Proportion of the population overweight estimated
The text notes that about one fifth of the population is overweight. It defines overweight as 10 to 15 percent above the ideal weight for sex height and body build.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1950
Page
12
The text notes that about one fifth of the population is overweight. It defines overweight as 10 to 15 percent above the ideal weight for sex height and body build.
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A New York Central Railroad flyer collided with a derailed freight oil tank car in midtown Erie causing a large explosion. No fatalities occurred though 40 to 50 people were injured, none fatally, as flames engulfed the tanker and reached nearby cars on the westbound New England states express.
Montana project Fort Peck Dam is described as the world's largest earth-fill dam, noted for its massive size and storage capacity. The feature highlights its engineering scale and regional significance in Montana.
Hollywood column details Arthur Kennedy's film work from The Window to The Glass Menagerie and Lights Out. It notes his handsome screen image, wartime roles, two romance angles, and his offscreen life with wife and two children. Kennedy explains his blind-eye prop and acting approach.
Pilot Cecil Hardin reported seeing a mysterious flying object with eight bright lights flashing at 4,500 feet between San Fernando and Van Nuys near Los Angeles. He said the object appeared to have no fuselage and flashed beneath his plane at terrific speed before vanishing. No official explanation was provided.
Corporation Court in Winchester Virginia orders creditors and interested parties to show cause by November 27 1950 why the estate of Lizzie Blosser Haines should not be paid to Ruth T. Haines and J. A. Haines with required refunding bonds. Judge Elliott Marshall presiding. Clerk P J Marshall.
A Troop 9 Court of Honor at Market Street Methodist Church awarded a portable radio to Sonny Walters who advanced from Second Class to Star Scout since June. First Class awards went to John Lewis and several Second Class awards to Jim Scott Tommy Wolfe David Sisler Donald Hayes Sammy Long and David Lewis. Members transferring into the Post included Lawrence Burke Allen Bame Jackie Frye and Charles Robinson. New officers installed include John Lewis senior patrol leader Tommy Wolfe Jim Scott Sonny Walters patrol leaders, Sammy Long scribe and John Hollis quartermaster.
Horace Hendrickson in his second year as head freshman football coach at Duke led Wallace Wade's Duke grid team during the 1931 season.
Eleven nations led by Britain will ask the United States to finance a 5 billion dollar program to raise living standards in Southeast Asia. A communique says fulfillment depends on financial support from international agencies and countries outside the area. Commonwealth countries expect to raise about 2.2 billion for development projects in seven Asian territories, with the remaining 2.8 billion from agencies like the International Bank and the U S Point Four program.
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