Ash after cremation amounts to little over five percent
After cremation the ash remaining is about a little more than 5 percent of the body's total weight. This ash represents the mineral content of the body.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1946
Page
10
After cremation the ash remaining is about a little more than 5 percent of the body's total weight. This ash represents the mineral content of the body.
Analysis notes the House of Lords' decision to let the Commons insurance reform stand amid Tory fears of curtailment by a socialist government. It praises the Lords as a brake and sounding board, while noting debates on abolishing the Lords and the Royal Family's broad public regard despite recent protests by H. G. Wells.
Dr. I C Riggin state health commissioner urges Americans to stockpile home canned foods amid 1946 shortages. He cites 1944 1945 data showing 25 million homemakers expanded food supplies by billions of pounds and calls for safe methods, community canneries, and sharing equipment to aid school lunches and relief.
The Winchester Red Cross held its directors meeting Monday at 8 oclock with C F Schenck presiding. Delegates from the National Convention in Philadelphia in June reported and the August meeting was dispensed with. Seventeen members attended and the next regular meeting is set for September.
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