Plastics Cause Cancer in Rats Puzzle for Scientists
United Press reports Dr B S Oppenheimer at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons embedded plastic films in rats and induced cancers after long latent periods. Non plastics did not. Degradation products may interact with body metabolism to trigger cancer, prompting further study.
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United Press
New York
B. S. Oppenheimer
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Cancer Research
Oppenheimer
Oats Silage Boosts Profits for Illinois Farms
Farmers can raise profits by silaging oats instead of harvesting grain. A 60 bushel crop yielded 125 dollars per acre when fed to calves, versus 45 dollars if sold as grain. Steps include lime, approved varieties, balanced fertilizer, tillage, and pest control. Also notes American Red Cross shipment to civilians and airmen in Communist China under a May 30 agreement with the Chinese Red Cross.
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Chicago
Middle West
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Communist
China
Malta seeks closer ties with Britain in political and economic merge
Malta presses for direct representation in Parliament and full economic integration with Britain. London talks led by Alan Lennox-Boyd and Dom Mintoff may shape colonial governance for Malta and other empire islands. Maltese leaders push a Northern Ireland like status while retaining self rule and welfare benefits.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Mediterranean
Malta
Great Britain
London
British Commonwealth Islands
Britain
Bermuda
Gibraltar
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Hong Kong
Fiji
South Pacific
Alan Lennox- Boyd
Dom Mintoff
Mintoff
Malta Labor Party
Northern Ireland
Men Credited With Causing Improvement In Furniture Design
Public taste in furniture has reached an all time high and is still rising designers and manufacturers say The movement reflects more couples shopping together and WWII veterans broadening design horizons The American Furniture Mart spokesman notes a decline of borax furniture from about one third in the 1930s to under 1 percent today
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Teresa Reese
United Press
Chicago
Paul McCobb
McCobby
American Furniture Mart
Borax Furniture
Borax
Evening Journal Item Briefly Dated June 22 1955
Washington Iowa page note from the Evening Journal dated June 22 1955 summarizing a short local item. The brief references no specific event names or persons beyond the date and publication.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Harvest of Hope Goal Set in Iowa
One hundred thousand Iowans will work on farms Saturday November 5 to aid the Society for Crippled Children and Adults in Iowa. Ray Mills and Vernon Dale announce the Harvest of Hope effort to collect proceeds for crippled children.
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Society For Crippled Children
Iowa
Hungarians’ meat drive faces profiteering issues in U S
Washington reports Hungarian Communist officials struggle to meet state quotas as meat shortages drive farmers to set high prices. The U S Information Agency notes volunteer farm aid has run locally via churches and scouts but not statewide. Pardekooper and Owens named co chairmen to organize meetings in major industrial cities.
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Washington
U. S. Information Agency
Boy Scout
Martin Pardekooper
Federation
A. F. of L
Edris Owens
Council
Co. I. O
Cochairmen
Pardekooper
Owens
Vivian Blaine Keeps Brooklyn Accent For Las Vegas Run
Vivian Blaine the original Adelaide in Guys and Dolls will bring a trimmed stage version of the musical to the Royal Nevada Hotel in Las Vegas this August with the original cast. The 12 week engagement plans to hold onto the Brooklyn accent and costumes from New York, offering a one hour thirty minute show to gamblers and diners amid roulette wheels. Blaine, Robert Alda, Sam Levene and others will recreate the Broadway production, aiming to start a musical trend in Las Vegas theater.
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Aline Mosby
United Press
Hollywood
Vivian Blaine
Adelaide
Las Vegas
Vivian
Robert Alda
Sam Levene
Royal Nevada Hotel
Manny
Frank
New York
Broadway
Samuel Goldwyn
Martyn Monroe
Betty Grable
Solar Batteries Become A Reality
CHICAGO UP The solar battery once science fiction now a commercial product selling for 25 dollars. Bell Labs developed the silicon wafer battery produced by National Fabricated Products Inc. It is sold as prototypes for experimental use with plans to expand applications like portable radios and field telephones. The first market sample has drawn 500 inquiries from industries and governments including India and Austria. Bell says efficiency rivals gasoline engines and future rooftops could power household devices with larger solar batteries.
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United Press
Chicago
Yu Ye
Bell Telephone Laboratories
National Fabricated Products Inc
Bell
M.E Paradise
Bell System
Georgia
Fred Pollak
National Fabricated Products
Pollak
India
Austria
Evanston
Bell Laboratories
Junction Girl Scouts At Camp Dedication
Mrs. Julia Hawkins will accompany a group of local Girl Scouts to a camp dedication in Columbus Junction on June 17. The event marks a community faith in youth leadership and Girl Scout programs.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Julia Hawkins
Junction Pastor Moves to Albion Ind From Columbus Junction
The Rev. W. L. Sanford longtime pastor of the Independent Bible Church in Columbus Junction has accepted a call to serve Burr Oak Baptist church in Albion Indiana starting July 17. He and Mrs Sanford left June 20 for a two week Wisconsin vacation. Oak Camp No 6601 Royal Neighbors of America will meet June 23 at Mrs Eldred Maxwells home with Mrs Robert Bennett as co hostess.
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Columbus Junction
W. L. Sanford
Independent Bible Church
Burr Oak Baptist Church
Albion
Ind
Sanford
Wisconsin
Royal Neighbors of America Lodge
Eldred Maxwell
Robert Bennett
Scouts to Dedicate Lydia Dankwardt Memorial Lodge
Scouts and Girl Scouts hold dedication of the Lydia Dankwardt Memorial lodge at Camp S Kee Ta on Sunday afternoon June 19. Burlington donor Miss Dankwardt funds the lodge, costing about 30 000 to 31 000 dollars. 80 acre camp lies five miles south of Danville. The first campfire of the year arrives at the lodge Sunday June 26.
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S-Kee- Ta
Lydia Dankwardt
Betty Ann Burns
Jill Cecil
Miss Dankwardt
Burlington
Danville
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Marion Township
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Africa
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Edward Wormley
Brooklyn
Oscar Mayer
Dubuque
Bessex
Midwest
Koolaid
Wheaties
Scott Tissue
Oleo
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