Cancer Work Is Discussed by Dr Farber in Boston
AP Science Reporter describes Dr Sidney Farber and a team from the Children’s Cancer Research Foundation outlining progress in cancer treatment. Farber recalls a 12 year old treated in 1948 who later joined the National Guard and thrived, illustrating the frontier nature of chemo research and the goal to extend life, not yet cure.
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Sidney Farber
Children's Cancer Research Foundation
Amerian Cancer Society
Farber
Dr. Farber
General Motors Plant In Kansas City Cuts Back
Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac officials announce 2,400 employees will be laid off and the Kansas City assembly plant closed for a week. The plant will shut March 31 to April 7 for operating schedule adjustments. all laid off workers return April 7. This is the third round of cuts at the Fairfax district plant, which normally employs 4,500.
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Kas
General Motors Corp
Detroit
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Boeing Sued Over Plane Blast Fatal B47 Crash
A $200000 damage suit was filed against Boeing Aircraft Co. by the widow and daughter of Air Force Captain James W. Sullivan killed when a B47 jet bomber exploded near Lincoln Nebraska on April 6 1956. The petition alleges negligent design fabrication inspection servicing and delivery of a defective aircraft. Capt Sullivan logged over 2100 hours of flight time including 124 in B47s and the entire crew perished.
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Kansas City
Kas
Boeing Aircraft Co
Lincoln
Neb
U. S. District Court
Colene Sullivan
Boise
Idaho
Cynthia
Lynn Sullivan
James W. Sullivan
Sullivan
Margaret Off To Germany
London Princess Margaret flew to West Germany on a scheduled visit to two British army regiments without reporting to Queen Elizabeth II on her reunion with Peter Townsend. Her sister arrived in Dover shortly after on the royal yacht Britannia as the Queen returned from the Netherlands. Critics inside the Queen's party called the move perversity and warned it could fuel talk while the Queen was away.
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Margaret
West Germany
Elizabeth II
Peter Townsend
Dover
Nia
Netherlands
Townsend
Clarence House
Royal Air Force
Negroes In Store Boycott Declared A Success
Washington leaders describe a one day shopping boycott of five downtown department stores that refused to hire Negroes for sales jobs as a success. No figures were available on the number of Negro participants or impact.
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Washington
Clergy Led Protest Against Discriminatory Hiring
Groes stayed away from stores in a shopping hall called by Negro ministers. Store officials declined comment. Rev. FE. Franklin Jackson, chairman of the Sponsoring Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, said the action aimed to protest discriminatory employment practices, not hurt anyone financially.
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