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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1959

Page

7

Food Poisoning Outbreaks Strike Hundreds Across U S

The Associated Press reports several hundred fall ill at weekend outings nationwide with totals nearing 1 000 in two weeks. Notable incidents include 145 at an Attica Indiana radio materials firm event, 750 at Angola Indiana company gathering, 94 at Cheyenne Wyoming picnics, 17 hospitalized in Milwaukee Wisconsin State Fair cafeteria, and at least 15 in Cincinnati Ohio religious festival. Many Indiana victims have been discharged while Wyoming still reports hospitalizations.

Attica Ind Angola Cheyenne Wyo Milwaukee Cincinnati Ohio Wyoming Indiana

Physician Dooley vows Laos return despite cancer risk

Dr. Thomas A. Dooley says malignant melanoma may give five to six years at most, but he will return to Laos in November. He operates a hospital near front lines amid the Laos conflict and will seek further diagnosis at Sloan-Kettering in New York.

ST. Louis Thomas A. Dooley Laos Berlin Southeast Asia Dooley New York Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Center

Half Size Apron Pattern for Cobbler Style Fit

Advertisement for Printed Pattern 4813 Half Sizes 14% 16% 18% 22% with neckline pockets and cobbler style. Instructions printed on pattern parts. Mail 35 cents plus 10 cents per extra pattern to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept New York. Include name address zone size and style number.

Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N.Y

Dear Abby letters on dating outfits chores and grooming

A collection of Dear Abby exchanges covers teen dating attire sparking parental reactions, domestic chores friction, a wife overwork concern, sister facial hair and a dermatology solution. Abby advises modest dress, respectful conduct, and professional hair removal options. The column also notes ABBY pamphlet details.

U N Reports on Race Relations in Nonself-Governing Territories

The UN secretariat cites progress and remaining gaps in race relations in colonies of the Caribbean and other regions. It notes mixed improvements, with social integration still limited by segregation and laws not guaranteeing cooperation. A separate population study warns many territories have high birth rates and rising child populations, stressing aging workforces.

United Nations N. Y Caribbean Britain Fiji Islands Africa United Nations Secretariat U.N

Barrett Resigns As Superintendent Of Eastern State Hospital

Dr. Joseph E. Barrett, former commissioner of the state mental hygiene and hospitals department, resigns as superintendent of Eastern State Hospital. He will retire in April but will leave effective October 15 to accept an invitation from another state to aid its mental health program. Barrett has five years of prior service at the hospital plus eleven years in the state health office.

Williamsburg Joseph E. Barrett State Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals Eastern State Hospital Barrett Hiram W. Davis State Health Office

Gauss and Bishop Died, Interior Officer and Cartoonist

Harry B. Gauss 68, an Interior Department information officer for 21 years, died Sunday in Washington. Dan Bishop 59, former political cartoonist for the St Louis Star Times, died Saturday in St Louis.

Harry Gauss Washington Harry B. Gauss Interior Department ST. Louis, Mo Dan Bishop Old St. Lows

Motorcycles May Be Banned From Rhode Island Roads

Governor Christopher Del Sesto suggested a ban on motorcycles from Rhode Island highways noting 1,200 registered motorcycles versus 200,000 cars and stating motorcycles cause about ten percent of accidents. He cited modern conditions as making motorcycles too dangerous for general passenger use.

Providence R.I Christopher del Sesto Rhode Island

Eugene W Leake Former New Jersey Congressman Dies

Eugene W. Leake aged 82 and a former New Jersey congressman died on Sunday in New York. He served in public office and was known for his years in Congress and later civic work.

NEW York Eugene W. Leake New Jersey

Sitdowners block embassy entrance in Seoul protest

About 5000 sitdown strikers blocked the U S Embassy entrances in Seoul for four hours protesting repatriation of Koreans from Japan to North Korea. The siteowners yielded after a 10 minute scuffle with a 50 man police squad backed by firemen.

Seoul Korea U.S United States Japan North Korea

Fluorine in Water Idea Creator Dr McKay Dies

Dr. Frederick S. McKay, 85, of Colorado Springs, who originated adding fluorine to drinking water to preserve human teeth, died Friday night.

Colorado Springs Colo Frederick S. McKay

Six Rebel Leaders Killed in Algerian Clashes

French forces say they killed six rebel leaders and captured eleven after ambushing a meeting of rebel chiefs in western Algeria. The army reported the meeting aimed at reorganizing the insurgent effort in the region.

Algiers Algeria

FBI Has Not Yet Picked Up Three Accused Negroes

Front Royal police report three accused African Americans have not been arrested by the FBI. Officers traced a getaway car to Beckwith and identified Carroll Baltimore Thomas Beck and Gene Austin Bailey as suspects in a Saturday picnic attack that left Robert A. Jones and William Hooten hospitalized.

Front Royal Federal Bureau of Investigation Charles A. Menefee Robert A. Jones William Hooten International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Elizabeth Furnace George Washington National Park Carroll Baltimore Thomas Beckwith Gene Austin Bailey Pine St. Front Royal Jones Mr. Hooten

Navy Plans Fleet of About Forty Missile Submarines

Vice Admiral Beakley told the American Legion National Security Commission in Minneapolis that the Navy will keep the ballistic missile submarine fleet to about 40, resisting calls for a larger fleet. He cited deterrence diversification, manageable attrition, and heavy defense needs as reasons for the limit with about nine subs already on order. Legion committees prepared convention resolutions as three days of sessions begin Tuesday.

Minneapolis, Minn U.S Wallace M. Beakley National Security Commission of the American Legion Legion Beakley United States Legion Committees

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