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...second earth tremor in two weeks hit the New England coast yesterday afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Earthquake Hits Boston Area | 10/31/1963 | See Source »

...Boston College seismograph station in Weston described the tremor as "a slight earthquake lasting from five to ten seconds." The center of the disturbance was in Boston Harbor, and it was felt as far as about fifteen miles inland in Massachusetts and New Hampshire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Earthquake Hits Boston Area | 10/31/1963 | See Source »

...disease. It struck almost one-third of the population, and killed about one-third of its victims. Men and women of all ages were stricken. First came fever, chills and headache. Then, in many cases, an agonizing pain in the back, usually followed by a rash in the throat, tremor of the tongue and extremities, bleeding from tiny vessels around the eyes, and blood in the urine. After about a week, many of the victims turned as cold as a morgue slab before they died. Survivors presented a pitiable sight for weeks, with bleeding gums and persistent tremor, and often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Infectious Diseases: Casualties in a Jungle War | 7/19/1963 | See Source »

...Mounted on the roof are four propellers, which may not be World War II Air Force surplus, yet reproduce the effects of a B-17 warming up in the attic. They impart to the lower floors a pulse beat of a steady thirty-five, which quickens to a dull tremor throughout the upper stories...

Author: By David R. Underhill, | Title: Clearing the Air | 4/27/1963 | See Source »

...first visible sign that the time bomb has been triggered, whether at four or 40. may be jaundice. But more threatening is the brain damage: tremor, loss of control over physical movements, and personality changes. In young victims mental retardation is obvious. In adolescents and adults the effects of brain dam age are often mistaken for a variety of mental illnesses, including schizophrenia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inherited Diseases: Devastating Defect | 3/8/1963 | See Source »

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