TB treatment at Mt Vernon sanatorium helps patients and families cope
De Herman Rogers, director of the Mt Vernon state TB sanatorium, notes TB carries social stigma and emotional strain. The facility admits 200–250 yearly, many from downstate Franklin and Williamson counties. Staff focus on family readiness, morale, and post discharge support through social work, vocational training, handicrafts, and community programs to ease transitions and therapy adherence.
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Marta Bender
County Health Department
Joe
Roger S
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State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Veterans Administration
Fuselage of United Airlines Comet Found Off India Coast
Indian navy ships reported locating the submerged fuselage of the United Airlines Comet after a crash in the Arabian Sea Sunday, with five lives lost. Bombay dispatch says the wreckage was found off the India coast, as search efforts continue.
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India
United Airlines
Arabian Sea
Korean Patrols Strike Back In Korea War News
Strengthened U S army patrols and South Korean police killed four heavily armed North Korean infiltrators near the DMZ six miles south of the armistice line. The clash followed an ambush that killed two American soldiers and wounded another, the farthest south engagement since 1953. Corporal George F Lawion Jr. of Michigan identified among the dead.
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Korea
U.S
U. S
U. S. 4Th Cavalry Regiment
Dandong-Ti
Washington
Cpl
George F. Lawion Jr
Davison, Mich
George Creel
U.N
Secret Agent Philby Given Soviet Asylum and Citizenship
Izvestia reports Harold A. R. Philby, a missing British journalist and former diplomat, has asked for and been granted political asylum and Soviet citizenship. The Supreme Soviet approved the request after Philby disappeared last January from Beirut.
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Harold
Kim) Philby
Izvestia
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Supreme Soviet
U.S.S.R
ILAR
Philby
Malay Unity Talks Mark Malay Nations Summit
Manila dated report on July 30 notes Indonesia Malaya and the Philippines opening a tension filled summit. Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal appeals for Malay unity and discusses a projected Federation of Malaysia with Sukarno and Tunku Abdul Rahman. Macapagal concedes a difficult task ahead but hopes leaders will align on common problems.
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Indonesia
Malaya
Philippines
Philippine
Diosadado Macapagal
Macapagal
Sukarno
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Malaysia
Philby
China Accuses U.S. of Sabotage in Korea and China
Amid rising tensions in Asia Beijing charged the United States with sending Nationalist Chinese saboteurs to southwest China on assassination and spying missions. It demanded U.S. imperialists withdraw from South Korea and warned of militant action as the only hope for Communism.
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Korea
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U.S
South Korea
Pekin
Red China
United States
Strike Brink Tactics Hit By Unionist
Washington reports a union leader accuses railroads of brink-of-strike tactics to push for compulsory arbitration in the rail work rules dispute. H. E. Gilbert, head of the Brotherhood of Enginemen and Firemen, warns of a national crisis and pressed for collective bargaining as the solution amid looming Aug. 29 rule postings. He urged Congress to consider its power while unions indicate five on-track unions threaten strikes if rules pass. L. d. Wagner notes a new proposal from the brotherhoods, with carriers yet to reply.
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H. E. Gilbert
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Brotherhood of Enginemen and Firemen
House Commerce Committee
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Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
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Order of Railway
Senate Commerce Committee
GM Profits Hit Record $464 Million In Q2
General Motors reports a second quarter profit of 464 million dollars. The auto giant says daily profits averaged 45.1 million across April May and June, including weekends, setting eight sales and earnings records as the company lines up for a strong market position.
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General Motors Corp
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Children Stage Brooklyn Blockade At Hospital Site
A Brooklyn hospital construction protest by Black people and Puerto Ricans halted trucks and cranes as 22 arrests were made in Brooklyn and three in Queens. Twelve children were taken for juvenile processing before being released, and five of Willie Brinson’s relatives joined the sit in. Police and bystanders described a tense scene as a photographer was injured and demonstrators refused to move at times. The Rev. William A. Jones called it the start of a stepped up campaign to raise public awareness.
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Brooklyn
Queens
Willie Brinson
William A. Jones
Bethany Baptist Church
Patterson Blames RFK for Racial Unrest in U S
Texas governor candidate Booker T. Bonner and Mississippi Atty. Gen. Joe Patterson clash over civil rights policy during Senate Commerce testimony. Patterson accuses Attorney General Kennedy of responsibility for national racial violence, while Sen. Monroney challenges him. Bonner remains at Austin governor’s office in vigil as political tensions rise.
SB 3 Showers
A weather brief notes scattered showers across the region as a low pressure system drifts in from the coast. Expect brief downpours in coastal areas with lighter showers inland and temperatures hovering near seasonal norms.
Whites Plan Picket Line At Hospital
Gary Indiana July 30 AP The newly organized National Association for the Advancement of White People planned to picket Mercy Hospital at 1 p.m. after being barred from a civil rights meeting where the hospital agreed not to segregate patients. Dale Baxter regional director said pickets would be in front of the hospital. Hospital officials met with NAACP and others. Baxter said his group asked to sit in as observers but was denied. Sister Cornelia hospital administrator said assurance was given that the hospital would not discriminate or segregate patients. Spokesmen for the groups appeared satisfied. similar assurances had been given by Methodist Hospital. The NAACP and others had practiced segregation in room assignments though admitting Negro patients. Sen Mike Mansfield said there are no gimmicks tied to the Moscow test ban treaty, with broad support in the Senate and House.
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Tex
John Connally
Bonner
Nationa Association For the Advancement of White People
Mercy Hospital
Dale Baxter
Organization For Indiana and Illngis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Baxter
Cornelia
Methodist Hospital
NAACP
Washington
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kennedy
Senate
House
United States seeks underground nuclear test ban effort
Geneva July 80 AP The United States will push for an underground test ban to supplement the Moscow limited accord. Ambassador Charles C. Stelle told a 17 nation disarmament meeting the Moscow treaty bans tests in air space and underwater but not underground. He noted Soviet objections and warned the pact alone won t halt the arms race, while stressing the long term benefit of reducing radioactive fallout. France declined to join the Moscow treaty, opting to pursue its own nuclear program. The conference remains deadlocked after a six week recess and 16 months of talks.
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United States
Aready
Moscow
U. S
Charles C. Stelle
Stelle
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Britain
Peter Thomas
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
France
Four Believed Dead In Guard Plane Crash
Allentown Pennsylvania July 30 AP A twin engine Air National Guard plane believed carrying four men crashed and burned in a cornfield during instrument landing practice.
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Air National Guard
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