Medics Criticize Modern Cars For Safety Flaws
At the 105th AMA meeting in Chicago doctors attacked late model cars for safety risks. They faulted wrap around windshields for visual distortion and fatigue and urged designs that treat controls as extensions of the body. They endorsed belts, padding, collapsible wheels, door locks, and stronger seat backs.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Fletcher D. Woodward
University of Virginia
Dupont Guerry
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Guerry
Ross McFarland
Harvard University
McFarland
Woodward
Salk Vaccine May Extend To All Up To Age 20
Washington reports rising vaccine supplies may extend polio protection to nearly everyone under 20. Health officials say priority still targets children under 15 and pregnant women while 19 states have already directed access for those up to 20. A nationwide advisory timing remains unsettled.
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Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
Health Service
Ed Sullivan's first show cost CBS only 1350 dollars
A look back at Ed Sullivan's 1948 TV debut shows dramatic shifts in pay across the industry. Comedians Martin and Lewis earned 200, chorus girls 10 per night, while Sullivan himself and top figures like Rodgers and Hammerstein helped shape a rising TV economy. The piece notes Pioneer performers commanded far higher fees today and highlights broader cultural changes in television salaries and worker dignity.
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Ed Sullivan
Sullivan
Martin and
Lewis
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Monica Lewis
Eugene List
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Potsdam
Arthur Rubinstein
CBS
Doctor White Not Billed for Eisenhower Heart Care
White House secretary Hagerty said Dr. Paul Dudley White did not submit a bill for treating President Eisenhower after his heart attack. White received free transport to Denver and free quarters, and Hagerty believes any bill would have been paid by the Army.
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Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Boston
Denver
White
Will leaves Scotch whisky to comedian W C Fields
A New Jersey will directs executor to deliver a case of the best Scotch to comedian W C Fields. Claude C Ferdinand of Hawthorne filed the will dated November 14 1946. Fields died December 25 1946. Railroads moved 624 billion ton miles of freight in 1955, below the 1947 peak of 655 billion.
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Paterson
N. J
W. C. Fields
Claude C. Ferdinand
Hawthorne
Fields
United States
Amvets Challenge Legion Pension Bill as Too Costly
Amvets National Commander Rudolf Pesata challenges the American Legion to drop its multi billion dollar general pensions plan and support higher compensation for veterans actually disabled. A House Veterans Affairs estimate puts the Legion bill cost at 148.2 billion dollars through 2000, a sum equaling over half the U S public debt. The note also cites a survey listing 56 706 freight stations in the United States and 8 848 in Canada from September 1955.
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Washington
American Legion
Amvets
Rudolph G. Pesata
Legion
House
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
U. S
United States
Dominion of Canada
Subscription Rates In Grayson and Fannin Counties
Rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties listed with outside Grayson and Fannin Counties foreign subscriptions noted. Editorial offer to correct any erroneous reflections upon character or standing upon notification to the publisher.
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Grayson and
Fannin Counties
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