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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1958
Page
10
Auto industry notes the 1958 model year will end early in the third quarter with shutdowns starting in July due to high inventories and weak sales. Dealers will liquidate outgoing models, and plant operations may consider six day workweeks though capacity for 1959 remains uncertain.
Wichita North High School with Atomic Energy Commission aid launches radiation biology work led by 32 year old Jack Rogers. Students like 17 year old Jon Cornell and 16 year old Jack Fishback conduct blood counts and rat exposure tests at Los Alamos and in Wichita. The program gains senior credit for radiation physics and urges parental engagement to sustain scientific effort.
The article notes overtime operations may be limited by earlier 1958 builds and longer changeover shutdowns. It suggests that vast liquidation of outgoing models before the 1959 cars appear is unlikely, though the industry aims for it.
The Martinsburg Veterans Administration Center in West Virginia announces a new cortisone family drug, triamcinolone, for arthritis and related conditions. Dr. McGavack says it can be used in elderly patients with severe heart failure without harm, addressing salt and water retention concerns. The finding comes from aging research at the Martinsburg Center.
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