Food Faddism and False Diet Claims Debunked
A medical columnist denounces an egg versus cheese cholesterol claim as quackery. The piece warns readers to seek scientific evidence, avoid fad diets, and consult doctors, citing the dangers of advertising scams and offering resources from the U S Department of Health and Human Services and two health books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Food and Drug Administration
Washington, D. C
Doubleday
Cornerstone Library
Deputy Crippen Returns Home After Medical Tests
Winn Parish chief deputy sheriff J. J. Crippen arrived home from Baton Rouge General Hospital where he underwent tests last week. He reports strength improving daily and looks forward to leaving again for his friends. Crippen had been missing since March 25 and returned May 31, after a 17 day work stint at a Pensacola service station. He cannot recall details of his departure or events after realizing his identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnfield
J. J. Crippen
Winn Parish
Baton Rouge General Hospital
Crippen
Pensacola
Fla
Tito Pardons Spy in Belgrade Case
West German journalist Hans Peter Rullmann, once Der Spiegel’s Yugoslavia correspondent, was pardoned by President Tito after a six year sentence for espionage. His parents had appealed for release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
UPI
Hans-Peter Rullmann
Tito
Rullmann
Yugoslavia
der Spiegel
Two Remaining Nonuplets Still Cause Concern
In Sydney, only two of the nine babies born to Mrs. Leonard Brodrick were alive 60 hours after birth. The surviving boy and girl remained in fragile condition with ongoing breathing difficulties, while two more twins died. The mother, 29, and her husband, 32, have two older daughters and regional doctors noted the preterm birth as 12 weeks early with the infants measuring six to eight inches at birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Leonard Brodrick
Royal Hospital For Women
North Vietnamese Ambushers In DMZ War Action
North Vietnamese gunners shelled allied positions below the DMZ while U S B 52 bombers returned heavy blows on enemy forces threatening South Vietnam's northern provinces. It marked a third day of saturation air raids in the northern sector as 200 mortar shells hit marines nine miles east of Khe Sanh during a damage assessment sweep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Laos
Bastrop City Council Opens Street and Sewer Plans
Bastrop City Council moved to start a street program for the northwest and southwest city areas with up to 300000 in certificates of indebtedness and about 72000 in the general fund for intersection work. Bids for streets expected in August after a July public hearing, with property owners facing roughly 4 per front foot. The council also set a June 21 special meeting for final Leopold Hamis and Woody Subdivisions sewer plans serving 50 homes, with bids anticipated next Monday and a projected 90000 for sewer work next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News - Star News
John Croft
Eugene Ware
Tulley
Leopold-Hamis
Dennis Kyle
Lucy Hudson
Bastrop Memorial Airport
Morehouse Retarded Children’s Assn
Boll Weevil Diapause Control Meeting Set in Monroe
The LSA Extension Service hosts a Boll Weevil Diapause Control meeting at the Monroe Civic Center Wednesday at 2 p.m. Topics include boll weevil diapause control in Louisiana with LSU entomologists Dr. Newsom Dr. Clower Dr. Roussel and Dr. Tynes. County agents Corban Kent and producer Carter discuss methods in Sharkey County and Ouachita Parish. Floyd Kent presides. Tom Burch opens.
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L.S.A. Extension Service
Monroe Civic Center
Louisiana
L.S.U
Dale Newsom
Dan Clower
John Roussel
Jim Tynes
Sharkey County
Miss
Frank Corban
J. R. Carter
Floyd Kent
Ouachita Parish
Tom Burch
L.S.A
Louisiana Peach Festival Opens in Ruston Entertains with Events
The 21st Louisiana Peach Festival starts in Ruston with a pet show at Railroad Park and a 7:30 p.m. barbershop quartet. The week features exhibits, a peach cookery contest with three divisions, a sidewalk sale, flower show, queen pageant events, softball, golf, a parade, an antique auto show, a barbecue, and an air show ending with a pageant at Howard Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News - Star
Ruston Bureau
Ruston
Railroad Park
Holding Inn
Louisiana Tech
Howard Auditorium
Tech
Thurmond Halstead
Funeral Services Set For Victims Of Auto Accident
Two LaSalle Parish youths died in a two car crash near Benton Alabama on Sunday afternoon. Charles Edward Moody 18 and Tony Lynn Hopkins 17 are the deceased. Moody funeral at Olla Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with burial in Olla Cemetery. Hopkins rites at Standard Baptist Church at 5 p.m. with burial in Chicasaw Cemetery. Surviving relatives listed include Moody parents E O Moody and Mrs. E. O. Moody and Hopkins parents James Owen Hopkins and Mrs. de Hopkins Gutherie among others.
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OLA
LaSalle Parish
Benton
Ala
Charles Edward Moody
Tony Lynn Hopkins
Alabama
Moody
Olla Baptist Church
Aubrey Vauleman
Elmer Douglas
Olla
Kinner and Stevens
Jena
Hopkins
Standard Baptist Church
James Simmons
G. R. Nolan
Doris Dearman
Chicasaw
Monroe Teen Receives Certificate and Grant for Suggestion
James Kenneth Fite of Monroe received a certificate and an $850 grant for a suggestion he made at Warner Robins AFB Georgia. The Ouachita Parish High School graduate’s idea to repair certain electron tubes yielded a savings of $29,261.20. Fite, a civilian Air Force employee, works in radar repair at Warner Robins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kenneth Fite
Lila Fite
Richmond St
Monroe
Warner-Robins Afb
Ouachita Parish
Air Force
Fite
Warner - Robins
Bastrop Teen Drowns in Canal Near Collinston
Bastrop fifteen year old Jackie Dewitt Blackman son of Mrs Ellen Blackman drowned while body surfing with three others in a swift canal six miles south of Collinston. Rescue units recovered the body from fifteen feet of water about 5 30 p m. Funeral services were set for 2 p m at Second Baptist Church with burial in Crossroads Cemetery Crossett Ark. He is survived by four brothers and several aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News - Star News Service
Bastrop
Jackie Dewitt Blackman
Ellen Blackman
Lake Erwin
Collinston
Blackman
Russell Whiting
John Allen Johnson
Billy Morris
Bastrop Rescue Unit
Morehouse Parish
Larry Blackman
Monroe
Burglaries Investigated By Monroe Police
Monroe police investigate two burglaries. Gates Printing in Monroe reported a cash box with about 88 dollars stolen and a vending machine emptied. Texas Gas Transmission Corp on Royal Avenue also burglarized with a back door pried open and a wrench and pliers missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
James C. Kelly Jr
Gates
Cameron
Texas Gas Transmission Corp
Royal Ave
Nicholas Girod Reunion Held in Monroe
Descendants of Nicholas Girod gathered for the 14th annual reunion on Sunday at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home Park in Monroe. About eighty attendees participated and plans were made to continue the event on the second Sunday of June each year at the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Girod
Louisiana Baptist Childrens Home Park
Monroe
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Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Mike
Griggs
Judy Jones
Jon Mask
Fredrick J. Stare
M. D
Arlene Weinster
M. S
Department of Nutrition
Harvard University
Dmz
Civic Center
God
Earth
World Brotherhood
Berence
All
Monroe Police
Sterlington
ALL Cotton Growers
Mississippi
Mexico
Rivarenes
Monroe, LA
E. E. Hodgkins
Ass’t. Dist
Ouachita Valley
Macon Ridge Area
Union Compress Warehouses
Federal Compress & Warehouse Co
Cotton Warehouses, Inc
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