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Turkey, making a thorough checkup at the start of the new year, found itself in excellent shape. The U.S. has pumped $400 million into its bloodstream since the war. By diligently using these millions to expand its productive capacity, the Turks have tripled their gross national production. U.S. Mutual Security officials deliberately encouraged the Turks to spend their aid on economic expansion, which would return repeated dividends, instead of on direct military purchases. The country's resulting economic boom has brought $100 million more (a 17% increase) in government revenues in the last year, which in turn enables...
...checkup by Dr. Cruthirds after six months showed that Linda's corneal scars were beginning to clear. A few weeks ago, he found that vision in her left eye had improved from 5/200 to 20/100-good enough for her to learn to read. Linda is forgetting about Braille...
...During a checkup after his sinus surgery a fortnight ago, doctors at Bethesda Naval Hospital discovered that Senator Joseph McCarthy needed still more patching, and ordered an operation for diaphragmatic hernia. After successful surgery, McCarthy was told that the original ban on his politicking would be extended from six weeks to at least two months. Among those who agreed to lend their voices and pinch-hit in his campaign for reelection: Arthur Bliss Lane, onetime U.S. Ambassador to Poland, who will make an anti-Communist speech...
...fever, decided he had contracted a mild virus infection-his first illness, beyond simple colds, since becoming President. He was asked to stay in bed. Eyeing the patient, the doctor also decided that it was time to make him hold still for a thorough physical checkup...
...fine time. In between receptions, visits to Arlington and Mt. Vernon and a baseball doubleheader (Washington beat St. Louis in both games), Tacho hoped to find time to ask loans for some transport and electrification projects. This week he will visit Boston's Lahey Clinic for a checkup on a 1946 intestinal operation, and may visit Philadelphia, where he attended business" school and courted his wife under Wanamaker's eagle 34 years ago. Asked who was in charge of Nicaragua in his absence, he said: "I run it from here. I'm in touch every...