Smoking Cancer Link Questioned by Tobacco Study
A study among nine American Tobacco Co. cigarette factory workers finds no higher lung cancer death rate than the general population, despite heavy smoking. Dr. Harvey B. Haag and Hamner report that 77.2 percent of white male factory workers smoke, with higher daily consumption, yet overall mortality and cancer rates are lower or similar to broader groups.
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Miami Beach
UPJ
Medical College of Virginia
Harvey B. Haag
Southern Medical Assn
Haag
Hiram R. Hanmer
American Tobacco, Co
Institute of Statistics
University of North Carolina
Suspect Captured After Frederick Car Chase
An 18-year-old fugitive, Donald Eugene Henson, was arrested in Frederick after a stolen 1956 Texas plate car ran off the road into a ditch during a chase. Officers tracked him through muddy fields to a Frederick home where he was found trying to start a car with one shoe missing. The suspect, previously at McAlester State Penitentiary, faced investigation on the theft and escape.
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Frederick
Okla
Donald Eugene Henson
McAlester State Penitentiary
Sherif L. L. Kilgore
Henson
Reydon
Texas
SH 5
Kilgore
William E. Porter
Fort Worth
Texas Civil War veteran Williams reaches 115 birthday
Colonel Walter Williams, oldest Civil War veteran, turns 115 at his daughter’s Houston home. He recalls Hood’s Brigade forager service in Confederate uniform as gifts and a Hollywood offer arrive. Williams’s wife of 60 years Ella Mae died Nov 2. he remains unaware and believes she is in a hospital. One other Confederate veteran, John Salling, survives nearby.
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Houston
Walter Williams
Albert Zugsmith
Williams
Ella Mae
John Salling
Slant
Eisenhower era returns pull Dixie GOP back from era of decline
ATLANTA UF The days of the post office Republican appear to be returning to the South in the wake of Eisenhower's use of federal troops to enforce integration. In Virginia a Republican governor once boosted by 25 years of Democratic support signals a shift as the GOP faces declines and party realignment in the era. Political figures like Jed Dalton and J. Lindsay Almond dominate a northern campaign atmosphere, while Mississippi and Louisiana committeemen discuss Negro Republican leadership and registration gaps.
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Atlanta
Post Office
South
Eisenhower
Virginia
Little Rock
J. Lindsay Almont
Jed Dalton
Nantes
Riot In Penang Schools Sparks Police Clash
About 1,500 Chinese high school pupils clashed with police in Penang, Malaya, after an Education Ministry order expelling students due to suspected Communist activity. Between 30 and 40 youths were injured as officers dispersed the crowd.
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Penang
Malaya
Education Ministry
Lawton Man Charged With Second Degree Forgery
Ed Brown, 51, faced a second degree forgery charge in Justice court for allegedly forging the name Charles E Chandler on a $36.78 check passed at a local grocery Nov 8. City detectives investigating seven similar checks totaling about $483.74, with signatures under printed firm names, are pursuing the case. Brown was arrested by city police.
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Lawton
Ed.Brown
Warren Crane
Justice of Peace
Marvin Cameron
Charles E. Chandler
Snell
Lacy Furniture Co
Home Building and Loan Assn
Southwestern Furniture and Appliance
Brown
Barmaid Seeks Annulment Tied to Multiple Marriages
A Cotton County case involves a tavern waitress Baillee accused of a two way bigamous marriage to a Fort Sill airman and a previous marriage to Toney. Perot signed a waiver, while the barmaid earlier obtained an annulment from Hunter Baillee. Investigation followed a German wife’s complaint that Baillee’s divorce may have been fraudulent, with the waiver possibly obtained under improper circumstances. Also noted: a $2 donation from Korean children to the Southern Baptist Convention to spread the gospel.
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Calif
Perot
Toney
Hunter Q. Baillee
Fort Sillman
Cotton County
Baillee
Lawton
Walterslash
Fort Siltman
Sheppard Afb
Houser-Baillee
Grady County
Superior
W. Itt
Nashville
Tenn
The
Southern Baptist Convention
United States Plans Arms to Tunisia Amid French Objections
Washington reports say the United States and Britain intend to deliver about 1500 rifles and 50,000 rounds of ammo to Tunisia despite French opposition led by Prime Minister Gaillard. France fears arms could arm Algerian rebels. Bourguiba faces pressure to secure Western arms to deter Soviet bloc options.
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United States
Britain
France
Tunisia
Paris
Felix Gaillard
Algeria
Herve Alphand
State Department
C. Burke Elbrick
Habib
Bourguiba
Dulles
West
Egypt
Syria
Christian Pineau
Tunis
Pineau
Prose
Felix” Gaillard Vanit Pole
Amory
S.ainawauphton
Gaillard
Tunisian
U. S
Habib Bourguiba
Ag Teacher Gets Science Position
Mrs. Jane Lowe, Cameron College science instructor, heads the college planning section of the Oklahoma Science Teachers association as chairman. Mrs. Dorothy Tobias, Aggie faculty member, serves as secretary for the group planning activities for Oklahoma college license departments for 1958 59 term.
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Jane Lowe
Cameron College
Oklahoma Science Teachers Association
Dorothy Tobias
Aggie
Lowe
Tobias
Association
New
Oklahoma Education Association
Oklahoma City
Woman Reports TV Set Stolen From Bell Drive Home
A Lawson woman told police this morning a television set was removed from her house at 120 Bell Drive. The report states the set was apparently stolen last night while she had been staying with her mother at another address, and she had been checking the home nearly daily. Milwaukee location noted at the river junctions.
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Lawson
Bell Drive
Lotja Radford
Antarctic Vets Rotation Set for Christmas Departures
Rear Adm. George J. Dulek announced that some Antarctic veterans may leave by Christmas as their one year assignments end. Nineteen winter veterans have departed. more than 60 remain. Two Navy ships Greenville Victory and Atka plus air transport will evacuate veterans from Christchurch to McMurdo Sound and Lite America as weather and ice permit.
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Mcmurdo
Sound
Antarctica
Antarctic
George J. Dulek
Greenville Victory
Atka
Christchurch
New Zeland
U.S
Lite America
McMurt Sound
Puerto Rico Coffee Program Expands With Coop Growth
Puerto Rico expands its coffee program as cooperatives take on processing and marketing. Research suggests yields up to 2000 pounds per acre with proper practices, while current output remains under 150 pounds per acre. Credit policy urged for long term aid. Cooperative movement concentrates about 40 percent of crops in four coops with 3718 members. Efforts push modernization of handling from farm to market.
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