Tecumseh Study Reveals High Heart Disease in Middle Age
A Tecumseh health survey begun in 1936, financed by the American Heart Association and the U.S. Public Health Service, reports alarming rates of high blood pressure and cholesterol among residents over 50. It found 6 percent of women and 12 percent of men in their 50s with coronary disease, 3 percent of women and 2 percent of men with diabetes, and chronic bronchitis and rheumatoid arthritis affecting notable shares. The project, based in Tecumseh near Ann Arbor, involves yearly medical histories and ongoing interviews, with costs around $250,000 annually for a wide team of specialists.
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Port
Tecumseh
American Heart Association
U.S. Public Health Service
Vascular Research Center
Ann Arbor
Snow Clogs Roads Across Parts of Ohio and Midwest
Drifting snow closed roads and schools in parts of Ohio and Wisconsin and Michigan. Temperatures fell as much as 20 degrees in Florida with frost in the central citrus belt. Motorists stranded along the Lakeland Freeway and Interstate 90 in northern Ohio. Snow totals included over a foot along Lake Erie shore and up to 18 inches in Wisconsin and Michigan areas.
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Ohio
Florida
Citrus
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kirtland
Lakeland Freeway
Interstate 90
Lake Erie
Wisconsin-upper Michigan
Saginaw
Mich
Glenview
Ill
O'Hare International Airport
Chicago
Area peace officers meet at Brighton
About 35 law enforcement officials from Washington County and nearby areas gathered in Brighton for a steak dinner hosted by the city council and mayor. Don Carlisle of Des Moines, a temporary parole agent for the region, addressed the assembled officers.
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Yengaton
Washington County
Brighton
Don Carlysle
Des Moines
Free cancer film for women planned here on November 21
Women in the Washington area are invited to a free screening of the cancer film Time and Two Women on November 21. Showings run at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. sponsored by the Washington County Medical Society the County Cancer Society and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Washington Area
Washington County Medical Society
The
County Cancer Society
Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy says civil rights and tax bills unlikely this year
President Kennedy said it is unfortunate the outlook is bleak for passage of civil rights and tax legislation this year but suggested the tax bill could still pass. He warned delaying the House tax cut of 11 billion dollars could harm the economy and said lawmakers may share that concern.
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Washington
UPL
Kennedy
House
Congress
Committee
Nuniban Te Ill
Cambodia
Rites Saturday for Mrs. Orma Dalton
Mrs. Orma Dusenbery Dalton 84 died November 13, 1963 at 114 South Avenue B. Funeral Saturday at 1 30 p.m. at Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev Carlyle Smith officiating. Bur ial Elm Grove Cemetery. She was born July 21 1879 in Lexington Washington County. Survived by sister-in-law Audrey Dusenbery and several nephews and a niece. Rebekah lodge members will attend.
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Orma Dusenbery Dalton
South Avenue B
Sherman - Eden Funeral
Carlyle Smith
Elm Grove Cemetery
Ormia Dusenbery
Lexington
Washington County
Alfred L
Rachel Romine Dusenbery
Keota
Leo
Ted) Dalton
Christian Church
Renekah Lodge
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Dalton
Audrey Dusenbery
Washington
Rebekan Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
County NFO Meeting Set for Nov 18 at Fairgrounds
Washington County NFO schedules its November meeting for Monday November 18 at 7 30 p m at the county fairgrounds. Chairman Elmer Schneider says the gathering is important and urges all members to attend. Discussion on feed grain contracts finalizes plans for delegates to the national convention in Des Moines December 4 and 5 with a chance to propose by law changes.
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Washington County
NFO
Washington County Fairgrounds
Elmer Schneider
Des Moines
Deep Rock Service Station Opens East of Washington
The Deep Rock Service Station east of Washington on highway 92 opens to serve the community. Frank Bruty will manage, assisted by Doug Shalla. Construction took four months. Open daily 7 am to 10 pm. There are about sixty Deep Rock stations in Iowa.
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Washington
Highway 92
Frank Bruty
Deep Rock Enterprise
Doug Shalla
Iowa
Bruty
Two accomplices in jail life after police standoff
Parolee Gary Wessling, 23, Des Moines, wounded in a self-inflicted .22 shot near the temple after surrendering accomplices Richard Craig, 25, and Thomas Kiernan, 23, as they fled a Du buque farmhouse pursuit that ended with officer Ralph Ogan killed and the trio under guard in county jail.
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Dubuque
UPI
Gary Lee Wessling
Des Moines
Town City
Wessling
Louis Ernsdorff
Richard Craig
Thomas Kiernan
Booneville
Dubuque City
Ralph Ogan
Craig
Ogan
Kiernan
John O' Keefe
O'Keefe
Kenneth Kline
Kline Craig
Kennedy calls for Yale professor Barghoorn release
President Kennedy urged Russia to free Yale professor Frederick Barghoorn held on espionage charges in Moscow. He warned the arrest could derail U S Soviet cultural exchanges and canceled new negotiations set to begin in Moscow. The U S protested the charges as groundless and canceled a planned 10 man delegation's departure.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Yale
Russia
United States
Frederick C. Barghoorn
Barghoorn
U.S
Moscow
Frederick Barghoorn
Foy D. Kohler
White House
Frank G. Siscoe
State Department
Attempted break-in at Riverside post office
The Riverside post office was the scene of an attempted break-in Thursday morning at about 1 30 a m. Entrance was tried through the front door but was unsuccessful and nothing was taken. The Washington county sheriff s office is investigating.
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Riverside
Washington County Sheriffs Office
Sheriff's Office
Venison Burgers Planned for Waco School Lunches
Wayland students in all Waco district schools will taste venison burgers at lunch on November 18. The venison came from a deer killed on highway 218 south of Crawfordsville and was donated by the State Conservation Commission, processed at the Crawfordsville locker, dressed at 116 pounds, costing about seven cents per pound, to be served with pork added in a one to four ratio for flavor.
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Wayland
Waco
Highway 218
Crawfordsville
State Conservation Commission
North Korean gunfire injures U S soldier in Korea zone
Eight unarmed inspectors including a U S soldier and five South Korean troops were shot at in the Demilitarized Zone along the North Han River. The U S soldier was wounded in the thigh and not in serious condition while a South Korean captain was seriously wounded and left behind. A civilian interpreter was hospitalized for shock and exposure.
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Seoul
U.N
George R. Creel
U.S
Alphus R. Clark
Leavenworth
Kan
Military Armistice Commission
North Han River
Reed
Cree
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Charles Morris
United Press Internation
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Sihanouk
Viet Nam
Paul Harkins
South Viet Nam
Harkins
Honolulu
Nhu
Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu
Rome
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Grinnell
Gary Wessling
Buque
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Tom Grinnell
Dysersville
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U. S
Korea
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