Harvard scientist says overweight not harmful below frank obesity
Dr. Carl C. Seltzer of Harvard School of Public Health argues mortality tables misjudge risk. the Seltzer Index lets larger bodies transmit longer life despite weight. He notes fat without frank obesity poses unclear health risk and urges revising height weight charts upward.
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Boston
Harvard
Carl C. Seltzer
Seltzer
Harvard University
School of Public Health
New England Journal of Medicine
Propaganda Drops Loud Lessons Over Viet Nam War
In Saigon a mix of CA7 and U10 planes drop leaflets and broadcast Buddhist funeral music to win over Viet Cong held in jungle holes. The Psychological Operations campaign targets towns and villages with open arms messaging, urging defection and support for the Saigon government.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Hanoi
James Prescott
el Paso
Tex
Delta
Fresh Snow Hits East as Digging Out Continues
A brisk storm blanketed the East with new snow and drifts as authorities opened main arteries but faced longer repairs. Cold air expanded from the Plains to the Southeast, with dozens of weather deaths reported nationwide and Maryland seeing heavy 56 inch accumulations and school delays across several counties.
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Associated Press
Canadian
Upper Plains
Oswego
N.Y
Lake Ontario
Binghamton
Wilmington
Del
Blairsville
Salisbury
Onondaga County
New York State
Maryland
Baltimore
Paul Revere Gets Around
Howard H. Mason profiles Paul Revere Jr., 34, Bowdoin graduate and Revere Copper & Brass salesman, who travels about 150 miles daily in eastern New England. He downplays myths of his ancestor, notes the family legacy and his forebear's trades, and recalls meeting biographer Esther Forbes.
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Howard H. Mason
Boston
Paul Revere
Paul Revere Jr
Midnight Rider
Pastriots
Lexington
Concord
Revere
Bowdoin College
Maine
Acton
Paul II
Avery
Paul Jr
New England
Revere Copper & Brass Co
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Esther Forbes
Longfellow
Devoted Wife Dies Trying To Save Husband At Home
Mrs. Clifford Reed, 62, died of smoke inhalation in a two story Sparta home fire after staying with her invalid husband of 28 years. His 63rd birthday and health details noted, neighbors recall her devotion as she refused to leave him. Fire officials say she briefly left to greet a repairman but returned, while the husband had been bedridden for five years and cared for by his wife with no children.
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Robert Shaw
Sparta
Clifford Reed
Susan
Lester Walker
Burdell Menke
Gus Falkenheim
Baldwin
Reed
Clyde Bradley
Commission backs guaranteed minimum family income
Washington AP report says a blue ribbon National Commission on Technology Automation and Economic Progress urged President Johnson and Congress to guarantee every American family a minimum annual income. They estimate cost between 2 to 20 billion dollars and potential impact on up to 35 million people.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
National Commission On Technology, Austomation
Commission
Fremont County Fair selects queen Susan Conwell at 17
In Riverton Wyoming AP reports Susan Conwell 17 of Pavillon is named queen of the Fremont County Fair and Rodeo. Her mother Mrs George Conwell won the title twenty years earlier.
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Riverton
Wyo
Susan Conwell
Pavillion
Fremont County
George Conwell
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