What We're Doing Here I Cancer in Middletown Clinic Series
This article outlines Middletown Cancer Society efforts and hospital clinics. It describes cancer as noninfectious cell growth, early signs, and the impact of open and big clinics on detection. It cites about 100 people examined across skin, pelvic, breast, and GI cancer clinics, plus ongoing daily consultations.
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American Cancer Society
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
The
Cancer Society
April Bike Sprouting Time Chief Cites Cycling Dangers
Chief Joseph Blackmore warns about sixteen thousand injured children and 370 killed in bicycle auto accidents in 1950. He joins the Safety Council in April to promote child pedestrian and bicycle safety with rules: ride with traffic, single file, no weaving, no hitching, obey signs, and ride with lights at night.
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Joseph Blackmore
United States
National Safety Council
Blackmore
The
Safety Council
Area Price Index Up 2 Percent in Local Report
The U S Department of Labor reports a 0.2 percent rise in the area price index from mid February to mid March, reaching 187.5 in mid March and 1.7 percent above last year. Food, fuel, furnishings, and miscellaneous items edged higher while apparel declined. The index uses 1935 to 1939 as base years.
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Cincinnati
Middletown
U. S. Department of Labor
Cleanest City Award Highlights Urban Decay Shortcomings
MEMPHIS TENN Mayor S Watkins Overton accepted a trophy naming Memphis the cleanest city in the nation. He warned 500 civic leaders that the city counts 17 200 dilapidated dwellings 12 000 houses without running water 14 000 homes with out electricity and 23 000 outdoor toilets and 165 000 residents living in sub standard housing.
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Memphis
Tenn
S. Watkins Overton
U S Population Reaches About 156 Million
The census bureau estimates the United States population on March 1 at about 156,197,000, 2,707,000 above last year and about five million, or 3.4 percent, higher than the April 1, 1950 census figure.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Eisenhower Post Tough One To Fill
Washington reports military leaders face a difficult choice for Ike’s successor as NATO tests and Korean peace talks loom. Ridgway is seen as likely, with Gruenher and 13 allied nations playing roles, decisions due by June 1 or possibly delayed. NATO meeting in Paris April 28 could set a path.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
United Nations
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Alliance Command
Europe
Alfred M. Gruenher
Congress
Pontagon
America
North Atlantic Organization
NATO
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Defense Lovett
Truman
Lovett
State Department
Paris
Organization
Lord Ismay
Britain
United States
Oil Production Boost Tied to Oklahoma Quakes
Oilmen and geologists see the recent quakes in Oklahoma boosting production by about 3000 barrels per day to over 531000. The theory is that shaking loosened formations allowing faster oil flow to the surface.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
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White House
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William J. Miller
King Features, Inc
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