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...bone, the human body often interposes a bursa. Somewhat like a small collapsed balloon, the bursa has lax walls and a slick lubricated interior surface that equips it to absorb friction. Bursitis is inflammation of one or more of these bearings of the body. It is a common ailment. Nearly all cases are caused by some form of extra wear, tear or injury; usually, the victim is not certain about the specific cause. President Eisenhower does not know exactly what caused his trouble...
...physicians, psychiatrists and intelligence officers. Colonel Heller, whose left leg had been broken when he parachuted out of his crashing plane, has undergone repeated surgery in a Chinese hospital, now has a plate in his shortened leg, and probably will need further surgery. Lieut. Parks had an eye ailment; Captain Fischer needed dental work. But in general, all four were in good health. The clothes that had. been bought from, pre-prison measurements fit fairly well...
...sole owner of the Dallas Eagles of the Texas League (for which he paid a record $500,000 in 1949), named Minor League Executive of the Year in 1953 for his partially successful fight to give the minor leagues a larger voice in making baseball rules; of a heart ailment; in Shreveport...
...Some would agree with New York Herald Tribune Drama Critic Walter Kerr's acid contention that "nobody-but nobody-is willing to subject himself to any contemporary theatrical experience he can get out of," but many may be jolted by Critic Kerr's current diagnosis of the ailment...
Died. Phillips Wyman, 60, magazine circulation expert, publisher of Redbook and Blue Book magazines and a director of the McCall Corp.; of a heart ailment; in Redding, Conn...