Doctors Still Smoking At AMA Meeting Despite Cancer Report
In San Francisco, doctors at the AMA convention largely ignored a new American Cancer Society study linking smoking to cancer and heart disease while cigarette sales at AMA headquarters remained brisk. AMA leaders noted uncertainty about causation, with some saying the report might alter habits and others maintaining personal choices.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
American Cancer Society
New York Stock Exchange
Association
Wilme Kurz
The
Cancer Society
Cameron
Weather and community notes from Southern California June 22 1864
The weather segment reports late night fog and morning low clouds across coastal valleys with mostly sunny spells by Wednesday. A cooler afternoon is noted at 1 PM with a high around 83 and a low near 56, while a year ago readings were 36 and 83. The piece also summarizes a Methodist conference attendance of about 800 delegates and over 700 university students on campus, with remarks from an efficiency expert and a piano tuner anecdote.
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Jimmy
Ike
Reds Launch Surprise Attack on Tuy Hoa Base
In Indochina, 3000 Communist troops attacked the French base at Tuy Hoa on the Annam Coast near Nhatrang, but were repelled. French High Command reported 309 enemy killed after four battalions pressed two Viet Minh battalions during the night. Tuy Hoa had been held since an amphibious operation earlier this spring as part of Operation Atlante. The same report noted 144 Communists killed or captured in another amphibious assault in the Red River Delta.
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Hanos Indochina
Indochina
Tuy Hoa
Annam Coast
Nhatrang
Saigon
Adah
Dien Bien Phu
Vila Red River
Red River
Cost Of Living Rises After Three Month Decline
The May cost of living increased three tenths of one percent reversing a three month drop. Food prices led the gain eight tenths, with fruits vegetables meats and coffee driving the rise. The index stands near October’s peak and railroad workers face a penny hourly loss unless the index moved up.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Ewan Clague
Jet Bombers Cross Pacific in 15 Hours
Six U S Air Force B47 Stratojet bombers completed a 6790 mile non stop flight from the United States to Japan landing near Tokyo after about 15 hours. Maj Gen Walter C Sweeney praised the flight as an historic achievement and noted no speed record was pursued. The mission showcased the era’s fastest bomber and demonstrated long range capability with tanker support.
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Yokota Air Base
Japan
U.S. Air Force
Pacific Ocean
United States
Los Angles
Mosraw
Mareh Air Force Base
Riverside
Walter C Sweeney
15Th Air Force
Tokio
Sweeney
Far East
Tokyo
Recruit Dies From Heat During Training Exercise
KING CITY UP Peter Valladon a 13 year old National Guard recruit from San Francisco died of acute heat prostration during exercises at Hunter Liggett 13 miles west of here with the 49th National Guard Division. He collapsed, was rushed to the field hospital and died shortly after. Another trainee Ureo B Adams 17 of Los Angeles drowned while swimming in a nearby river Sunday. Both men were among 9000 guardsmen on training duty with the 49th.
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King City
Peter Valladon
National Guard
San Francisco
Valladon
Hunter Ligget
Here
49Th National Guard
Ureo B. Adams
Los Angeles
49Th
Don Hollenbeck Dies by Gas Suicide in New York
CBS News analyst Don Hollenbeck, 49, committed suicide in his Midtown Manhattan apartment by gas today. Police report five gas jets were found open. A CBS spokesman said he had not been well recently and viewers noted he appeared ill on his Sunday night program.
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New York
Don Hollenbeck
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hollenbeck
CBS News
Floods Swamp Midwest States as Rivers Bursting
United Press reports flood crests moved downstream toward Central Iowa as the Des Moines and Boone rivers rose to record highs. In Iowa alone 922 families were affected with 614 forced from homes, while sandbagging efforts at Webster City and Boone sought to save a water plant and pumping station to protect the city’s water supply.
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United Press
Iowa
Red Cross
Des Moines
Boone
Webster City
Boone, Ta
Boy Mauled by Boxer Dog in LA. 40 Bites Reported
A 10 year old boy named Robert Wartick was seriously injured after a boxer dog owned by Ted Wick bit him more than 40 times while he and friends played near a yard. The dog escaped by digging under the fence and was placed under quarantine by the Animal Regulation Department.
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Los Angeles
Robert Wartick
Ted Wick
Animal Regulation Department
House Group To Vote On Aid For Indochina
The House Foreign Affairs Committee planned a crucial vote on aid for Indochina and on giving the administration leeway to use funds. Debates centered on converting part of Eisenhower's 3.497 billion foreign aid into loans, and the risk of capping aid reducing support for France in Indochina.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Indochina
Eisenhower
John M. Vorys
Ohio
D-Sc
Pacific
Richards
Varys
France
Pierre Mendes-France
United States
Eisenhower To Speak To Editors At National Meeting
President Eisenhower is slated to address editors at 9 30 p m EDT in Washington at a dinner closing the National Editorial Association meeting. He is expected to renew calls for farm tax housing and Social Security legislation and urge unity in news coverage. The audience includes editors from small and medium circulation papers across the nation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National
White House
Baltimore
Congress
Benson Attacks McCarthy Critics in Dairy Speech
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson criticized anti-Communist hysteria and taked an indirect jab at Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy over urging federal workers to report on communism. Speaking at the American Dairy Science Association in STATE COLLEGE PA, Benson warned against totalitarian excess and urged dairy sector action through sales, research, and herd management rather than higher price supports. He warned a House plan to raise dairy support to 80 percent parity could cost about 100 million dollars.
