Wilma Rudolph Story: From School Star to Olympic Champion
Clarksville Tennessee profiles Wilma Rudolph once a 99 pound student who promised coach Clinton Gray to become a star. She set a high school scoring record, rose to Olympic fame with three gold medals, and inspires with her discipline, faith, and plans to teach. Her family recalls early sickness, hardship, and steadfast support as Skeeter pursues indoor meets and the 1964 Games.
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Nancy
Wilma Rudolph
Clinton Gray
Skeeter
Gray
Clarksville
Charlene
Wilma
Coach Gray
Blanche Rudolph
Surgery Under Microscope Offers New Heart Repair Approach
University of Vermont doctors described using a classroom microscope technique to perform delicate vascular repairs. In two ar teriosclerosis patients the method reduced pain and restored walking, with potential to repair tiny arteries and even broken nerves. Animal tests showed successful manipulation of vessels less than 1/120 inch wide.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
ST. Louis
American Heart Association
Julius H. Jacobson II
Donald B. Miller
Ernesto Suarez
University of Vermont
Jacobson
Gether
Vermont
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Virginia
The State Health Department said two unvaccinated Negro boys contracted paralytic polio, bringing Virginia's toll for the year to 25, compared with 231 a year ago.
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Richmond
State Health Department
Virginia
Wilma Skeeter Honored as A School Hero At Burt High
Inside Burt High School a bulletin board proclaims Congratulations Wilma Skeeter with clips of her Olympic triumphs and a trophy case highlighting her awards. Principal G W Brooks calls her a hero to students and notes her remarkable, unchanged lovely disposition.
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Burt High School
Wilma Skeeter
Skeeter
G. W. Brooks
Primatene Offered Without Prescription For Fast Asthma Relief
An advertisement notes Primatene asthma tablets, marketed without prescription, are the doctors’ top prescribed formula for private patients. It claims minutes to stop attacks and hours of relief, with eight medicines in a safe, effective combination. Priced at 98 cents at drug stores.
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New York
N.Y
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Clarksville, Tenn
Burta School
ED Temple
Tennessee A&i
Nashville
A.&i
Rome
Ray Norton
Norton
Tennesee A & I
Ed Rudolph
Temple
Fathr
Joe Burd
Vic
Ann Adams
Winchester
Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
Footers Cleaners
Drug Fair
W. Amherst
S. Loudoun St
Falcon
United Feature Syndicate
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