Man’s drug history spans over seven millennia
Ancient Mesopotamian tablets show 7000 year drug exposure from poppy. Surveys from Adrian Michigan and Michigan state reveal rising addiction rates. by 1950s reports and officials note thousands of addicts nationwide, with New York City alone cited for 90,000 city addicts in 1951 and broader state totals in the tens of thousands. Authorities differ on current totals, while warnings warn of the quick path to addiction and lack of a true cure.
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Washington
Mesopotamia
Adrian
Mich
Michigan
Congress
United States
Harry J. Anslinger
Federal Narcotics Bu
Reau
Mayors Committee On Narcotics
New York City
Ohio
William O’neill
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Detroit
Cleveland
D. C
San Francisco
Cincinnati
St. Louis
San Antonio
Tex
Illinois
California
District of Columbia
Texas
Missouri
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Federal Bureau
Anslinger
Jacob K. Javits
Senate
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Sunday Visitors and Local Greetings at Burnett Home
Belle Brownlee hosted visitors including Jim Van Horn of Osawatomie and Mrs. Van Horn, with hospital news of Mrs. Burnett’s sister in St Louis. Ottawa and Garnett guests joined for dinners and gatherings with the Kennedy and Prothe families, plus several neighbors calling on W J Robinson and related households.
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Jim van Horn
Osawatomie
Lottie Burnett
Alvina Banks
van Horn
Merle Cole
Bobby
Miachel
Billy
Vernon Prothe
Dana Porter
Joan Potter
Garnett
Dean Kennedy
Gale Miller
Walter Williams
Rantoul
Junior Miller
Paul Miller
Dennis
Joyce
Zeb McKeon
Paola
Lloyd Hills
Larry Lombard
Maureen Wheeler
Ronnie Sutton
Dicky Davis
Bob Custer
Joyce Burke
Barbara Neill
Velma Higdon
Rita
Buddy Taylor
Carl
Albert Potter
Kenneth Potter
Freight rate decision under advisement in Kansas
TOPEKA The Kansas Corporation Commission has taken under advisement the railroads application to make temporary intrastate Kansas freight rates permanent. Railroads note the Interstate Commerce Commission recently made interstate rates permanent with no traffic diversion. General George Custer’s last stand occurred June 25, 1876.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Custer
the Little Bighorn
Eastern Airlines Buys Fleet of Jets
Eastern Air Lines will place orders with Douglas Aircraft for a jet fleet of 26 DC8 airliners. Captain F. E. Rickenbacker and Douglas president Don Douglas announce 18 planes for immediate production with eight options. Deliveries begin May 1959 for six with J57 engines and March 1960 for twelve with J75 engines. Options deliver 8 more in 1961, total cost about 165 million dollars. The fleet aims to shrink national travel times across the eastern half of the United States to three hours.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
Douglas Aircraft Co
FE. W. Rickenbacker
Easterns Board
Donald Douglas
Douglas
Pratt & Whitney
Rickenbacker
United States
New England
Great Lakes
Gulf
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi
Sagebrush war games end after huge atomic defense drill
In Polk Louisiana Exercise Sagebrush ends as America's atomic defense rehearsal winds down. Two of the 140,000 servicemen in the maneuvers die, mostly in military vehicle and civilian traffic crashes. Army and Air Force move 110,000 soldiers and 30,000 airmen back to bases.
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FT. Polk
America
Army
Air Force
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Lawrence Welk
John G. Kaiser
Masonic
Isle of
Capri
Collar
Styles of Tomorrow
Fredeen's
Juliet
Jet
Burma
Danube
Roxbury
Roxbury Choc
AMT
Lusk
Eer
M&m
Kraft Caramels
Pkg
O'Henry
Brach’s
Roxbury Chews
Sie
Roxbury Xbu
Creme de Menthe
Lifesavers
Story Book Mints
FBI
SAT
Ottawa
Chocolate Stars Prack
Pitesuger
Kansas (Loan Co
Kansas State Bank
Eastern Airlines
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