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...million in 1960, and on to an estimated 24.5 million in 1980. A man or woman of 65 now can expect to live more than a dozen years; one in four will live a score or more years. As people grow older, they become more susceptible to chronic, expensive illnesses. The wonder drugs and radical surgery that add years to lives can alleviate many of the ailments of age, but not cure them...
...malnutrition is an abiding fact of life. In 1958, down to four pages and 5,600 subscribers from a high of 100,000 in the late 1930s, the Daily Worker escaped the grave only by becoming a weekly. Last week, as if giving the lie to its state of chronic poverty, the Worker announced an expansion move. Beginning this week, said Editor James E. Jackson, 45, the Worker will publish a Midwest edition...
...capped gas wells, let out a jubilant whoop. Well it might: Canada's new National Energy Board estimated that exports under the four approved licenses will earn $75.5 million a year in U.S. sales by 1963, enough for a significant dent in Canada's chronic trade deficit with...
...months ago, Star France Nuyen, who played Suzie on Broadway (TIME, Oct. 27, 1958), broke out in a rash of symptoms (ranging from a chronic sore throat to a heart bleeding for Marlon Brando and a pain in the neck for the producer) and was dropped from the cast. At that point, Producer Ray Stark called Nancy in Toronto, where she was understudying a road-show Suzie, ordered her onto the first plane for London. "Tell the stage manager your father's had a heart attack," said Stark. "You're an actress. Go in there...
...Theory Proved. Against all odds, young Cousteau became a powerful swimmer. For six years he suffered from chronic enteritis; in his early teens he contracted anemia, and doctors advised him to avoid all strenuous activity. He also developed a technical flair that produced a three-foot, battery-powered automobile and home movies at the age of 13. But studies were a bore until Jacques, a sophomore in a French lycée, found a novel use for his school. Demonstrating his theory that a strongly thrown stone makes only a small hole in glass, he broke 17 of the building...