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...Turkish Cypriot villagers of Ayios Theodores and Kophinou for the Nov. 15 attack by Greek General George Grivas and his Guards men, and to keep Old Hawk Grivas off the island. For their part, the Turks agreed to withdraw from the island the 1,500 troops in excess of the 650 legal limit for Turkish forces and to cancel plans for an invasion of Cyprus. The United Nations was also to increase its peacekeeping force on the island...
...times and in emptying the mouth of saliva. Another gas usually ingested in harmless quantities is carbon dioxide, from the bubbles in soft drinks and the soda in Scotch and soda. But the body is also a versatile gas factory. By fermentation and similar processes, it can manufacture an excess of carbon dioxide, as well as hydrogen, methane (all odorless) and hydrogen sulfide (which has an unpleasant odor). At times, excessive production of such gases can be painfully serious...
...patients, about 20% of the total, produce either too much or too little gastric acid. Shortage of acid favors establishment of abnormal bacteria that ferment food in the intestines; this condition usually can be corrected by medicine containing dilute hydrochloric acid. Hyperacidity and peptic ulcer may lead to an excess production of carbon dioxide, and hence to flatulence, through the interaction of gastric acid on bicarbonates from the digestive juices. Standard ulcer medicines -antacids in liquid or tablet form-and diet should relieve this type of gaseousness...
...withdrew their opposition to the G.N.P. & B. after the Milwaukee was allowed access to such cities as Billings, Mont., and Portland, Ore. and to Canadian points that had all previously been terminals only of The Northerns. Railroad unions withdrew their opposition after the lines pledged to work off an excess of 4,511 employees by attrition. One complainant left, however, is the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, which may yet appeal the ICC decision to federal courts...
...more than $5,000,000 toward the purchase of necessary land. Last month, however, the Secretary of State for Education and Science, Patrick Gordon Walker, announced that the Labor government had scrapped its plans for a museum addition. Even more shocking was his hint that the museum's excess books and art treasures might have to be divided up among other institutions...