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State College
Ezra T. Benson
Joseph R. McCarthy
America
Thief to be surprised in Hagerstown theft
In Hagerstown Maryland a thief who stole a suitcase from Harry Albacker’s parked auto faces a shock when it is learned the bag contained a 10 foot 60 pound python. The incident involves entertainer Harry Albacker and a dangerous animal kept in the vehicle.
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Hagerstown, Md
Harry Albacker
Albacker
U S Pulls Out Of Geneva Over Red Booby Trap
United States recalled its Geneva chief delegate rather than accept a late price for peace from Red China. Chow In Lai proposed Viet Minh troop withdrawal from Laos and Cambodia if a ceasefire was arranged, prompting Washington to avoid a partitioned settlement.
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Geneva
United States
Red
Viet Nam
Indochina
Smith
Paris
Washington
Secre
Steinmetz Loses Loyalty Oath Appeal in California
The Third District Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the Lucker act in dismissing San Diego State College professor Harry C. Steinmetz for refusing to answer if he was a Communist. The court said the government may require employees to answer questions relevant to loyalty and duty, even with self incrimination fears, and that his refusal was insubordination justifying discharge. Steinmetz argued partial compliance with the loyalty oath under the Levering act.
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Sacramento
Third District Court of Appeal
California
Lucker
B. F. van Dyke
Harry C. Steinmers
San Diezo State College
Board of Eeducation
Steinmetz
Attorney 41
Smith Wins Maine Republican Primary 5 To 1
Senator Margaret Chase Smith defeated Robert L. Jones by a five to one margin in the Maine GOP primary with 614 of 623 precincts reporting. Smith, projected for re election, will face Democrat Paul A. Fullam in November. turnout was 95,454 to 20,105 for Jones.
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Portland
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Robert L. Jones
Biddeford
Paul A. Fullam
Colby College
Sen. Smith
Jones
Smith
McCarthy
Senate
Senator Smith
McCashy
Texas
Mendes-France Chou To Meet in Berne Tomorrow
French Premier Pierre Mendes-France announced plans to meet Chinese Premier Chou En Lai in Berne Switzerland to discuss Indochina War. The talks will occur on French soil via the French Embassy in Berne as Mendes-France leads a new cabinet aiming for peace within a month.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Chou En Jai
Berne
Switzerland
Chou
Mendes-France
Indochina
Truman Shaves Himself and Improves After Surgery
Former President Truman shaved himself in the hospital and was described as much better after emergency gall bladder and appendix removal. Dr. Wallace Graham said danger remains though temperature and condition improved. Truman likely to be restricted from eating normally for about two days. Messages of good wishes arrived from Eisenhower and Gov. Donnelly as Truman reviewed letters in his room.
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Sansas City
Truman
Wallace Graham
White House
Graham
Eisenhower
Missouri
Phil M. Donnelly
Mr. Truman
Ale
Research Hospital
Mrs. Truman
J. Vivian
Mary Jane Truman
Sunday
Vivian Truman
Rose Conway
Margaret
Mountainhome
Orecus
Trout For Churchill Visit
In Montreal reports indicate a special shipment of trout from Rossport Ontario was prepared to accompany British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on a proposed visit to the White House in Washington Monday. The trout would be served to Churchill during a Friday dinner with President Eisenhower.
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Montreal
Winston Churchill
President Eisen
White House
Rossport
Ont
Washington, D. C
Monay
CIO Wage Policy Committee Rejects U S Steel Proposals
The CIO United Steel Workers Wage Policy Committee called U S Steel Corp proposals for the settlement of 1945 contract demands unsatisfactory and authorized wage officers to take any action they deem necessary in the present situation.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
U.S. Steel Corp
Guatemala Struggles for Puerto Barrios Railway Control
Guatemalan and rebel forces clash as rebels push 25 miles inside Guatemala toward Gualan and Zacapa. Government radio reports battle at Bananera, control of Esquipulas, and rebels briefly held Puerto Barrios with a rebel schooner captured. Independent sources confirm government control of the port and heavy casualties on the Caribbean end of the railway.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Puerto Barrios
Guatemala City
Morales
Gualan
Zacapa
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Caribbean
Pacific
Arbenzo
Bananera
Guatemala I
Esquipulas
Airline strike threat spreads to United and TWA pilots
The AFL Air Line Pilots Association began strike votes among United Air Lines and Trans World Airlines crews over the eight hour flight limit rule. ALPA president C. N. Sayen says carriers rejected a request to avoid flights exceeding eight hours, arguing pilots fly more than eight hours in protest and threat of discharge.
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Chicago
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
American Airlines
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
C. N. Sayen
ALPA
TWA
United
Sayen
Pays In Korean Money In Nashville Parking Fine
Nashville officers said Cpl. W Cooke sent money from Korea to pay a parking fine he received last January. He settled the fine using Korean currency.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cpl. W
Cooke
Korea
Cincinnati Beats Brooklyn In Low-Scoring NL Tilt
In a National League game Cincinnati pounded out 10 hits and won 17 to 12 over Brooklyn. Podbieian and Seminick sparked Cincinnati while Podres, Milliken, Wade, Palica, and Campanelia struggled for Brooklyn as the teams combined for a high scoring affair.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Podbieian
Seminick
Podres Milliken
Wade
Palica
Campanelia
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