Alcoholism toll and treatment ideas from a 1950s report
A medical panel in Los Angeles discusses chronic alcoholism as a national problem with 400 000 confirmed cases of liver disease 100 000 disable victims and 50 000 deaths. Dr Lester Morrison urges a federally aided program combining diet therapy and psychiatric care to prevent and treat alcoholism. Separately Egypt publicly hanged Mahmoud Sabry Aly the first condemned in a treason trial led by the revolutionary council for spying and torture during 1952 to 1953 era.
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Los Angeles
Lester Morrison
College of
United Drugs
James A. Halsted
Ther
Macon
Cal
Veterans
National Administration
Egypt
I Mahmoud Sabry Aly
Agrecq
Real trouble for West Coast stunt man in Georgia jail
Robert L. Niles a barnstorming stunt man from the West serving time at Wayne Prison Camp in Georgia for forgery sought help from a California paper that once headlined his adventures. Niles parasahed from the San Francisco Oakland Bridge in 1949 and faced two forgery counts in Fulton Superior Court Atlanta, then escaped a construction job but was recaptured. Wayne Warden McHan denied the overdrawn account tale. detective Brown said Niles fled a Houston arrest and returned to Atlanta for forgery charges. His wife and 2-year-old child live in San Jose California.
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Jessup
Robert L. Niles
West
Wayne
California
Wiles
San Francisco - Oakland Bridge
Los Angeles
Fulton Superior Court
Atlanta
Oakland Tribune
Georgia
W. N. McHan
McHan
Niles
R. H. Brown
Houston
Texas
Brown
Oregon
San Jose
Calif
Youth Attacks Tires. Teen Jailed for Destruction
Eighteen year old Steve Tru jillo aimed a home made knife at tires on the wrong car and is serving a 25 day jail sentence on charges of drunkenness possession of a deadly weapon and destruction of private property. The tires belonged to Eulogio Silva the Ber nalillo police chief.
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Beminaula
Steve Trujillo
Eulogio Silva
Bernalillo
House Unit Inspects Indochina Aid Setup
A six member subcommittee of the U S House Armed Services Committee arrived in Hanoi from Saigon for a three hour tour of the American military assistance program. Led by Rep Leroy Johnson and Maj Gen Thomas Trapnell they visited Bao Ninh to view Vietnamese troops equipped with American arms.
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Hanoi
Indochina
U. S. House Armed Services Committee
Saigon
Leroy Johnson
R-Calif
Thomas Trapnell
U. S
Bao Ninh
Housework Easy Without Nagging Backache
An old ad-style piece warns kidney discomfort from stress, fatigue and cold air causing backache and frequent night urination. It promotes Doan's Pills as relief and suggests asking for the large economical size.
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Dean
Doan
Shell Premium Gasoline with TCP Claims Big Power and Longevity
An advertisement touts Shell Premium Gasoline with TCP as raising engine power up to 15 percent and spark plug life up to 150 percent while boosting mileage. It markets the product as the most significant fuel development since tetraethyl lead in 1922.
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Shell
Shell Research
Steajemark Pepe
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Convik
Hite Lempeiseranen
Governing Revolutionary Council
Revolutionary Court
Drusgist
Leon Jolson
Europe
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Thomas Coulter
Sales Executives Club
United Press Telephoto
America
OME Savings
Shell Premium
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