Navy unit studies common cold at Great Lakes基地
At Great Lakes a Navy medical research unit interviews recruits at first signs of a cold and tests blood, nasal washings and throat samples. They report over 90 percent of a company develops respiratory ailments in 11 weeks each spring and identify about 70 percent of viruses. remaining infections may be from unidentified viruses. In Springfield Ohio Dr Schrag of Wittenberg College argues there is no such thing as a criminal type, noting modern criminology rejects fixed criminal profiles.
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Navy
Springfield
Ohio
Wittenburg College
F. James Schrag
Schrag
Nation's Top Names Included in Fun Fest
Washington dinner of the Gridiron Club marked its 70th anniversary with skits lampooning Eisenhower Stevenson and others. A Kilroy impersonator and a satirical Peter Pan cast mocked GOP and Democrat figures while a “never-never land” dream sequence poked at 1956 candidates and party officials.
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Europe
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Supreme Court
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George A. Kilroy
Ft. Ruger
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Edward T. Folliard
Washington Post
Times Herald
Far East
Sens
Knowland
Invasion of Warner Bros Crew Aims at Texas for Giant
Hollywood sends a 200 strong unit with over a million dollars in equipment for George Stevens film Giant. The Texas invasion includes a Victorian mansion on railcars and cranes to set up, while Stevens defends the project against local critics. Bing Crosby hosts a luncheon for Donald O’Connor and notes Bob Hope’s NBC episode woes. Philip Wylie and Christopher La Farge face anti Spillane sentiment as Marian Carr leads a cross country tour in defense of Kiss Me Deadly.
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Hollywood
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Donald O'Connor
Donald
Crosby
Bob Hope
Bing
Bob
NBC
Hope
Royal Dutch Navy
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Christopher la Farge
Mickey Spillane
Good Housekeeping
Saturday Review
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la Farge
Spillane
Miss Carr
Steinbeck
William Faulkner
Sanctuary
Highway and bridge projects slated for bidding
Charleston reports the State Road Commission opens bids May 24 for 13 highway and bridge projects valued around 1.175 million dollars. Four projects utilize federal aid with U S Bureau of Public Roads approval of low bids, plus state funded surfacing and widening of multiple routes across Kanawha Marion Boone Randolph Wood Roane Spencer Ritchie Wetzel and Preston counties, including a new U S 33 bridge at Judy Gap and a St. Albans connection on W V 25.
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State Road Commission
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
W. Va
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Nitro
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St. Albans
Madison
Van
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Prickett's Creek
Fairmont
Morgantown
Marion County
U. S. 33
Judy Gap
Pendleton County
Clay Country
Roane County
Grant
Maysville - Petersburg Road
Keyser
Piedmont
Randolph
Valley Head
Webster Springs
Ritchie
Wood County
Wood
U. S
Iehie
Roane
Spencer
Reedyville
Wetzel
Martinsville-Reader
Spruce St
U. S. 119
Log houses introduced to America by Swedish settlers
Swedish settlers introduced log houses to America in 1638 at a site now in Wilmington Delaware. The arrival marks an early colonial effort blending timber construction with frontier living. This 1638 milestone highlights colonial adaptation and Swedish influence in early American architecture.
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America
Welmington, del
Legislators Scan Lobbying Activities in State Capitols
An AP survey finds 21 of 48 states considering lobbyist regulation this year. Proposals vary from registration and disclosure to penalties, with Ohio Tennessee Iowa Texas Montana and Wisconsin among states debating stricter controls and reporting requirements.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Tennessee
Tennessee Legislative Council
Iowa
Senate
House
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Texas
Montana
Eugene Mahoney
Leo C. Graybill
Darkness at Noon on NBC TV Drama Review
NBC presented Sidney Kingsley's Darkness at Noon as a stark realistic drama. Cobb as Rubashov dominated with force and polish while Gletkin and Ruth Roman as Luba delivered competent support. Frank Leahy will host a 15 minute forecast show this fall across 150 stations as Television Theater marks its eighth anniversary.
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NBC
Sidney Kingsley
Lee J. Cobbas Rubashov
People’s Commissar
Cobb
Rubashov
Gletkin
David Wayne
Ruth Roman
Luba
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Television Theater
Prosperity chorus rises in 1955 corporate meetings
New York reports a broad optimism across industries as stockholders hear upbeat forecasts. General Electric and Chrysler presidents promise continued expansion, with Ford and GM echoing strong orders. Rubber and chemistry firms post record quarters, Caterpillar and Libbey Owens Ford Glass hit high profits, and aluminum and copper firms set historical production and sales marks.
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General Electric
Ralph J. Cordiner
L. L. Colbert
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
U. S
H. E. Humphreys Jr
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich
Union Carbide & Carbon
Morse G. Dial
American Cyanamid
Caterpillar
Libbey Owens-Ford Glass Co
John D. Biggers
Louis
Cates
Phelps Dodge
Aluminum Assn
Jupiter Radio Bursts Detected From Planet Jupiter
Princeton report says Carnegie Institution detected intermittent radio waves from Jupiter via its Seneca Maryland telescope. Signals occur about once every three days for six minutes when Jupiter lines up with the beam. Possible cause suggested is atmospheric disturbances on Jupiter resembling thunderstorms.
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Princeton
N.J
Carnegie Institution
Jupiter
Seneca
American Astronomical Society
Fire alarm scatters Morehead firefighters at service
Morehead Ky firemen seated in church by order of Chief C B Mcullough when the alarm rang. They left in orderly fashion then ran to the fire scene as siren sounded. No details on the blaze or outcome are provided in the fragment.
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Morehead, Kv
Morehead
C. B. McUllough
Twelve West Virginia residents killed over weekend
The weekend saw at least 12 West Virginians die in drownings, burns, and vehicle accidents. Names include Albert Russell Young and Roy White of Sissonville, Dolph Williamson of Piney View, and others from Kanawha and surrounding counties. Police expect murder charges for William Jones in Raleigh County.
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West
William Jones
Piney View
Genes Lewis Dawson
Cedar Grove
Kanawha County
Kanawha River
Marmet
Robert Leonard Galeota
Morgantown
W.va
Uffington
Charles Dotson
Williamson
Big Sandy
Robert Edwin Chapman
Dunbar
Kanawha
William Jackson West
Big Isaac
Doddridge County
Clarksburg
Ada Hamon Thaxton
Frankie Lou Perrine
Altizer
Calhoun County
William Arlen Fox
Hartwell
McDowell County
Newhall
Gregory Stone
Chelyan
West Virginia Turnpike
Uranium prospects in West Virginia doubtful says Price
West Virginia rock tests and Geiger surveys show no uranium deposits of commercial value. Price, head of the State Geological and Economic Survey, reported to Andrew Ruckman, director of the Industrial and Publicity Commission, answering questions on uranium possibilities in the Mountain State.
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West Virginia
Andrew Ruckman
Theurer
Huntington
Marshall College
State Board
Stewart H. Smith
Alma Blair
Charleston
The
National Secretaries Assn
Wheeling
Little Kanawha
Country Life Program
Kidney Slow-Down Restless Nights Ad
When kidney function slows, people report backache headaches dizziness and low energy. Stress over-exertion or cold exposure can trigger discomfort and nightly urination. Minor bladder irritations from cold or diet raise night trips. Doan's Pills offer mild diuretic relief used for over 50 years to help flush waste from kidney tubes.
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Dean
Doan
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