Soldier in Alaska Seeks Heat Amid Freezing Fort Ladd Duty
In a Fairbanks telephone call last night Thomas said he has been freezing for weeks while serving about 18 months in the Army at Fort Ladd Alaska. His brother, Navy Seaman Charley Ray Thomas, plans to arrive on leave in Lawton mid July after three years at sea.
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Change In U S Smoking Habits Predicted By Doctors
At the AMA convention in San Francisco Dr Charles Cameron and two researchers report a link between cigarette smoking and heart disease and cancer. They say smoking shortens life expectancy and that doctors and the public may change habits within a year. They note higher death rates for smokers and describe 20 000 volunteers studying nearly 200 000 men aged 50 to 70 over 22 years. Baylor surgeons also report artery grafting extending life expectancy in eight patients.
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Cotton County candidates announce July 6 primary speaking tour
County office seekers, including sheriff candidates Tom Jackson and Jay Phipps and other county roles, will tour towns Devol Randlett Temple and Walters on June 28 30 July 2 and July 5 to present platforms ahead of the July 6 primary election. J E McDonald Temple chairs the county central committee with Luther Eubanks as co chair and Funston Flanagan as secretary treasurer.
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Rita Hayworth Skips Granddad Funeral in LA
Film star Rita Hayworth will not attend her grandfather Antonio Cansino’s funeral in Los Angeles. Cansino, 80, founder of a famed dancer family, died at General Hospital from a lung condition after a career as Madrid Opera House dancing master. Hayworth, staying at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, cited not wanting to leave her children Yasmin and Rebecca.
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City Man Stationed In Alaska Informs Mom Its Cold
Pfc. Mervel Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Thomas of No. 6 Lee, writes home from Alaska to tell his mother cold conditions in the far north and his homesickness.
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Lee
Walters Set August 17 Charter Election
Walters city commissioners moved to adopt a new city charter replacement of the 1919 document. A proclamation set August 17 for voters to approve repealing the old charter and substituting the proposed charter approved June 15. Mayor T. K. Spicer and officials Ernest Smith and Henry Claiborne supported the changes. The draft charter was reviewed by Dr. Charles Spencer of East Central State College.
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Charles Spencer
East Central State College
Ada
Spencer
T. K. Spicer
Ernest Smith
Henry Claiborne
Dr Babcock Honored by AMA for Service to Medicine
Dr. William W. Babcock a 83 year old Philadelphia pathologist and surgeon received the distinguished service award at the AMA 103rd annual meeting. The honor cited his outstanding contributions to medicine and humanity and is among the highest in the field.
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San Francisco
William W. Babcock
Philadelphia
American Medical Association
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