Kennedy Humphrey Campaigns Split West Virginia Vote
In Charleston and Bluefield West Virginia debates swirl over a potential anti Kennedy coalition with Humphrey Johnson and Symington cited as backing. Kennedy defends Catholic faith while addressing race and cabinet questions as voters head to the May 10 primary.
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Robert C
Monroney
Proxmire
Stevenson
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Hubert Humphrey
Dmonn
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Senate
Fair and Mild Weather Graces Miami Valley
The Miami Valley enjoys fair skies and mild temperatures as spring arrives. Officials forecast a high around 70 and low near 50 today, with a Wednesday of partly cloudy conditions and possible afternoon showers. Middletown reports 63 as yesterday's high and 46 as this morning's low.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Dalton questions lottery draw at PTA meeting
Joplin Missouri state Atty. Gen. John M. Dalton, known for anti lottery campaigns, drew a winner’s name in a PTA meeting pot plant raffle and asked, This isn't a lottery, is it? after the draw, prompting a hush from the crowd.
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Joplin
John M. Dalton
Parent + Teachers Assn
Dalton
Hard Core Of Jobless In Cleveland Area Described
An Ohio State Employment Service official says Cleveland area shows a hard core of unemployed, mainly unskilled and semi skilled workers. The latest OSES survey places unemployment around 40 000 with 698 000 employed as of April 1, up 2 000 since February.
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Ohio State Employment Service
E. C. Schulze
OSES
Cuyahoga
Lake Counties
Schulze
Segregation To Stay In South Africa After Verwoerd Shot
South Africa reels as Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd remains hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Lands Minister Paul Sauer vows no easing of apartheid while Foreign Minister Louw and Justice Minister Erasmus back strong measures against inciters and subversives. Police raid persist. press warned. David Pratt case looms. Sauer pledges continued white supremacy policy.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Hendrik F. Verwoerd
Lands
Paul Sauer
Verwoerd
Eric Louw
Francois Erasmus
Ome
National Party
David Pratt
Pratt
South African Press Association
Pretoria General Hospital
Sauer
Vitamin A Deficiency May Impair Taste too
New York biochemist Dr. Eli Seifter reported to the American Chemical Society that vitamin A deficiency can affect taste as well as vision. In experiments, rats deprived of vitamin A could not distinguish sweetened from tap water and chose sweetened water nine times more when given a choice.
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Cleveland
New York
Eli Seiffer
Long Island Jewish Hospital
American Chemical Society
Dr. Seifter
Doctor cites drug firms tied to medical societies
Dr William Bean of the State University of Iowa Medical School says some medical societies are beholden to free spending drug manufacturers and will not listen to criticism of their products in written testimony to the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly sub committee He calls medicines on the market dangerous and deplorable without naming companies or societies. Aides said he will be asked for details when he testifies again in the drug industry probe.
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Ralph Bunche
Charleston
Kennedy
Washington
William Bean
State University of Iowa Medical School
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Bean
Coafirman Estes Kefaufer
Dtenn
Vitamin A Deficient Rats Drink Quinine Water Equally
Dr. Seifter reports vitamin A deficient animals drank as much quinine water as tap water in tests using tap water and quinine, a bitter substance. The finding highlights taste aversion or intake patterns under deficiency.
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Seifter
Vitamin A Deficiency and Vision Established
The effects of vitamin A deficiency on vision are already established and documented in medical literature.
Stevenson Gains Second-Choice Support for Democratic Nomination
Senator Monroney and Senator Proxmire report broad sympathy for Adlai E. Stevenson as a second-choice, with Byrd noting lingering Stevenson support in West Virginia. Stevenson, fresh from a South American tour, plans a University of Virginia address as supplants discuss the field.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Stevenson
Wisconsin
Illnois
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Nyanga Food Parcels Distributed Amid Police Raids
Police allowed the Red Cross and Cape Town health authorities to distribute food parcels to needy families in Nyanga, a black township recently subjected to large raids. Hundreds suspected of leading a boycott were jailed for screening, and the boycott is near collapse.
