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...After finding a seemingly new disease among their Washington patients, Drs. Worth B. Daniels and Frank G. MacMurray report in the A.M.A. Journal that they have traced a total of 160 cases of cat-scratch fever. Just what causes the disorder after even a mild scratch by a playful pet is unknown, but common symptoms are chills, headache, nausea and bellyache, while in some cases the lymph glands become as big as golf balls for as long as two years...
...thinning blond hair is no longer so carefully brushed across the balding scalp, and every now & then he coughs chestily. He fidgets. His left hand rubs slowly over his cheeks, reaches for a handkerchief to wipe his plumpish fate. Or his right forefinger goes round and upward to scratch the top of his head...
After shooting the highest single round in Harvard history--1406 points--and inisbing its season with an eight-and-four record, the sophomore-studded varsity ribe team anticipates an even brighter future. Its success this past winter was all the more impressive because the team was built from scratch--and had no coach...
...bloodstained Indo-China valley with a barely pronounceable name was transformed last week from a scratch on the map into one of the most important places in the world. At Dienbienphu, a faraway fortress overcast with gun smoke, 15,000 French troops fought a battle that could decide the fate of all Southeast Asia. Shock waves from the battle swept over Asia and Europe, endangering the French Cabinet, threatening the prospects of the European Army, menacing the unity of the Western Big Three as they prepare to meet the Big Two of Communism-Russia and China-at the Geneva Conference...
...Sharpe, Frank Wisbar and Desilu have built their business from scratch to a $50-million industry...