died Thursday night while visiting her brother. Once hailed as a rising star in filmdom, Peters’ promising career was cut short by the 1945 incident and related complications.
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Visalia
Calif
Susan Peters
Hollywood
Susan
Boy Keeps Earedless Flemish Giant Rabbit in Alberta
Eleven year old Henry Niemeyer of Coleman Alberta owns 200 other rabbits and 40 homing pigeons. A note mentions a Flemish Giant born without ears last summer. The piece also cites US coal data: 351000 bituminous miners produced 512 million tons in 1950.
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Canada
Henry Niemeyer
Alberta
Henry
United States
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