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Died. Rear Admiral William Sterling Parsons, 52, deputy Navy ordnance chief and pioneer A-bomb weaponeer; of a heart attack, ten minutes after entering the National Naval Medical Center for a checkup; in Bethesda, Md. During World War II, he helped set up the first A-bomb test at Alamogordo, N. Mex. (1945), three weeks later rode over Japan in the bomb bay of the B-29 Enola Gay to trigger the second Abomb, minutes before it was dropped on Hiroshima...
After the conference. Major General Howard M. Snyder, the President's physician, confirmed the diagnosis and added some details. A month ago, Ike had undergone a thorough checkup of heart, lungs, bones, joints and blood chemistry. Said Snyder: "All of these [tests] came out in good normal order." The President's blood pressure is running 140 to 150 over 80 to 90-excellent for a man of his age (63) and type. Aside from the elbow and a few chronic minor troubles (he is farsighted, has suffered for years from a trick knee, injured in a West Point...
...staid Mt. Auburn St. relic of the Gold Coast days, whose distance from the Houses was reputedly equalled by its lax parietal rule checkup, now has only one main door, and by that door sits a little watchman...
...with the words: "Well, how's the Boy Genius? Did you bring home any commissions? I suppose you know the rent is due next week?" Other ways to egg a man on: watch his "calorie intake." take him to a medical mechanic for a "regular 10,000-mile checkup," share his interests...
...John X noted with annoyance that the nurse had used a key to open the door from the elevator bank to his landing: he was on one of the hospital's most closely supervised floors. Next, like all new patients at Payne Whitney, John got a thorough physical checkup. Meanwhile, the outline of John's case had been discussed at a staff meeting...