Word: pneumonia
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...first clues to an important fact: the 52 seemed to have withstood their ordeal remarkably well. Though most lost weight, and one displayed bruises from beatings by his captors, the Americans appeared in generally sound health, even though at least two ex-hostages were hospitalized with bronchitis or pneumonia. About ten others suffered milder attacks of the same symptoms. But early reports that as many as a dozen of them might be suffering from serious psychological problems appeared groundless (see BEHAVIOR...
DIED. Ray H. Jenkins, 83, Tennessee lawyer who was the tough, evenhanded counsel to a Senate subcommittee during its 1954 hearings on charges that Senator Joseph R. McCarthy had sought special treatment from the Army for a former aide; of pneumonia; in Knoxville, Tenn...
This strain of flue and its major complication, pneumonia, caused 18 per cent of the deaths in Boston last week, Nicholas Fiumara, director of the Massachusetts Division of Communicable Diseases, said yesterday. Flu and pneumonia usually account for 4 or 5 per cent of deaths at this time of year...
DIED. Harland Sanders, 90, the goateed "colonel" who founded the Kentucky Fried Chicken fast-food chain, which now has 6,000 outlets in 48 countries; of pneumonia; in Louisville. Sanders ran a popular restaurant in rural Corbin, Ky., for 27 years before setting out in 1956 in his trademark white suits and black string ties to sell franchised eateries serving chicken parts laced with a secret blend of herbs and spices and pressure-cooked for 12 min. In 1964 he sold the business for $2 million to Nashville Businessmen Jack Massey and John Y. Brown Jr., now Kentucky...
Speaker McCormack a resident of Jamaica Plain, had been hospitalized in New England Baptist Hospital since September 9 with low blood pressure and pneumonia and was later transferred to the Eastwood at Dedham Nursing Home where he died...