Word: regionals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Servant of All. Through its tobacco and textile research, Duke performed a duty that seems typical of Southern universities: it has made its contribution to the industrial welfare of the South. But Duke itself does not want to be the servant of one region alone. Its alumni include Vice President Richard Nixon (LL.B., '37), former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Gordon Dean (LL.M., '32) and President James Killian of M.I.T. (Trinity 1921-23). Its 5,011 students come from 41 different states and 30 foreign countries...
...French seaside region of Brittany, a three-week smallpox epidemic slowed to a halt after catching 68, killing 14. Among the dead: two infants, a local health official. During the scare, more than 150,000 Bretons were vaccinated, along with all travelers and tourists. Cited as the bearer of the smallpox virus: a French army noncom just back from Indo-China...
Sterility Fears. During the 1953 tests there were no casualties, but the region was in a tizzy for a while. There were wild rumors that invisible radioactive clouds would make people sterile. Children were kept indoors, and every stomachache was blamed on infiltering atoms. When kids at St. George (pop. 4,562) showed a trifling rash, Utah's health commissioner flew from Salt Lake City to investigate. The disease proved to be German measles, but St. George officials broadcast warnings for residents to stay off the streets. When apprehension was at its height, well-meaning AECmen stopped motorists...
When the bombs begin popping, Graves promised. AEC representatives will be in radio contact with the Nevada test site and will tell the public when each bomb is scheduled. If a harmless sound wave hits the region, Graves hopes that panic will not sweep the gulches again...
...Marcedusa (pop. 1,279) m the poverty-stricken central region of Calabria, the Communist mayor and the Communist council have switched in a body to the Christian Democrats...