Cancer aid grows as volunteers back patients and survivors
Alton Blakeslee notes thousands of cancer victims are saved each year and their renewed lives depend on volunteers from many groups. Reach to Recovery helps women who lose breasts with prosthetics and counseling, colostomies and voice loss support follow, Hodgkin’s disease guidance aids young adults and families, and patients return home to work.
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Alton Blakeslee
Hodgkin
American Cancer Society
National Cancer Institute
Arthur I. Holleb
Dan
Cancer progress and future hopes in quality programs
Victims gain hope from quality of life programs as cancer advances expand detection, treatment, and prevention. Drs Rauscher Holland Thomas and Thomas praise improved screening, vaccines, and therapies, while stressing continued research, risk identification, and public support for a long term battle toward prevention and cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Rauscher Jr
Hodgkin
Rauscher
James P. Holland
Lewis Thomas
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Skylab Fireball Forecast Narrowed To Friday The 13th
Predictions place Skylab reentry between July 10 and July 18 with a 50 percent chance of Friday the 13th. In near circular orbit at 147 by 159 miles, the craft slowly descends 1.1 miles daily toward the atmosphere 65 miles above Earth. Meanwhile HUD moves to foreclose Soul City in rural North Carolina after $27 million in public and private funds failed to revive the project.
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Washington
Skylab
Earth
North American Defense Command
Space Laboratory
New York Times
Soul City
North Carolina
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Floyd B. McKissick
William J. White
HUD
New Community Development Corporation
McKissick
United States Army
White
Gasoline shortage blamed for death by own action
Miami AP report says 60 year old James Rogers, a daily newspaper carrier, burned about 10 gallons daily in his 1977 Chevrolet wagon. A week after Dade County gas rationing began, he shot himself, reportedly driven to despair by the fuel crisis. His wife said he had become despondent over gas access and cited the crisis as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
James Rogers
Dade County
Rogers
Miami News
Waily Ballou
Roger
Bessie
Ocean City Mayor barred from further gasoline purchases
Ocean City Maryland mayor Harry W. Kelley was blocked by the city council in a 5-2 vote from proceeding with a plan to buy 24,000 gallons of gasoline for the town’s gas stations. The dispute centers on fuel procurement powers and city financial safeguards.
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Ocean City
Kelley
Ocean City, Md
Harry W. Kelley
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Bill’s Salvage Co
Cobden
Marion
Carbondale
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Harrisburg
N. Court
E. Main
W. Main
N. Park
S. 19Th
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Lewin Pre
Scotts Lawn
Holly Park Nursery Lawn & Garden Center
Spillertown Rd
Broadway Motors
Grand
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Tglos Delta
Black Hills
Old Hwy
China House
Egg Foo Young
S. Illinois - Carbondale
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Jackson County Bench
New York Strip
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Lek
N. Grand - Johnston City
Illinois Credit Union League
Swift Drive
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