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Hawaiian statehood was the next item on Majority Leader Robert A. Taft's neatly drafted Senate agenda. And then, quicker than an humuhumunukunukuapuaa goes swimming by, the bill was set back for weeks and possibly months...
...John Buddingh of Louisiana State University reported a quicker test for TB. Sputum or spinal fluid from a suspected case is injected into a fertilized egg. Microscopic study within four to six days will show whether tubercle bacilli are present. The current method with cultures or guinea pigs takes four to six weeks. ¶ Polio struck early at Prairie Village, Kans. (pop. 9,500), and, with eight cases reported, the Office of Defense Mobilization allocated 1,000 cc of scarce gamma globulin. Not all exposed children got the shots; injections were given instead to every third or fourth youngster...
...affair in a ring in all my life." Robert Christenberry, chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, cried: "Everything we've done to make it a clean, competitive sport they've thrown to the wind. Where were the doctors? Why didn't they stop it quicker...
...first few laps over the tortuous 4.48-mile course (including turns of 110° and 135°) the race settled down to a neck & neck duel between Chicago Manufacturer Jim Kimberly, 45, in a Ferrari, and California's Phill Hill, driving a Jaguar C. The Jag was quicker on the corners, but invariably lost ground on the longest straightaway, a 6,000-ft. runway where Kimberly gunned his slim, low-hung speedster up to 150 m.p.h...
...minimum 650 Ibs. for a steel car body). Designer K. J. Cross, managing director of Britain's Essex Aero, Ltd., believes that magnesium bodies are far superior to plastic, which take longer to fabricate. The lightness of magnesium bodies makes possible higher speeds and quicker acceleration for cars Cross hopes to have his magnesium car in production for export to the U.S some time this year. Price: around...