Namkhan Hospital Keeps Humanitarian Tradition Alive in Burma
Namkhan Hospital in northeast Burma continues the legacy of founder Burma Surgeon Gorden Seagrave. Now fully government supported, the facility serves about 10,000 Shan and Kachin tribesmen with a 200-nurse staff trained by Seagrave. Nurses earned World War II medals and still train others at a center, delivering free care to remote villages.
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Rangoon
Burma
Namkhan
United States
Seagrave
Shwei River
China
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Joseph Stilwell
Engineers Move Into Top Corporate Roles Across Industry
Business study shows engineers rising in executive ranks as technology grows in scope. From 1900 to 1963 the share of top management with tech backgrounds climbs from 7% to 36%. Leaders with engineering degrees head firms like Jersey Standard Oi, ACF Industries, Amerace, Borg-Warner, Humble Oil, and others, with GE, RCA, Eastman Kodak and Phillips Petroleum among major employers.
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New York
Paul Robbins
National Society of Professional Engineers
Pure Research
Michael L. Haider
Jersey Standard Oi
JK. Jamieson
A.P. Fontaine
Bendix
Russell C. Taylor
ACF Industries
John T. Whitely
Amerace
Robert S. Ingersoll
Borg-Warner
Charles J. Haines
Chemetron
Frederic O. Hess
Selas
Humble Oil & Refining
M.A. Wright
Charles F. Jones
A. S. Steel
General Electric
RCA
General Dynamics
Phillips Petroleum
Carnation
Eastman Kodak
A Target That Shoots Back At Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army researchers at Aberdeen Proving Ground tested a CO2 powered BB gun target that fires back at shooters to simulate battlefield stress. The arc of seven targets at 45 yards and use of M-14 and M-16 assessed how return fire affects accuracy. Early results show measurable stress reducing performance prompting further studies.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
U. S. Army Human Engineering Laboratories
Aberdeen
U.S. Army Human Engineering Laboratories
Army
Ensor Blasts Rural Renewal Threat in MD Senate Fight
James Ensor, a Republican state Senate candidate, warns planners push rural renewal to condemn private farms. He cites Baltimore Urban Renewal Agency and Maryland Planning Commission financing an air photo survey in Frederick County. He argues land would be condemned, sold to speculators, with tax funds funding infrastructure to aid investors.
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James Ensor
State Senate
Ensor
Baltimore Urban Renewal Agency
Maryland Planning Commission
Frederick County
Montgomery YMCA opens playschool spaces in several churches
The Montgomery County Branch YMCA reports extra openings at playschools for three and four year olds. Programs run three mornings weekly at Colesville Methodist Church Grace Methodist Church Gaithersburg North Chevy Chase Christian Church Kensington Parkway Oakdale Emory Methodist Church Olney and Pilgrim Church Wheaton.
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Montgomery County
YMCA
Colesville Methodist Church
Grace Methodist Church
Gaithersburg
North Chevy Chase Christian Church
Kensington Parkway
Oakdale
Emory Methodist Church
Olney
Pilgrim Church
Wheaton
Carnival Set Out on Fourteenth Street
A muscular dystrophy trophy carnival will be held Tuesday from 12 30 pm to 3 00 pm at 3 W Fourteenth St Robin Remsburg chairs the event. Descr capital boom forecast for Beersheba reach 250000 by century end with a new master plan. Betty Common among 101 women worldwide to qualify as helicopter pilot after 20 years winged flight experience.
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W. Fourteenth St
Robin Remsburg
Tel Aviv
Beersheba
Nebher Desert
Ministries of Housing and the Interior
Whirlybird
Peroria, Ill
Betty Common
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