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Red Cross and
Cape Town
Nyanga
Nepal Tibet Border Treaty Approval by China
The rubber-stamp National People's Congress approved a Nepal China border accord. It calls for a joint committee to determine the exact Himalayan boundary between Nepal and Tibet and is reported by Peiping radio.
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Tokyo
Communist China
People’s Congress
Nepal
Red China
Peiping Radio
Tibet
Unemployment up sharply in March with winter hurt market
AP dispatch reports March unemployment rising by 275000 the largest March jump since World War II while payrolls fell 253000 due to heavy snows and poor weather. A sharp April rebound is forecast.
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Washington
Labor Department
Barricaded youth opens fire as police seek talks in Virginia
In Pulaski a young man, 18 year old Jack Jennings, barricaded in a brick bungalow for 17 hours, fired at police and photographers. He threatened harm to his 10 year old sister in law and forced his father in law's daughter to accompany him. A note signed Jackie demanded talks and warned of harm if a girl was hurt. Police surrounded the home. Jennings fired into a vacant lot and at a service station before threats subsided. He later spoke with reporters and said he sought safe passage and employment as the standoff ended.
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Jack Jennings
Ansanfaranssa
Jackie
Jennings
Barbara Butts
W. Butts
Doug Lester
Sonny Willis
Christiansburg
Butts
The
Energy from sugar boosts athletic power, doctor says
Chicago researcher Dr. Maurice Goldstein reports athletes may surge energy by consuming candy or soda before effort. He notes a yet unisolated substance in muscle acts like insulin, potentially improving diabetes treatment by supplementing insulin in difficult cases.
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Chicago
Maurice Goldstein
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biologists
Insulin Like Substance In Muscles Aids Sugar Use
Dr. Goldstein described a hormone like material that speeds sugar uptake into cells. Experiments injected lymphatic fluid from active muscles into resting animals causing immediate sugar uptake. He noted insulin like material is produced during muscular activity even without pancreas.
Housewives Harassed remark on staying home from duties
A newspaper tone note recalls a harassed housewife who quips that the toughest thing about being a housewife is having no place to stay home from while her husband and three children are ill at home.
Boy Plans West Coast Jaunt Next
A 13-year-old from Sea Cliff New York hitchhiked to Chicago then rode the New York Central to Buffalo after claiming a ticket lost. Police found him in a Buffalo hotel and he said he would try a through flight to the West Coast next time. A towel message betrayed his confusion.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Dean Siering
Sea Cliff
N. Y
Chicago
Robert L. Siering
New York Central
Central Terminal
Dean
Man flees terminal via taxi to downtown hotel. plans California flight
Police traced the man by taxi drivers after he left the terminal. He told reporters he would try a direct fire plane trip to California, calling it domestic trouble. His grandmother criticized his overactive imagination.
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Dean
California
Rebel Band Bottled Up in Cuban Mountains
An insurgent band led by former Castro officer Manuel Beaton was reportedly encircled in the Sierra Maestra in eastern Cuba. Officials denied knowledge of Beaton or the guerrillas, while unconfirmed reports said troops and militiamen moved on about 40 fighters.
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Havana
Sierra Maestra
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Oriente
Manuel Beaton
Calixton Garcia
Palma Soriano
Beaton
Beaton Accused of Bandit Gang in Revolucion Coverage
The semi official newspaper rRevolucion reports Beaton led a gang accused of killing a peasant named Francisco Tamayo linked to Castro. El Crisol identifies Tamayo as a government army unit chief. An unconfirmed report mentions a second guerrilla band roaming Sierra Cristal north of Maestra.
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Beaton
Francisco Tamayo
Castro
Revolucion
Havana
el Crisol
Tamayo
Sierra Cristal
Sierra
Maestra
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