UN Peacekeepers Enjoy Rest Break in Cairo
UNEF soldiers from Gaza, about 320 troops, begin seven days of rest in Cairo. The UN arranged hotel lodging, tours to the pyramids and museums, free games, and meals aimed at keeping troops occupied and content. Officials project roughly three million dollars in tourism revenue for Egypt over six months.
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United Press
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Boston
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Gaza
Pyramids
Yusor
Tevin
Xola
Beirut
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Maser Thes
Mola
Ta Ke
Cain
Ex Pense
George Dperrokic
E Dorlor
United Nations
General Assembly
California weather bureaus adopt percentage rain forecasts
In San Francisco and Los Angeles, forecasters adopt a percentage based method to predict rain for the five month wet season. Chief forecaster Jean Brown says the public finds percentage forecasts clearer than phrases like no percent chance. About 90 percent remains the practical upper limit, with earlier attempts using betting odds proving too confusing.
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San Francisco
California
Jean Brown
Brown
U. S
Air Force packs 36 hospital into tiny unit
The Air Force via the Strategic Air Command unveils a compact 36 bed hospital module the size of a bathroom. It includes complete ward rounds laboratory operating table and X ray facilities within a 500 cubic unit package designed for mobile deployment.
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Omama
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Americas Oldest Airline Now 38 Years Old
AVIANCA, the Americas' oldest airline, marks 38 years with pilots all Colombian flying over a million miles each. From starting with 12 passengers in 1920, it now carries millions of passengers and large freight across Colombia and to the United States, Europe, and nearby territories. The airline operates jungle and coastal services with a nine-helicopter fleet supporting industry and remote areas.
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Americas
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Theis
Cies
Colombia
United Stites
Europe
Puertn Rico
Ecuador
Peru
Avianca
Air Lass
Wa Lip Jine
Y Nous
Congenital Heart Defects Found in Adult Patients
Washington doctors report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that 29 adult cases of congenital heart disorders were found over five years in a special cardiac clinic. Des. Jain F.G. Johnson, John W. Lawlah, and Leslie Hefleepath of Howard University provided the study.
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Washington, D.C
Journal of the American
Des. Jain FG. Johnson
John W. Lawlah
Leslie
Howard Universit Cepartment
Wisconsin student helps foreign applicant gain university admission
A Somali worker in Antarctica used a radio chain from Minnesota to contact Prof Rirk Shone in the Wisconsin geography department. Olave Loken, about 26, sought admission to the University of Wisconsin Graduate School and an attempted informal oval application was arranged through the chain radio link.
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Anison
Wis
Antarc Ne
University of Wisconsiin
Seoul
Olave Loken
Rirk
Wisconsin
Minn
Minnesota
Stane
Laken
University Starts Accident Study
Northwestern University launches a three year traffic accident study funded by federal grants and the Automotive Safety Foundation. Director Hay Astnworth says the project will be the most extensive of its kind and aims to gather precise data on accident causes to aid scientists. A three person team including medical, engineering, and social scientists will study accidents across varied roads and conditions.
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Evanston
Northwestern University
Hay Astnworth
Traffic Institute
Automotive Safety Foundation
I. Stannard Rakes
Vosmirch
Trathe Institute
Baker
Desert Doctor Takes New Job in Florida Development
Dr. Paul Wilberforce Harrison, famed as the desert doctor in Arabia, retires from missionary work at 74 to become medical advisor for a Jacksonville elderly residential development. He plans to work at least until age 80, saying he is too young to retire.
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Milwaukee
Paul Wilberforce Harrison
Arabia
Harrison
Tarrison
Jacksonville
Fla
Jeast
Oldest Nursing School Saved By Staff Contributions
The nation's oldest nursing school and its hospital, facing possible closure, were saved when staff including doctors, nurses, technicians, office workers and maids contributed $50,000. Women's Hospital of Philadelphia, founded by Dr. Ann Preston, now in a million-dollar building, faced over $500,000 in debt and considered a merger that would have closed it as a separate institution.
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Philadelphia
Women's Hospital of
Women's Hospital
Ann Preston
IAGS
Hospital For Women
New York Infirmary For Women
Hospital funds and pledge drive sustain long standing care
In 1950 the hospital aligned with AMA residency training requirements. Mark L. Dawson, its first male administrator since October, credits a $50,000 staff gesture for survival and a further $200,000 to stabilize the business. The facility receives about $30,000 yearly from the United Fund under a no-appeal agreement, while local friends and former patients nationwide continue voluntary gifts.
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Mark L. Dawson
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